Energy

Hungary’s future

How Hungary’s historic election changes the EU and the economic outlook

Rebecca Christie, Zsolt Darvas and Heather Grabbe

Could a Hormuz toll solve the oil crisis and who pays?

With a return to the pre-Iran conflict energy status quo unlikely, a Hormuz toll may be the next best option – but Gulf states would pay the most

Guntram B. Wolff

European natural gas imports

This dataset aggregates daily data on European natural gas import flows and storage levels.

Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Giovanni Sgaravatti and Georg Zachmann

How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock – and how it shouldn’t

The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability

Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Thomas Mramor, Alexander Roth, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

Montenegro’s power connection to the EU

How do Montenegro and the Western Balkans manage electricity, CBAM and the green transition?

Rebecca Christie, Admir Šahmanović, Rouven Stubbe and Nina Vujanović

What the war in Iran means for China

China is relatively inured to the Iran conflict, but less external demand could hit its exports and its international partnerships may be undermined

Alicia García-Herrero

How much leverage does US energy give Washington over Europe?

Ugnė Keliauskaitė

Five reasons why attacking the EU carbon market is economic self-sabotage

When discussing the EU emissions trading system, policymakers should remember five risks of undermining the system

Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

Dependence on fossil fuels, not on the United States, is Europe’s worry

The US has replaced Russia to a great extent as an energy supplier to the European Union, but this has not so far created a new vulnerability

Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams and Georg Zachmann

What lessons can Ukraine learn from the Gulf?

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

EU renewables value tracker

Marie Jugé, Alexander Roth and Georg Zachmann

How will the Iran conflict hit European energy markets?

Policymakers should plan for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East, while doubling down – not backtracking – on the energy transition

Simone Tagliapietra

Europe and the Iran war

What does the conflict mean for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine? 

Rebecca Christie, Elina Ribakova, Simone Tagliapietra and Guntram B. Wolff

Defragmenting European Union climate policy

Simplification without carbon price convergence risks deeper fragmentation, higher costs and weaker credibility for the EU’s climate target

Michael Pahle, Darius Sultani and Georg Zachmann

How can the EU energy system be made more efficient?

Simone Tagliapietra