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Claude Turmes: "without LNG ports, we would be completely vulnerable to blackmail"

For Luxembourg's energy minister, the only way out of the current gas price crisis is a package of measures: increasing energy efficiency, expanding renewable energies and diversifying gas sources. He does not see any risk that the current crisis situation will push the climate issue into the background. Demand for gas will continue to fall, says Turmes in the interview.

By Charlotte Wirth

Data Act: how to get the data economy off the ground

Whether it's connected cars or virtual assistants – until now, manufacturers have often been the only ones with access to the data generated. The EU Commission now wants to change this. In many sectors, however, it remains up to companies to decide whether to share information with others. Unless the government asks.

By Till Hoppe

Despite scandals: gas from Azerbaijan to provide relief

EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson is traveling to Azerbaijan today. Despite political scandals in the country, possibilities for increasing gas supplies to Europe are to be explored in Baku. In the search for alternative energy sources, however, the EU's greatest hopes continue to rest on the United States. However, the industry considers it unrealistic to replace pipeline gas with LNG in the short term.

By Eric Bonse