Indispensable for Now
Fossil Fuels in Central AsiaFossil Fuels in Central Asia
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
While the EU sees the countries of Central Asia as potential suppliers of “green” energy, they themselves rely on fossil fuels to secure their own energy supply. With the exception of Turkmenistan, they are seeking to expand coal-fired power generation. And all of them want to generate higher revenues from the export of oil, gas, and coal and are looking for new markets and transportation routes. Having lost its Western European market for pipeline gas, Russia is also looking at Central Asia and its neighbours for opportunities to sell its natural gas. Moscow could get in Turkmenistan’s way, especially with a pipeline project through the Caspian Sea.
(Osteuropa 8-10/2024, pp. 233–259)