The entire European Union is experiencing a growing economic decline – factories are closing or quietly reducing their production. Chemical industries, steel mills, fertilizer producers – the most energy-intensive sectors of the economy – are either migrating out of Europe or shutting down altogether. This is not a cyclical downturn. It is structural decline. Europe …
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Renewable Energy Sources Industry: A Critical Analysis of Grid Stability and Environmental Impacts
The rapid global transition to renewable energy sources, particularly wind and solar power, has been widely promoted as a sustainable solution to climate change. However, this transition introduces significant challenges to grid stability, while also entailing serious environmental impacts that are often ignored in policy discussions. This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the often …
Trump administration cuts borrowing costs in two ways: Musk’s DOGE in spending and cheaper energy
By sidelining the Federal Reserve in order to lower borrowing costs for Americans, the Donald Trump administration says it will reduce government spending and increase energy supplies. The payoff will be twofold: it will ease inflationary pressures and strengthen the economy’s fiscal position. While President Trump continues to urge the Fed to lower short-term interest …
EU: 50% of Energy in industry came from fossil fuels by 2022
Electricity at 33.3% and natural gas at 31.2% made up almost two-thirds (64.5%) of the final energy consumption of the EU industrial sector in 2022, according to data from to the public the European statistical agency Eurostat. The industry sector in the EU continues to rely heavily on fossil fuels, which accounted for just over …
Germany: Recession and deindustrialization predicted for 2024
The economies of major nations are, understandably, highly dependent on energy supply. The more accessible energy resources are, the more confident the industry of export-dependent states, and the economies of large countries are highly dependent on energy supplies. Germany paid for its policy by supporting the United States in the confrontation with Russia. Access to …
The Sustainability of European Industry in the Energy Crisis
Eurometaux is the European agency representing producers, processors and recyclers of non-ferrous metals. Its ranks include some of the largest European industries and the most iconic ones belonging to the respective sectors in Europe, which have a turnover of 120 billion euros and directly employ 500 thousand workers. The text of the positions which he …
Why the EU’s Proposal to Impose a Cap Only on Russian Natural Gas is Wrong?
In the past two weeks the structural pathologies responsible for the EU’s energy gridlock have combined with a series of extreme weather events – such as unprecedented drought – to record unimaginable energy prices. The day-ahead electricity prices in France, the EU’s traditional electricity exporting power, reached on September 2 even above 1,000€/MWh, while natural …
High probability the Price of Brent to Remain over $115 by the End of 2022
The recent EU deal on a Russian oil embargo has put upward pressure and volatility again, with Brent prices hovering well above USD120 last week. Trust Economics (https://trusteconomics.eu) estimates that developments in the oil market are expected to hit growth. The geopolitical risk and the EU agreement will keep oil prices high during the summer …
The Uncertainty of the Future produced by the Crisis
The effects of the current crisis are manifold, but there are two conditions that limit the problem: energy prices and inflation. The rise in energy prices was directly reflected in the rise in inflation, which in March reached 7.5% in the Eurozone and 8.5% in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively. These countries …
Inflation Losses
Citizens of both the US and the EU have learned to live, in recent months, with the resurgence of the phenomenon of inflation that has re-emerged sharply since it was last recorded in early 2011. Adapting to the new reality should be done immediately, as the impact on disposable income is already here as well …