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Focus on domestic energy demand, says Russia's free market guru -EUobserver.com
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Anatoly Chubais, architect of Russia's 1990s privatisation programme, has suggested that Moscow should re-channel its focus on feeding energy into European grids to serving its domestic market.

"I think that, in strategic terms, our priorities should not be Europe or China," Mr Chubais said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday (18 May).

He underlined that rising energy demand in Russia should not be overshadowed by its ambition to export to Western markets.

"We have this western stream, northern stream, south stream. What I believe we need is a Russian stream. The Russian domestic demand is growing a lot. I think that Russia needs to restructure its strategy in this sector," said the man responsible for the liberalisation of the country's electricity sector.

Mr Chubais specifically referred to Gazprom, Russia's state-run gas monopoly.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 11:49:32 PM EST
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This is an inevitable trend. I imagine that all of europe will respond strategically, except for the UK will continue to blather about the sanctity of the market as we slowly freeze.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue May 20th, 2008 at 05:58:17 AM EST
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Or, the UK could shut Country Guardian up, put in place a national planning process, and take advantage of Europe's most abundant wind resource.  Freezing would then be a matter of personal choice.  As a side effect, the UK would begin to have an industry again, and jobs other than marketing derivitives.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Tue May 20th, 2008 at 07:54:23 AM EST
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Shut who up?

Campaign to stop inappropriate wind farm development by Country Guardian

Country Guardian is a UK conservation group which, since 1991, has campaigned against the construction of wind turbines in environmentally sensitive areas. We object because wind turbines convert rural landscape into industrial landscape, and because they are a poor source of renewable energy.


When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 20th, 2008 at 07:59:59 AM EST
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you evidently don't understand politics in the UK. what could or should be done as opposed to what the lobby groups want done means there is only one result.

The Govt are in thrall to the nuclear industry and will impede and prevent anything and everything that gets in the way of nuclear growth. They hate wind cos advocates of wind are the same DFHs who oppose nuclear expansion, therefore in the UK wind power is not complementary, it is an enemy to be defeated.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue May 20th, 2008 at 08:09:51 AM EST
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