scholarly journals LNG to Power in the Romanian port of Constanta

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Vasile Rata ◽  
Alin Hobjila ◽  
Liliana Rusu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The One ◽  
Liquefied Gas

Nowadays, the raising of the global living standard are changing the lifestyle of each individual, which also leads to increased consumption of goods and services. The factors mentioned, directly affect shipping and cruising activities. These two types of activities are classified as major pollutant makers within ports, near urban residences, caused by the combustion of fuel in large auxiliary engines to provide the power needed to operate the systems specific to the two types of ships. In this context, our objective is to find solutions such as the one presented in this study. They have emerged as a scenario for the sizing of an onshore or a floating power plant using Liquefied Gas Natural (LNG) for the port of Constanta in Romania, which is considered to be the largest port of the European Union in the Black Sea.

scholarly journals Russia and the Ukrainian Crisis: A Multiperspective Analysis of Russian Behaviour, by Taking into Account NATO’s and the EU’s Enlargement

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (80) ◽  
pp. 259-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian Klotz
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Crimean Peninsula ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Ukrainian Crisis ◽  
The Crimean Peninsula

Abstract This article will explain why Russia annexed Crimea and is destabilizing eastern Ukraine. To do this, three different theoretical approaches on various levels of analysis will be used. It will be examined how far the expansion of NATO, as well as that of the European Union (Theory of Neorealism), was a motive for Russia’s action. NATO’s enlargement is analysed predominantly. In addition, politicalpsychological motivations of the Russian leadership are considered. But it is also analysed whether Russia’s pure power interests have played a role (Theory of Realism). The focus here is on the Russian naval base in Crimea. It is necessary to examine whether preserving its fleet in the Black Sea was a motive for Moscow to annex the Crimean peninsula.

scholarly journals Writing “Eastness”: Romania and the Conundrum of Regionness in the Black Sea Area

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402199834
Author(s):  
Lucian Dumitrescu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
Political Criticism ◽  
Security Practices ◽  
Atlantic Community ◽  
Sea Area

The article sets out to explore how Romanian authorities have struggled to get rid of the border country syndrome through subregional initiatives in the Black Sea area once Romania joined the Euro-Atlantic community. The article examines how such subregional policies have performatively constituted Romania’s strategic identity in the area. Formally, all the subregional initiatives that the article addresses have drawn on an institutional logic of security. Informally, though, they promoted a geopolitical vision of security. Such a logic has sharply conflicted with the underlying security philosophy of both the European Union and other successful subregional initiatives in the area. Thus, instead of improving Romania’s level of regionness, these subregional policies have ended up creating more dividing lines in an already strained security environment. The article draws on David Campbell’s political criticism and shows how Romania’s security practices in the Black Sea area, instead of instilling Europeanness into the country’s strategic identity, have ended up reinforcing its “Eastness.”

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