Move towards deregulation comes slowly Both in the US and Europe seek liberalised energy markets, but the California power crisis is still uppermost in many minds | Read Renewable energy Interest in windpower is reignited Wind energy is a more viable option than ever before, now only marginally less expensive than burning fossil fuels. Emissions trading Global clean-up begins at home Despite the US not ratifying the Kyoto treaty, some national and regional trading schemes are moving ahead. New technology Super-cooled gas comes on stream The ability to freeze natural gas offshore for direct delivery onshore is a cost-effective new method of supply. Country focus Post-Soviet decline is arrested The country is keen to reform the mistakes of the 1990s to be the energy supplier it was when still communist.