Stories tagged with "energy commissioner"

Andris Piebalgs' Blog

Posted by Euan Mearns on March 2, 2008 - 10:01pm in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: andris piebalgs, biofuel, energy commissioner, energy efficiency, eu, renewable energy [list all tags]


Andris Piebalgs is the European Energy Commissioner with responsibility for shaping European Union (EU) energy policy. These policies may then be adopted by the European Parliament and will effectively shape Europe's energy future.

Mr Piebalgs has an informative web site where he has newly installed a blog inviting comments on EU energy policy.

I would like to invite all my fellow bloggers and all citizens to contribute your ideas.

Andris, I would like to thank you for providing us bloggers with this wonderful opportunity to relay our ideas and opinions directly into the heart of the European Parliament. But beware, not all ideas and opinions are born equal.

There's more under the fold.....

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What A Difference Two Years Makes

Posted by Luis de Sousa on January 18, 2008 - 11:00am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Demand/Consumption
Tags: andris piebalgs, energy commissioner, energy policy, eu, european parliament [list all tags]

By the beginning of 2006 the EU's Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, was directly interpellated at Parliament about the coming issue of Peak Oil. “...no more than a theory” he answered. Full text (21/01/2006).

Peak Oil is more than a theory, and two years later the tune is different.

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