Sentence examples for diversification of supplies from inspiring English sources

The institution has long advocated addressing a lack of diversification of supplies, but only within the last decade has successful policy entrepreneurship been demonstrated.

The article has argued that a factor in explaining increasing Commission competence was that the institution had a role in the gradual social construction of energy dependency as a problem, and during a policy window was able to couple this to a solution to energy insecurity already in the policy stream (further internal market integration and diversification of supplies).

But measures such as better storage, more interconnectors and diversification of supply will take several years.

ReprintsOn September 4th the commission launched an antitrust probe based on three charges: preventing gas trading across national borders; hindering diversification of supply; and unfairly linking gas and oil prices.All these are potentially lethal for Gazprom's business model.

The bold moment came last month when the European Commission opened an antitrust investigation against Gazprom, the Russian national gas monopoly which furnishes about 25 percent of Europe's energy imports, for unfair pricing and blocking diversification of supply concerning eight E.U. members from the old Soviet bloc.

"By incorporating G.T.L. technology in the U.S.A.'s energy mix, states such as Louisiana will be able to advance the country's energy independence through a diversification of supply," said David Constable, Sasol's chief executive, at a news conference here Monday near the project's planned location.

The commission said it would look at whether the firm restricts the free flow of gas across member states, prevents diversification of supply, and prices gas unfairly.

It will look at whether the firm restricts the free flow of gas across member states, prevents diversification of supply, and prices gas unfairly.

The document emphasizes the increased use of market mechanisms, injecting competition and diversification of supply into an industry that has long been held back by the lethargy characteristic of monopolies.

In 1981, the Commission predicted a substantial increase in energy demand, but recognising the heterogeneity of preferences amongst Member States did not propose any 'substantial centralization of energy policy instruments' nor 'uniformity in the diversification of supply' (European Commission, 1981: 10).

For example, the progress of Russian backed large-scale gas pipeline projects such as Nord Stream and South Stream demonstrate the prominence of member state preferences within the EU, and the influence of their security and economic interests relative to the EU's objectives of diversification of supply sources which both of the Russian backed projects undermine.