On June 28 and 29, the Atlantic Council’s Energy and Environment Program will convene a conference in Budapest, Hungary that will bring together business leaders and public policymakers to examine current efforts to transform the supply and consumption of energy to meet Europe’s integrated goals of energy security, environmental responsibility, and economic prosperity.

In the spring 2012 edition of Energy Focus, Energy and Environment Program senior fellow Pamela Tomski profiles Summit Power Group’s Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP). The plant, which will be a first of its kind, will integrate a gasification combined cycle and urea production plant with carbon capture, utilization, and storage technology into a commercial-scale plant.

The Atlantic Council and Goldwyn Global Strategies hosted the workshop “Unconventional Oil And Gas Exploration, Development And Safety: A Deep Dive Into The Science, Technology And Best Practices” on December 6-7 in Brussels, Belgium which centered on best practices and smart regulation of the shale g

This report, "Energy for Water and Water for Energy," based on the May 2011 workshop’s presentations and discussions, highlights the issues, suggested solutions, and innovative programs that companies and organizations have undertaken to address the nexus problem.

 The Atlantic Council Energy and Environment Program has undertaken a series of workshops to investigate the intersection between water and energy. The “energy-water nexus" examines water availability, or more accurately water scarcity, as a key energy-related issue.

The Atlantic Council released an issue brief by Blythe Lyons, nonresident senior fellow of the Energy and Environment Program, entitled: "Primary Energy and Transportation Fuels and the Energy and Water Nexus: Ten Challenges," which highlights the issues that were brought to light in the

The Atlantic Council, in partnership with the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security, held a seminar on September 1, 2011 to discuss the status and future outlook of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies development, the financial and regulatory challenges, and the pathway to deployment of large scale CCS projects. 

On July 14, 2011, The Atlantic Council hosted Latvia’s Prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis for a roundtable discussion on energy security and how it relates to Latvia’s national security strategy.

The culmination of conferences in Washington, DC and Brussels, European Unconventional Gas Developments: Environmental Issues and Regulatory Challenges in the EU and the U.S. outlines the regulatory lessons learned during the recent shale gas boom in the United States and seeks to build a regulatory framework for the European context.

The Atlantic Council of the United States in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland held a meeting to discuss the challenges faced by the countries of the Baltic region in achieving energy security.