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1 month ago | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Olga Khakova |Haley Nelson |Simon Lomax |Morgan D. Bazilian
As the second Donald Trump administration settles in, at least one energy priority will remain consistent: bipartisan efforts to position the US nuclear energy industry for a greater share in the global marketplace. In early February, Secretary Chris Wright emphasized Trump’s priority for the United States: to “lead the commercialization of affordable and abundant nuclear energy” amid surging global energy demand.
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2 months ago | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Olga Khakova |Haley Nelson |Sergiy Makogon
Just a few weeks into 2025, two significant efforts to stifle Russia’s energy revenues have already taken place. Both carry major energy security and geopolitical ramifications. On January 10, the US Treasury Department announced the most significant sanctions on Russian oil since 2014. And on January 1, over the objections of Moscow, a contract allowing for pipeline deliveries of Russian natural gas across Ukraine and into the European Union expired.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
naturalgasworld.com | Olga Khakova
The Russia-Ukraine energy divorce offers a chance for Europe to take control of its energy security Through wars and military aggression, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought a legacy of imperialistic unification. Instead, his twenty-five-year reign leaves Russia without a vital revenue stream from pipeline gas sales to Europe—with the last of the transit agreements having expired on January 1 after Ukraine refused to renew it.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Alan Riley |Mark Temnycky |Olga Khakova
Russia kicked off its winter assault on Ukrainian energy facilities with missile and drone strikes on November 16, damaging critical energy infrastructure when the country is struggling to accumulate enough gas for winter storage. Despite optimistic government claims that Ukraine is entering winter with “the highest possible level of readiness,” Ukraine’s energy system is at its most precarious state since the full-scale invasion.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Mark Temnycky |Olga Khakova |Charles Lichfield
In 2022, 63 percent of all energy consumed in the European Union (EU) was imported. Europe’s energy generation gap has come into focus amid the energy security challenges stemming from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But while Europe has weathered the storm, in part by deploying renewables and accelerating electrification, there is a pressing need to strengthen the backbone of a decarbonized energy system—Europe’s power grid.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Elena Benaim |Olga Khakova |Pawel Czyzak |Nolan Theisen
The last European Parliament governed as Europe’s energy system withstood unprecedent shocks to global markets and the economy. The shocks were numerous and severe: from negative pricing during the COVID-19 pandemic to all time-high energy costs following Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; from tensions in the Middle East and cyber and kinetic attacks on energy infrastructure to extreme weather events made more severe by climate change.
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May 23, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Pawel Czyzak |Nolan Theisen |Olga Khakova |Paddy Ryan
Leaders at the ninth Three Seas Summit and Business Forum, held in Vilnius in April, raised the need for creating a permanent body that would institutionalize regional cooperation on digital, transport, and energy integration. While there is little disagreement among participating countries that such an office is needed, their views diverge on the location of this coordinating body, reporting structure, and coverage of its operating costs.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Svitlana Romanko |Oleh Savytskyi |Olga Khakova |Charles Lichfield
Ukraine seems to have found an effective asymmetrical response to the massive waves of deadly missile attacks that Russia has unleashed against Ukrainian cities since early January. A number of Russian oil refineries and oil terminals have been hit with precision strikes, attributed to new Ukrainian long-range drones. By targeting fossil fuel exports—the financial lifeline of the Kremlin’s regime—this response has had an impact.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
energypost.eu | Charles Hendry |Ellen R. Wald |Olga Khakova |Robert F. Ichord
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has boosted anxiety and therefore action on energy security and dependence on oil and gas. Sanctioning Russian oil and gas imports is an opportunity to replace fossil fuels with low or no carbon alternatives, an opportunity that is being taken. And renewables like wind and solar are by their nature local and therefore good for energy security (though with notable exceptions).
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Olga Khakova |Robert F. Ichord
The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit in Bucharest next week takes place at a pivotal moment for Central and Eastern Europe. The nations that comprise the initiative–EU member states between the Baltic, Adriatic, and Black Seas–stand at the frontlines of Russia’s energy war against Europe. The war highlights the urgency of decarbonizing and developing new 3SI energy interconnections to diversify the region away from Russian fossil fuels.
