Electrification is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most pressing socio-economic challenges. Less than a third of the sub-Saharan population has access to electricity, and around 600,000 premature deaths are caused each year by household air pollution resulting from the use of polluting fuels for...

FEEM "Gas Talks" are closed-door brainstorming Workshops gathering high-level international experts (from the academia, international organizations, industry) to discuss mid- to long-term challenges and opportunities for European gas markets. The third edition of the FEEM "Gas Talks" was held in...

Over the last years EU energy policy has strongly focused on the development of renewable energy, also through the adoption of a dedicated 2020 target. But is the EU currently on track to meet this target? With this article, FEEM energy analysts Manfred Hafner and Simone Tagliapietra aim to...

Since 2010, FEEM organises an annual closed-door brainstorming workshop gathering leading international experts from the academia, international organizations and the industry, to discuss mid- to long-term challenges and opportunities for European gas markets. In their 2017 edition, FEEM ‘Gas...

The European Union has so far weathered the energy crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and will manage winter 2022/23 even if Russia abruptly halts all pipeline gas flows. However, preparations must be made for winter 2023-24. In particular, gas storage facilities...

The 2022 United States Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a significant and welcome climate law. It also includes trade-distortive subsidies, including local-content requirements prohibited under World Trade Organisation rules - the first time the US has done this and a blow to the international...