{"id":1423936,"date":"2022-04-07T13:14:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423936"},"modified":"2022-04-07T13:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:14:55","slug":"europe-ban-on-importing-russian-coal-will-mean-even-higher-energy-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-ban-on-importing-russian-coal-will-mean-even-higher-energy-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Ban on Importing Russian Coal Will Mean Even Higher Energy Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feurope-ban-on-importing-russian-coal-will-mean-even-higher-energy-prices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The European Union is poised to ban Russian coal in the first sanctions on the vital energy industry over the war in Ukraine, but it has underlined the 27 nations\u2019 inability to agree on a much more sweeping embargo on oil and natural gas that would hit Russia harder but risk recession at home.<\/p>\n<p>The coal ban, which is expected to be approved in a new package of sanctions this week, would cost Russia $4 billion a year, said the European Commission, the EU\u00b4s executive arm. Energy analysts and coal importers say Europe could replace Russian supply in a few months from other countries, including the U.S.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The coal ban is significant because it breaks the taboo on severing energy ties with Russia. But compared with natural gas and oil, coal is by far the easiest to cut off quickly and inflicts far less financial damage on Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war chest. Europe sends 20 million euros a day to Russia for coal \u2013 but 850 million a day for oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p>Shocking pictures of dead civilians from the Ukrainian town of Bucha are keeping discussion of broader sanctions alive, with EU officials saying they are working on targeting Russian oil.<\/p>\n<p>While the European Union ponders such future sanctions, Italian Premier Mario Draghi said no embargo of Russian natural gas is up for consideration at this point.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd I don\u00b4t know if it ever will be on the table,\u201d Draghi told reporters in Rome on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage: EU \u2018Funding Putin\u2019s War Machine\u2019, as Bloc Admits Spending \u20ac35bn on Russian Gas Since Invasion<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CQqKW2oyE7\">https:\/\/t.co\/CQqKW2oyE7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1512022381220581377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>EU countries, especially big economies like Italy and Germany, rely heavily on Russian natural gas to heat and cool homes, generate electricity and keep industry churning.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he said, \u201cthe more horrendous this war gets, the allied countries will ask, in the absence of our direct participation in the war, what else can this coalition of allies do to weaken Russia, to make it stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In case a gas embargo is proposed, Italy \u201cwill be very happy to follow it\u201d if that would make peace possible, Draghi said. \u201cIf the price of gas can be exchanged for peace \u2026 what do we choose? Peace? Or to have the air conditioning running in the summer?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>For now, even the coal ban brings worrying consequences for politicians and consumers. Germany and EU members in Eastern Europe still generate a large share of their power from coal despite a yearslong transition toward cleaner energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coal ban means European consumers will have to brace for high power prices throughout this year,\u201d according to a statement from Rystad Energy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Higher prices in countries that use more coal will spread across the EU through its well-connected power grid, the energy research company said. That will bring more pain. Europe has been facing high energy prices for months over a supply crunch, and jitters over the war have sent them even higher.<\/p>\n<p>Governments are rolling out cash support and tax relief for consumers hit by higher utility bills. High energy prices have pushed inflation in the 19 member countries that use the euro currency to a record 7.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Commodities analyst Barbara Lambrecht at German bank Commerzbank said EU governments likely could agree on a coal embargo because it would come into effect after three months and only apply to new contracts. The downside is it would have limited impact on Russia, with coal only 3.5% of Russia\u00b4s exports and only a quarter going to the EU.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Germany\u00b4s coal importer\u00b4s association said Russian coal could be completely replaced from the U.S., South Africa, Colombia, Mozambique and Indonesia \u201cby next winter\u201d \u2013 at higher prices.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK to Build 8 Nuclear Power Plants, Expand Offshore Oil Production in Energy Security Push<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m0F0DqhPLi\">https:\/\/t.co\/m0F0DqhPLi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1512052576274903042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>European coal futures prices jumped after the EU\u00b4s announcement, from around $255 per ton to $290 per ton.<\/p>\n<p>The big debate remains around oil and natural gas, with the European Union dependent on Russia for 40% of its gas and 25% of its oil. It\u2019s tougher for Europe to cut off than the U.S., which imported little Russian oil and no gas and has banned both.<\/p>\n<p>Yet European Council President Charles Michel said, \u201cI believe that measures on oil and even on gas will also be needed sooner or later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agreeing on energy sanctions among the 27 EU nations is made more difficult because some like Germany, Italy and Bulgaria are much more dependent on Russian gas in particular than others. Europe has scrambled to get what additional gas it can through pipelines from Norway and Algeria and acquiring more liquefied gas shipments by ship, but those global supplies are limited.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the EU\u2019s energy plan is to cut dependence on Russian gas by two-thirds by year\u2019s end and completely over the next several years by stepping up alternative supplies, conservation and wind and solar.<\/p>\n<p>Germany has reduced its reliance on Russian natural gas from 55% to 40%, but the government says the consequences of a cutoff in terms of jobs would be too great.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s steelmaking association, for instance, has warned of forced shutdowns that would throw people out of their jobs or onto government support and send shortages of basic parts rippling through the rest of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Minister Robert Habeck says the country will end Russian coal this summer, oil by year\u2019s end and gas in mid-2024.<\/p>\n<p>Oil also would be easier to ban than gas, because like coal, there\u2019s a large and liquid global market for oil and it comes mostly by ship, not fixed pipeline like gas.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not problem-free either. Russia is the world\u2019s largest oil exporter, with 12% of global supply. Taking that oil off the market would send prices higher from other suppliers such as Saudi Arabia in a market where supplies are already tight.<\/p>\n<p>And Russia might simply sell the oil to India and China, which aren\u2019t taking part in sanctions \u2013 although the price Moscow gets might be lower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union is poised to ban Russian coal in the first sanctions on the vital energy industry over the war in Ukraine, but it has underlined the 27 nations\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}