BRUSSELS APPOINTS TROUBLE-SHOOTERS TO COMPLETE TOUGH CROSS-BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
October 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission's decision to appoint 'project co-ordinators' to try to spark movement in four long-stalled cross-border energy projects in the European Union (EU) has drawn widespread cynicism from many in the industry. However, here and there, there is an admission that these high-level trouble-shooters might just get results where so many others have failed. Brussels has four big energy projects in its sights: the high voltage electricity connection between France and Spain; the power connection between Germany, Poland and Lithuania ...
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