Cempaka Belanda: Gazprom stake in Dutch energy: risk or benefit?

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Gazprom stake in Dutch energy: risk or benefit?

RNW, 20 July 2011, by Michael Blass

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Russian energy giant Gazprom is in talks about collaboration with German energy company RWE. And RWE owns Dutch energy company Essent. “Is Dutch legislation Gazprom-proof?” wonders Christian Democrat MP Marieke van der Werf.

Is Essent in danger of falling into the clutches of a Russian state company? Ms Van der Werf raised concerns about the deal with Economic Affairs Minister Maxime Verhagen.

“What I’m slightly uneasy about is that a company in which the Russian government has proved to have a considerable finger in the pie should have a say in a Dutch company,” she says.

Dark side

Privatisation has brought a lot of benefits to the Dutch energy market, says Ms Van der Werf. Consumers can now take their pick of energy suppliers battling to beat each other’s prices. And cooperation with foreign companies has brought scale benefits and fresh investment.

But there’s also a potential dark side to the globalising energy market, she says. “If Gazprom gains control over these companies, it’s possible that they could come under Russian state influence.”

Essent stresses that Gazprom is merely gaining a financial interest in Dutch power stations, not a controlling influence. And it hastens to add that the Netherlands’ only nuclear power plant, Borssele, has nothing to do with the deal.

No problem

Energy expert Aad Correljé of the Clingendael International Energy Programme doesn’t share Ms Van der Werf’s fears of Russian state control.

“It’s not the fact that the Russians will determine whether or not the Essent plants will be used to generate electricity or not,” he says. “And a stronger argument is that those plants are in the Netherlands and can’t be removed or cut off. And there’s alternative gas available. So I can’t really see it as a problem.”

Benefit

Gazprom won’t really be gaining any influence in the Dutch energy market, he says. “I think it would rather be the other way round. Gazprom taking over the assets of Essent creates a client for its own gas here in the Netherlands. And that of course would bring more gas to the Netherlands. In that sense it’s a better embedment of the Netherlands in the European gas network.”

So the Gazprom deal could actually be seen as a benefit, he believes. It suits Dutch ambitions to become a European energy hub. What’s more, if Gazprom has an interest in Dutch power plants, Mr Correljé points out, it’s hardly likely to start turning off the gas taps. And the Netherlands has its own gas to fall back on anyway.

Gazprom is motivated by concerns that Brussels is trying make the EU less dependent on Russian gas, Mr Correljé says. So by investing in European clients like RWE and Essent, the company is securing its European market.

Unfair competition

Marieke van der Werf is concerned that while EU companies are bound by strict rules on matters like sustainability or the split between energy supply and grid management, Gasprom doesn't have such worries.

“In short, Gasprom has a different way of making profit,” she says. “If that money is invested in Dutch companies, isn’t there a question of unfair competition? Because you have to compete with companies that do have to comply with European regulations.”

Common interest

Aad Correljé doesn’t see the problem. “In the European Union, Gazprom like any other company will have to comply with European rules and the Dutch interpretation of them.”

In the end, he says, Europe has to accept its dependence on Russian gas. So rather than get into rivalries and political clashes with Russia, it’s better to strike deals that create a common interest with the Russian energy giant.

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