EUROPE MUST DIVERSITY ENERGY SOURCES TO AVOID SHIVERING IN A NEW ‘COLD WAR’, SAY EXPERTS
September 1st, 2014
BRITAIN might not be reliant on Russian gas to keep warm, but British utilities are only too well aware that if Moscow turns off the taps this winter, there will be significantly increased demand for alternative gas supplies.As a result, utility executives will have been keeping a close eye on talks in Berlin this weekend, where the European Union’s (EU) energy commissioner Günther Oettinger has been trying to broker a deal with Russia and Ukraine to head off a supply freeze.Meanwhile, the Ukraine crisis has been focusing minds in Europe and Britain about the ...
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