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DIW Wochenbericht 10 / 2005
Die Beziehungen zwischen Russland und der EU im Bereich von Energie- und Klimapolitik sind seit einigen Monaten von zwei Phänomenen geprägt: Einerseits stellen sich für die EU Fragen bezüglich der Versorgungssicherheit mit Energieträgern. Die russische Regierung irritiert durch die willkürliche Behandlung in und ausländischer Energieunternehmen im Land potentielle Investoren; erhebliche Zweifel an ...
2005| Christian von Hirschhausen, Claudia Kemfert, Franziska Holz
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DIW Weekly Report 47/48 / 2022
2022| Dawud Ansari, Wassim Brahim, Franziska Holz, Claudia Kemfert
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DIW Weekly Report 40/41 / 2019
Amidst other national and global climate protection initiatives, the new EU Commission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen is facing the challenge of concretely following through on previous announcements regarding an ambitious climate policy. Specifically, action must be taken to raise the 2030 climate targets and the 2050 long-term strategy must be revised in adherence with the Paris Agreement. ...
2019| Pao-Yu Oei, Karlo Hainsch, Konstantin Löffler, Christian von Hirschhausen, Franziska Holz, Claudia Kemfert
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DIW Weekly Report 27 / 2018
The construction of a second Baltic Sea natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany (Nord Stream 2) is very controversial for political, energy economic, and ecological reasons. The project owner and some European energy companies argue that it is a profitable, private-sector investment project that is necessary to secure natural gas supplies for Germany and Europe. However, DIW Berlin analyses show ...
2018| Anne Neumann, Leonard Göke, Franziska Holz, Claudia Kemfert, Christian von Hirschhausen
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Weekly Report 22 / 2009
In spite of the sharp decline of crude oil prices since the fall of 2008, the current price level of approximately $65 per barrel is significantly higher than the long-term average. The market power of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which is partially responsible for this price level, remains strong. While market prices for commodities such as coal are typically reflecting ...
2009| Christian von Hirschhausen, Franziska Holz, Daniel Huppmann, Claudia Kemfert
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Weekly Report 10 / 2008
Coal has for many years been considered as a resource of the past and as a result its importance has been underestimated. Yet coal still is the main pillar for generating electricity in most countries: A quarter of the worldwide primary energy consumption is provided by coal. While the world's largest coal producers, China, the USA and India, are at the same time the largest consumers of coal. Smaller ...
2008| Clemens Haftendorn, Christian von Hirschhausen, Franziska Holz
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Weekly Report 11 / 2005
The relations between Russia and the EU with respect to energy and climate policies have been characterized in recent months by two phenomena. On the one hand, the EU has to deal with questions regarding the security of energy supply. The Russian government's high-handed treatment of domestic and foreign energy enterprises operating in the country is irritating potential investors. There is reason ...
2005| Christian von Hirschhausen, Claudia Kemfert, Franziska Holz
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DIW Economic Bulletin 48 / 2015
2015
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DIW Economic Bulletin 48 / 2015
The rising number of earthquakes in the northeastern part of the Netherlands has been attributed to the extraction of natural gas from the Groningen field. This has led tostrong opposition to natural gas production from the Dutch population, a matter that is increasingly preoccupying not only policy-makers on the local and provincial levels,but also the central government. In response, the Dutch government ...
2015| Franziska Holz, Hanna Brauers, Thorsten Roobeek
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DIW Economic Bulletin 8 / 2014
Natural gas is a significant contributor to European energy supply. Hence, the political crisis between Russia and Ukraine increases fears of the consequences of Russia suspending natural gas supplies to Ukraine and the European Union. The last time this had occurred was in the winter of 2009 when Russia and Ukraine disputed about the price of natural gas and transit costs. However, the European Union ...
2014| Hella Engerer, Franziska Holz, Philipp M. Richter, Christian von Hirschhausen, Claudia Kemfert