5 spunti per approfondire (1/2025)

La rubrica settimanale con i consigli di lettura di RivistaEnergia.it, dall’Europa e dal mondo. Settimana 1/2025

“President Biden has decided to block the $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel of Japan in an announcement expected as soon as Friday based on grounds that the sale poses a threat to national security, according to people familiar with the matter.”

Biden Plans to Block Takeover Bid of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon
Articolo – The New York Times

“European gas gained on the first trading day of the year as the loss of a key supply route coincided with freezing temperatures across the north of the region and an unplanned disruption in Norway.”

European Gas Gains as Norway Outage Adds to Loss of Russian Flow
Articolo – Bloomberg

“Germany’s cartel office is examining power prices volatility late in 2024, it said on Thursday, as it looks to ensure energy firms did not hold back supply to take advantage of weather conditions that had already sent prices to their highest levels in months. Bouts of dark and calm weather in early November and mid-December, known in German as “dunkelflaute”, meant wind and solar plants were not producing.”

Power price jumps in late 2024 being looked at, German cartel office says
Articolo – Reuters

“U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday called on Britain to “open up” the North Sea, accusing the country’s Labour government of “making a very big mistake” with its energy tax policy.”

Trump says Britain is ‘making a very big mistake’ with windfall tax on North Sea oil producers
Articolo – CNBC

“Finland’s seizure on December 26th of the Eagle S, a Russian-linked sanctions-busting “dark fleet” tanker, could mark a turning-point in Europe’s response to the Kremlin’s hybrid-warfare campaign. The ship had been dragging its anchor along the seabed, trying to damage the 170km (106-mile) Estlink 2 power cable, which links Finland and Estonia. The shutdown of the cable led to a sudden drop in electricity supply to Estonia. Suspecting sabotage, the Finns sent coastguards to board the almost 20-year-old vessel, registered in the Cook Islands, and sailed it to Finnish waters for investigation.”

Finland seizes a tanker, getting tough on hybrid warfare
Articolo – The Economist

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