If you're in Europe, you may have been shocked lately by expensive power bills. Natural gas now costs six times more than at the start of the year. High energy prices have triggered protests in the EU. There are even claims that the bloc's main gas supplier, Russia, is deliberately withholding stock as winter approaches.

So what's causing the power crunch? And how will it affect the EU's plans to cut carbon emissions and switch to renewable energy?

Join host Darren Jordon. 

With guests, economist and CEO of Meyer Resources Cornelia Meyer, Professor of Public Policy at University of Erfurt Andreas Goldthau, and Greenpeace EU climate and energy campaigner Silvia Pastorelli.

 

If you're in Europe, you may have been shocked lately by expensive power bills. Natural gas now costs six times more than at the start of the year. High energy prices have triggered protests in the EU. There are even claims that the bloc's main gas supplier, Russia, is deliberately withholding stock as winter approaches.
So what's causing the power crunch? And how will it affect the EU's plans to cut carbon emissions and switch to renewable energy?
Join host Darren Jordon.&nbsp;
With guests, economist and CEO of Meyer Resources Cornelia Meyer, Professor of Public Policy at University of Erfurt Andreas Goldthau, and Greenpeace EU climate and energy campaigner Silvia Pastorelli.
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The Inside Story Podcast -- where we dissect, analyse and help define major global stories.