Solar is growing at 33.7% year-on-year and is now at twice the capacity of coal power in China, according to a new report. Solar and coal in China Today, the China Electricity Council, a state-approved nonprofit national trade association, released its first-quarter report, the “Operational Situation of [the] Electric Power …
Read More »Iran’s Non-Oil Trade Hits $26.5 Billion in 3 Months: IRICA
According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the country’s non-oil trade in the first three months of the current Persian calendar year (March 21 to June 22) reached $26.5 billion. Some 35.5 million tons of goods, valued at $12.5 billion, with crude oil kerosene, fuel oil and …
Read More »Russian Oil Prices Remain below G-7 Cap but $900-a-Month Delivery Mystery Remains
Russia’s main crude grade is still selling well below international benchmarks — and a Group of Seven-imposed price cap — but a huge amount of money for delivering it continues to go into the hands of mystery middlemen. The country’s flagship Urals grade averaged about $52 a barrel so far …
Read More »Europe’s Natural Gas Prices Rise on Abnormally Warm Summer
Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices continued to rise early on Tuesday as weather forecasts suggest that most of northwest Europe, the biggest consumers of gas, will see a hotter-than-usual start to the summer, at least until the middle of July. The front-month futures at the TTF hub, the benchmark for …
Read More »Iran, Qatar can Become Gas, Energy Hubs in Region
The cooperation between Iran and Qatar in the field of energy can turn the two countries into gas and energy hubs in the region, the Iranian Vice-President said. The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is pleased with the stability and internal and international progress of the government of …
Read More »Saudi Arabia’s Stash of Oil in the Red Sea is Driving up Global Floating Storage
The amount of oil being stored at sea globally climbed to the highest in more than two-and-a-half years, aided by an unusual stash of Saudi Arabian barrels in the Red Sea. About 129 million barrels of crude were sat stationary on oil tankers in the week to June 23, according …
Read More »Hydrogen Plant on the Cards for Europe’s Largest Inland Port
The Port of Duisburg (Duisport), Europe’s top inland port, has teamed up with French renewable hydrogen producer Lhyfe to look into the feasibility of building the first major electrolysis plant in the port. The planned factory would have a capacity of up to 20 MW and could be built on …
Read More »TotalEnergies Seeks to Tap Huge Asian Renewable Potential with Petronas and Gentari Pacts
French energy giant TotalEnergies is today set to sign memoranda of understanding with Petronas and its renewable energy company Gentari during chief executive Patrick Pouyanne’s visit to Malaysia. Pouyanne told the Energy Asia 2023 conference in Kuala Lumpur on Monday morning that the agreements scheduled to be inked later today …
Read More »Renewables Growth did not Dent Fossil Fuel Dominance in 2022
Global energy demand rose 1% last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82% of supply, the industry’s Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Monday. Last year was marked by turmoil in the energy markets after Russia’s …
Read More »EU Urges IMO to Set Net-Zero Emissions Target for 2050
On 21 June 2023, the EU Delegation to the UN, together with Denmark, Palau and Samoa, and with the participation of Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and ASG of the Climate Action Selwin Hart, hosted a meeting in New York on climate and shipping, outlining the EU’s proposals for …
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