The reopening of a link between Britain and Belgium may help slow declines in U.K. natural gas prices this week as maintenance starts on the only natural gas pipeline directly from Russia to Germany. ›

Escalating violence in the Middle East could impact global economic activity as oil prices continues to climb. ›

Europe’s drive toward a power system based on renewable energy has gone so far that output will probably need to be cut within months because of oversupply. ›

Kiev is feeling emboldened by the successful election of new Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and a bloody surge against separatists in the east but in just a few days, Russia says it will twist the gas spigot, and there’s very little Kiev can do to stop that. ›

Norway will have only limited scope to increase its gas deliveries to Europe this winter in the event of disruption to Russian supplies as a result of the Ukraine crisis, a senior Statoil executive said Tuesday. ›

In just over five years Britain will have run out of oil, coal and gas, researchers have warned. ›

Newcastle University academics argue ‘fragmented’ energy sector needs a strategic authority to ensure energy security ›

European natural gas injections may accelerate as warmer than usual weather and fears of disruptions via Ukraine make it more profitable to store the heating fuel, according to analysts. ›

European regulators and power companies are battening down the hatches in case the crisis escalates. ›

Energy will cost European businesses an extra €17 billion (£14 billion) by 2015, with the closure of old power stations, tighter environmental legislation and fluctuation in feedstock costs among the causes. ›