Dr Charles Ellinas

By Charles Ellinas Energy Minister, George Papanastasiou, initiated a debate around natural gas immediately following his appointment. In line with government goals, he has prioritized bringing natural gas to the ...

The new targets will impact all energy sectors, including transport, heating and shipping, in addition to electricity By Charles Ellinas EU’s gas policies are embodied in its RePwerEU strategy: ...

Realisation of the EuroAsia Interconnector (EAI) has now entered the home-straight. The project is close to achieving several important milestones. The EAI constitutes a critical infrastructure for the European Commission, ...

Turkey started natural gas production from its own massive Black Sea gasfield Sakarya on 20 April, less than three years after discovery. Sakarya is estimated to hold 710 billion cubic metres (bcm) ...

The European Commission has just published the 2022 edition of the ‘EU Regional Competitiveness Index’. Published every three years since 2010, the Index has been measuring ‘the ability of a region to ...

It is the key measure needed to reduce reliance on pricey fossil-fuels Increased grid flexibility is critical if we are to produce more than 25 per cent of our electricity from ...

Cyprus is about to be hit by a tsunami of new climate targets to be met by 2030 That was the warning at the European Gas Conference in Vienna this week. “...

Cyprus is getting closer to obtaining its own gas supplies from a number of possible sources. But how much gas does it actually need and how can it ensure security ...

By Charles Ellinas On the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day on 8 March, the results of a study by BNP Paribas published on 6 March shows that the ...

After lengthy talks that begun in 2004, 193 UN member states agreed on March 4 a legally-binding UN treaty to protect the high seas and marine biodiversity and ensure sustainable use. Welcoming this ...

The importance of the East Med to Chevron’s gas plans was made clear at the company’s ‘2022 4Q Earnings Conference Call’ on January 27 and subsequently at its ‘Investor Presentation’ ...

Cyprus has the resources and potential to generate most of its electricity from RES Cyprus has a new president. A new era is starting and that includes energy. Many serious ...

By Charles Ellinas The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister organization of The Economist, published the 2022 edition of its annual ‘Democracy Index’ in the first week of February. Another respected ...

Transparency International has just released its 2022 annual ‘Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)’ report. It makes grim reading for Cyprus, dropping down the rankings yet again. This is an independently produced report, ...

We still lag terribly behind on the use of renewables and battery storage and there’s no firm date for the import of LNG at Vasiliko In a first, and ...

By Charles Ellinas With no end in sight for the Russia-Ukraine war, global energy markets will continue to be unstable, making 2023 another difficult year for global energy. On top of ...

With demand up and supplies lower, oil prices are expected to rise If 2022 was a difficult year for energy, 2023 is expected to be even harder as the Russia-Ukraine war continues ...

The energy market was turned on its head; 2023 could bring further turmoil By Charles Ellinas What a year it was. 2022 was seismic in terms of global energy. Everything was turned ...

Western governments have agreed to cap Russia’s oil export price at $60 a barrel in a bid to curb profits that support its budget, military and invasion of Ukraine. This ...

The scramble for quick solutions to secure affordable and reliable energy could imperil climate action There is no question that the energy crisis has forced governments to reconsider their priorities, ...

By Charles Ellinas When it comes to the main objective of COP summits, to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations ‘at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic (human-induced) interference with the ...

Without readiness by European utilities to commit to long-term gas deals, it is difficult for big oil companies to invest in long-term projects. Last week at the COP27 Conference in ...

As the European Commission is finding out, interfering with markets creates unintended consequences and eventually backfires The oil and gas companies cannot get it right, can they? They have been ...

During the last ten days the island was privileged to host two senior officials key to the energy future of Cyprus: European energy commissioner Kadri Simson, and Director, frontier exploration, ...