Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has launched the participation procedure for the German continental shelf section of the Hansa PowerBridge subsea cable project. BSH is now accepting submissions from public interest representatives as part of the participation procedure for the 300 kV cross-border submarine cable between Germany and …
Read More »Russian Invasion Affects Ukraine’s Largest State Oil and Gas Firm
Ukraine’s largest state-owned oil and gas company has announced it had stopped the work in some of its production facilities after Russian troops invaded Ukraine. As of Friday 4pm, Naftogaz said one gas storage facility in the Chernihiv region, north-central Ukraine, temporarily suspended gas extraction due to reports of hostilities …
Read More »Russian Gas Transit via Ukraine Remains Stable despite Reported Pipe Blast
Ukraine’s transmission system operator GTSOU said on February 27 that it could not confirm there had been an accident at its transmission infrastructure in the east Kharkiv city, despite the Ukrainian government reporting earlier that day that Russian troops had blown up a pipeline there. Ukraine’s state service of special …
Read More »Putin Puts Russia’s Nuclear Force on High Alert as War Intensifies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence troops to put nuclear weapons on high alert as he claims the US and her allies are advancing in an ‘unfriendly’ way. This is according to a New York Times Monday briefing. His remarks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that …
Read More »European Gas Jumps as Sanctions Spur Energy Shortage Concerns
European natural gas prices surged as another round of sanctions on Russia over the weekend fueled concerned about energy shortages. Futures traded in the Netherlands jumped as much as 36% on Monday. Western nations agreed to impose new sanctions to further isolate Russia’s economy and financial system after initial penalties …
Read More »Russia’s Gazprom Continues Transit of Gas via Ukraine in Regular Mode
Russia’s Gazprom continues to supply gas for transit through Ukraine in the regular mode and following consumers’ demands amounting to 107.5 million cubic meters as of Sunday, the company said. “Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through the territory of Ukraine in the regular mode, in accordance with the applications …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Discovers Several New Natural Gas Fields
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. discovered a number of natural gas fields in the Central Region, the Empty Quarter desert, in addition to the Northern and Eastern borders, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, citing Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.
Read More »Europe Installed a Record amount of Wind Power Last Year. But Industry Says It’s not Enough
Europe installed 17.4 gigawatts of wind power capacity in 2021, according to figures from industry body WindEurope, a record amount and an 18% increase compared to 2020. Despite this, the Brussels-based organization said it was not enough to meet energy and climate goals. The European Union, which consists of 27 …
Read More »Siemens Unveils Easy-to-Deploy EV Charging Concept
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has unveiled a new sustainable, EV charging concept structure designed for electrifying fleets and high demand charging applications at scale. The new VersiCharge XL concept (UL standard) was created to electrify new or existing parking lots and building structures quickly and efficiently by using a modular, scalable …
Read More »Japan should Discuss NATO-Like Nuclear Weapons Sharing
Japan should discuss a possible sharing of nuclear weapons similar to that of NATO members in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday. NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements let the U.S. keep its nuclear weapons in Europe under its custody. “Many people in …
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