Pulling back the curtain on Turkey’s natural gas strategy

Pulling back the curtain on Turkey’s natural gas strategy

After decades of alliance, Turkey still befuddles the West. Over the last decade, the country’s more assertive foreign policy in Syria, Libya, and the eastern Mediterranean has some analysts seeking solace in neo-Ottomanism without doing the hard work of identifying Turkey’s geo-economic interests. Gas is one of those vital interests and helps explain some of […]

By John Bowlus |
A Biden administration should prioritize energy security to fight climate

A Biden administration should prioritize energy security to fight climate

Americans are forecast to elect a new president in November. According to polling on June 30, Democratic candidate Joe Biden is leading Republican President Donald Trump nationally 50.9% to 41.4%. Polls are unreliable, especially four months out, but Trump is running out of runway to turn around his re-election campaign. The coronavirus, economic contraction, and […]

By John Bowlus |
How West Africa can expand power supply and meet climate goals

How West Africa can expand power supply and meet climate goals

Not too long ago, when the idea of solar and wind energy was still hotly debated, critics used to point out the limitations of these energy sources: the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow. But nowadays many countries’ electricity grids are strongly supplied by renewable energy. The challenge in creating flexible, […]

By Sebastian Sterl, Robert Brecha |
Review: Oil and the Great Powers: Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945

Review: Oil and the Great Powers: Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945

For the past two hundred years, fossil fuel resources have bestowed global power. Britain became the first global hegemon in the nineteenth century, thanks to its first-mover advantage in industrialization and its peerless navy, both of which harnessed high-quality coal, of which Britain the world’s largest supply. The United States similarly leveraged its own prodigious […]

By John Bowlus |
Production
Review: Oil and the Great Powers: Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945

Review: Oil and the Great Powers: Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945

For the past two hundred years, fossil fuel resources have bestowed global power. Britain became the first global hegemon in the nineteenth century, thanks to its first-mover advantage in industrialization and its peerless navy, both of which harnessed high-quality coal, of which Britain the world’s largest supply. The United States similarly leveraged its own prodigious […]

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Transmission
Australian grid struggles with renewables boom: report

Australian grid struggles with renewables boom: report

Australia’s independent Energy Security Board (ESB) has reported a “remarkable growth” in renewable energy, driven by cheaper equipment and government support with rooftop panels accounting for 5 per cent of production. The report said since 2005 total emissions across the national electricity market fell by 15 per cent with pollution expected to drop by a […]

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Storage
European Commission launches hydrogen initiative 

European Commission launches hydrogen initiative 

The European Commission has unveiled plans for an industrial strategy based on hydrogen production that include a “Clean Hydrogen Alliance” across the bloc.  “The alliance will build on existing work to identify technology needs, investment opportunities and regulatory barriers and enablers,” the European Union’s executive branch stated.  The initiative aims to promote the homegrown production […]

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Consumption
How West Africa can expand power supply and meet climate goals

How West Africa can expand power supply and meet climate goals

Not too long ago, when the idea of solar and wind energy was still hotly debated, critics used to point out the limitations of these energy sources: the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow. But nowadays many countries’ electricity grids are strongly supplied by renewable energy. The challenge in creating flexible, […]

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Policy
Pulling back the curtain on Turkey’s natural gas strategy

Pulling back the curtain on Turkey’s natural gas strategy

After decades of alliance, Turkey still befuddles the West. Over the last decade, the country’s more assertive foreign policy in Syria, Libya, and the eastern Mediterranean has some analysts seeking solace in neo-Ottomanism without doing the hard work of identifying Turkey’s geo-economic interests. Gas is one of those vital interests and helps explain some of […]

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Environment
A Biden administration should prioritize energy security to fight climate

A Biden administration should prioritize energy security to fight climate

Americans are forecast to elect a new president in November. According to polling on June 30, Democratic candidate Joe Biden is leading Republican President Donald Trump nationally 50.9% to 41.4%. Polls are unreliable, especially four months out, but Trump is running out of runway to turn around his re-election campaign. The coronavirus, economic contraction, and […]

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Industry
Carbon export tax would stamp out coal use: paper 

Carbon export tax would stamp out coal use: paper 

UK coal use is under increasing scrutiny despite claims that the country went a fortnight last year without generating any electricity from coal.  According to the government, coal made up 2 per cent of UK-generated power in 2019. By contrast, the figure was 15 per cent in the Netherlands and 38 per cent in Germany. […]

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Opinion

Pulling back the curtain on Turkey’s natural gas strategy

Opinion

After decades of alliance, Turkey still befuddles the West. Over the last decade, the country’s more assertive foreign policy in Syria, Libya, and the eastern Mediterranean has some analysts seeking solace in neo-Ottomanism without doing the hard work of identifying Turkey’s geo-economic interests. Gas is one of those vital interests and helps explain some of […]

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A Biden administration should prioritize energy security to fight climate

Environment

Americans are forecast to elect a new president in November. According to polling on June 30, Democratic candidate Joe Biden is leading Republican President Donald Trump nationally 50.9% to 41.4%. Polls are unreliable, especially four months out, but Trump is running out of runway to turn around his re-election campaign. The coronavirus, economic contraction, and […]

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