Green economy

Oil and the dollar will complicate the U.S. revival

At the start of 2015, two familiar features dominate the global economic outlook: continuing turbulence in financial markets and the relative strength

Investment plan

Six reasons why we should not invest too much hope in lower oil prices

Even if the oil price continues to hover around $50, it is unlikely to add more than one percentage point of growth to the EU economy. Given all mitig

The price of oil in 2015

My hunch for 2015 is that oil prices may continue to drop in the short term; unlike in the past four years, however, they are likely to finish the yea

A European gas market for everyone

The European energy landscape has changed markedly in 2014. Now the EU must rethink its relationship over gas with Russia and Ukraine.

„Der Gasstreit geht weiter“

Interview mit Bruegel-Forscher Georg Zachmann über den Gaskonflikt zwischen der EU, Russland und der Ukraine

Think tank transparency: Bruegel awarded five stars by Transparify

Transparify has rated Bruegel as one of the most transparent think tanks worldwide and in Europe, pointing to Bruegel’s “exemplary transparency”

Rebalancing the EU-Russia-Ukraine gas relationship

The October 2014 agreement on gas supplies between Russia, Ukraine and the EU did not resolve the Ukraine-Russia conflict over gas. This&nbs

The new oil price war

What’s at stake: Opec’s decision to leave its output ceiling of 30m barrels a day unchanged on Thursday has sent crude prices into a tailspin. Un

A scaleable approach to emissions-innovation record linkage

PATSTAT has patent applications as its focus. This means it lacks information on the applicants and/or the inventors. In order to have more informatio

Is Europe saving away its future?

The Crisis affected public spending. Research and innovation is one area often highlighted as needing protection. This column does not find strong evi

Elements of Europe's energy union

To meet the EU's objectives for emissions, electricity supply and gas security of supply, well-designed European markets could provide better results

EU to DO 2015-2019

Memos to the new EU leadership.

Chart of the week: Obama's lacklustre breakthrough on emissions

Compared to 1990 the US proposal on reducing emissions from coal fired plants by 30% compared to 2005 implies that total greenhouse gas emissions will