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Published Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 02:47
by
Ari Rusila
in Debate (434 views and 0 comments)
EU summit meeting with Russia in France Friday 14th Nov. was
designed to reopen talks on a pact of cooperation after the crisis
in relations caused by the Georgia conflict on August 2008.
Before meeting hard words have been changed over Kaliningrad
missiles, Nato radars and EU/OSCE monitors in Georgia.
However the core question can be the energy game. A day
before summit EU came out with its supergrid plan and Russia
questioning Baltic Pipe. Southern energy corridor is an other
battleground.
Power supergrid plan
EU’s Power supergrid plan is partly designed to decrease EU’s
dependence about Russian gas. The Timesonline got look about plan
and describes it as follows:
The building blocks of the proposed supergrid would be new cables
linking North Sea wind farms, and a network patching together the
disparate electricity grids of the Baltic region and the countries
bordering the Mediterranean, according to a blueprint drawn up by
the European Commission. EU states will also be asked to pay for at
least two ambitious gas pipelines to bring in supplies from Central
Asia and Africa. The plans also call for a Community Gas Ring, or a
network allowing EU countries to share supplies if Russia turns off
the taps.
The EU Energy Security Plan notes that Europe imports 61 per cent
of its gas, a figure projected to rise to 73 per cent by 2020.
Russia sells about two-fifths of the total, including the entire
supply...
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Tags: Balkans, Baltic Pipe, Caucasus, energy, EU, Nabucc, Nord Stream, Russia
