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OSW Report | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Energy policy in times of war and transition. Priorities of the Central and Eastern European countries and Germany

Since the outbreak of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the effective implementation of three key energy policy objectives has gained importance: ensuring energy security alongside the EU’s ambitious climate agenda, maintaining…
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Austria the end of direct gas supplies from Gazprom 

On 16 November, Russia’s Gazprom Export ceased supplying gas to Austria’s OMV under a long-term contract. Its terms envisioned the delivery of around 5 TWh of gas (0.5 bcm) monthly till 2040. The cessation of supplies follows the OMV’s win…
OSW Report | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

The unfinished de-russification. The remnants of energy ties between the EU and Russia

The launch of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine and its economic war with the West have led to an unprecedented reduction in the European Union’s energy ties with Moscow. Brussels has proven more willing than many expected to…
Analyses | | Ilona Gizińska, Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Hungary is starting to import gas from Turkey

In early April, Turkey started supplying natural gas to Hungary. This follows an agreement signed in August 2023 between the Hungarian state-owned energy company MVM and the Turkish BOTAŞ. The contract, which was formally signed during…
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Adam Michalski

The start of a process Turkey and Turkmenistan are planning gas cooperation

On 20 March, Turkey’s minister of energy and natural resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, announced that the country was set to receive up to 2 bcm of Turkmen gas “in the initial stage” under a memorandum of understanding signed at the…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Agata Łoskot-Strachota

The German gas storage levy is disrupting the Central European gas market

On 4 March, the meeting of the EU Energy Council addressed the issue of the German gas storage levy (Gasspeicherumlage) and the need for greater coordination at the European level as requested by delegations from Austria, the Czech…
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

The EUs new priorities in developing energy infrastructure

On 28 November the European Commission presented a new list of its priority energy infrastructure projects. It is the sixth such list, but the first to have been created in line with the TEN-E Regulation which was revised in 2022.
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Sławomir Matuszak

Prospects for the development of biomethane production in Ukraine

On 8 June 2023, Ukraine’s National Committee for Energy Regulation (NKRE) authorised biomethane producers to inject the fuel which has not been used in the local operator’s gas networks to the national gas transmission system. This…
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

The EUs strategic energy partnership with the US after a year of war

The tenth meeting of the EU-US Energy Council was held in Brussels on 4 April. The EU was represented by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson and the Swedish…
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

EU record drop in gas demand in 2022

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), gas demand in the European Union fell by a record 55 bcm (13% y/y) in 2022. The strongest declines were seen in the countries of northern Europe (in particular Finland, Lithuania and…