Oct 1999

Russia faces a bleak winter of austerity as its domestic power crisis deepens, threatening blackouts, power rationing and an open-ended embargo on fuel exports. That's the scenario spelled out by Fedor Morozov, general director of RAO Unified Energy Systems (UES), one of the World's biggest electricity generators.

Does coal have a future? It is undoubtedly available in abundant quantities. But, is it safe, secure, cost-effective and clean? Power Economics invited the World Coal Institute and Worldwatch Institute, to present their views

Energy companies that fail to grasp the opportunities presented by eCommerce will also lose out in the dramatic market transformation and run the risk of being overtaken by new entrants to the market

The globalisation of utilities is a trend that is gathering pace with liberalisation of the world economy, but assessing the true value of a global company can be difficult. Here, one possible technique is discussed

As Loyola de Palacio, Europe's incoming Energy Commissioner, takes up her appointment, all eyes are on her first weeks in office. So what can we expect?

Pablo Benavides has been the European Commission's director general for Energy for more than three years. Reporting to Loyola de Palacio, the new Energy Commissioner, it will be his job to turn policy into action