Gas in focus. Institute for Energy Research. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Institute e.V. European Environment Agency's home page — Eurogas. Energy: Security of Gas Supply. On 12 September 2011, the EU adopted a mandate to negotiate a legally binding treaty between the EU, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to build a Trans Caspian Pipeline System. This is the first time that the EU has proposed a treaty in support of an infrastructure project. The treaty will be concluded by the EU, once all Member States agree that the EC should lead the negotiations on behalf of them all. Energy: Internal Energy Market. Pilot project for joint electricity trading leads the Internal Energy Market 2014 to progress Grid operators and power exchanges from 14 EU Member States (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Austria, UK, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden) plus Norway inaugurated on February 4 a pilot project for joint electricity trading, so-called day-ahead market coupling.
The project, which is a milestone on the way towards a European Electricity Market, had been jointly initiated by the EU Commission, regulators, grid operators and power exchanges in North-Western Europe (NWE). NWE market coupling combines all bids and offers in a region and creates a large integrated electricity market in the area concerned, combining 75% of today's electricity consumption in the EU. The Commission prepares an EU Regulation that will make market coupling binding in the entire EU, leading to important costs savings for the benefit of European customers.
Press material. European Policy Institutes Network. EPIN-series on the EU Council Presidencies In this special series of commentaries, EPIN researchers contribute with their analysis of the presidencies of the EU Council. Luxembourg (July-December 2015) Balancing Priorities and Emergency Measures: Luxembourg’s Council Presidency Vilde Renman & Sophia Russack, 15 January 2016 Latvia (January-June 2015) Latvia’s EU Presidency: Less is more Gerta Lezi & Steven Blockmans, 3 July 2015 Greece (January-June 2014) Rounding out a satisfactory Trio Presidency: Greece sets the stage for its Italian successor Sonia Piedrafita & Caroline Conroy, 3 July 2014 Lithuania (July-December 2013) Exceeding expectations, Lithuania moves the Trio presidency forward Sonia Piedrafita & Vilde Renman, 22 January 2014.