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After New Year holidays Minister-Counselor for energy and coal industry of Ukraine, Maksim Belyavskiy, declared that in 2018 Ukraine “will increase annual green energy output by 20%”.
On January, 10th, head of FRG Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel put forward an initiative on a step-by-step lifting of anti-Russia sanctions if lasting truce in the south-east of Ukraine is maintained.
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In 2017, Gazprom supplied 8.25 billion cubic meters of gas to Austria – by 40.7% more than in 2016. The historical record, settled in 2005 – 6.8 billion cubic meters, was broken in early November.
The EU countries have reached an integrated agreement on the development of renewable energy sources (RES). In December, they signed a directive on the intention to increase the share of renewable energy to 27% of the overall consumption by 2030.
Recently electric vehicles certified for commercial transportation of passengers appeared on the streets of London.
The prospects of economic development of Russia was one of the central topics of the Vladimir Putin’s big press conference. According to the President, the introduction of high technologies and increase in labor productivity, that is, the transition to an innovative economy.
Александр Рар
«Forpost» asked the German political scientist Alexander Rahr, whether the chances for the implementation of «Nord Streem 2» and the normalization of relations between Russia and the EU as a whole are great.
Владимир Литвиненко
Technical malfunction on gas distributing station in Austria resulted in gas explosion which caused cessation of gas deliveries to several European countries. Will this be a signal leading to a more active development of renewable sources of power?