With its biological resources and abundant access to fossil energy, the North Sea has been crucial to the growth and development of the surrounding countries. Today, these countries are the most energy-intensive countries in Europe with an energy consumption per person about 30 % higher than for other parts of Europe. The challenge now is, as for most other countries, to rapidly to convert the energy supply from fossil fuels from the underground to renewables harvested from the earth's surface, such as sun, wind and waterpower.
Prof. Dr. Schreurs gave the following lecture: The Ukraine Crisis and its impact on European Gas Politics.