european union, natural gas, russia, russia and ukraine

Emergency Plans for Gas in Europe Due to Ukraine War

Gas supplies in Europe are now very uncertain. Ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, neighboring European countries and the U.S. have been watching developments with anxiety. While the U.S. and its European allies have imposed a series of financial sanctions on Russia, they have evaded getting into a direct conflict with the Kremlin. ...

Armin Auctor

Close up of a lit burner on a gas stove.

Europe’s Energy Crisis: Can Europe Keep the Lights On?

Germany is preparing for gas rationing. France’s power grid operator is asking consumers to use less electricity. In the UK, protests are breaking out over the latest electricity price hike that plunged millions of households into what one local think tank called fuel stress. Europe has a serious energy problem. Like the rest of the ...

Haidene Go

Person walking along an industry pipeline

Turning (More) Fat and Sewage Into Methane

North Carolina State University researchers have developed what is, to date, the most efficient means of converting sewage sludge and restaurant grease into methane. After treating sewage, wastewater treatment plants are left with solid sludge, called biosolids. For years, utilities have treated biosolids with microbes that produce methane. In recent years, utilities have been adding ...

Troy Oakes

Anaerobic digesters.

Why the German-Russian Pipeline Is a Concern

If the 2018 NATO summit at Brussels will be remembered for something, it will be for the stiff tensions the United States created with Germany in a bid to make the European nation back out of its German-Russian pipeline deal. America’s problem with the German-Russian pipeline deal Germany and Russia have long been talking about ...

Armin Auctor