Europe’s largest economy, Germany, is expected to become a net importer of electricity in 2023 for the first time since 2002 due to retiring coal plants and the nuclear phase-out, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Germany plans to switch off all its remaining nuclear power generators by …
Read More »Siemens Honours 15 as 2021 Inventors of the Year
Siemens has honoured 15 particularly resourceful researchers from Germany, the US, Israel, India, the UK and Poland as 2021 Inventors of the Year. The awardees’ inventions span Siemens’ entire spectrum, and they all pursue advances based on the company’s understanding of innovation: technology that serves people and improves their everyday …
Read More »Iran is Negotiating with Oman for Oil Exports
Iran’s Oil Minister considering the price range of $ 80 to $ 90 to be the ideal price for oil, stressed that members of both OPEC and OPEC Plus have a consensus on this figure, which is a good price for both exporting and consuming countries. “Regarding the recent agreement …
Read More »Oil Minister: Good News Expected on Iran-Russia Energy Cooperation
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said negotiations have been made with Russia on a project, promising that good news will come out about cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in the energy sector. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Owji said the Iranian Oil Ministry has been elected as the chair of …
Read More »Hydrogen to Cover 12% of Global Energy Use by 2050
The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) estimated that hydrogen will cover up to 12 per cent of global energy use by 2050. “Hydrogen could prove to be a missing link to a climate-safe energy future,” Francesco La Camera, Director-General of Irena, said while presenting the key findings of new report: …
Read More »China Set to Release Crude from Strategic Reserve in Early February
China has agreed with the United States to release crude from its strategic reserves around the Lunar New Year holiday on February 1, as part of the broader U.S.-led effort for strategic releases to bring oil prices down, sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Friday. “China agreed …
Read More »India is Preparing its Power Grid for a Major Renewable Energy Expansion
In line with India’s commitment at the COP26 summit in Glasgow last year, the country aims to reach net-zero by 2070. Furthermore, India seeks to meet 50% of its energy needs by 2030 through renewable sources and expand non-fossil fuel power generation capacity to 500 GW in this decade. In …
Read More »Russia Says Short-Sighted EU has Only Itself to Blame for Energy Crisis
The EU is to blame for its energy crisis, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Saturday. A global gas supply crunch has sent consumer bills soaring across Europe, fueling inflation and accusations, most recently by International Energy Agency boss Fatih Birol, that Moscow is exacerbating the problem by withholding …
Read More »Iraq’ Oil Exports to the United States Increased in Last Week
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed, on Saturday, that Iraq’s export oil to the United States increased to 317 thousand bpd in the last week. EIA stated in a report, “The United States oil exports recorded 5.153 bpd in the first week of January.” The top three source countries …
Read More »Yamal Gas Pipeline Continues Flowing Eastwards from Germany to Poland
The Yamal-Europe pipeline, which usually sends Russian gas west into Europe, flowed east from Germany to Poland for a 26th successive day on Saturday, data from German network operator Gascade showed. Since Dec. 21, the link between Poland and Germany had been operating in reverse mode, putting upward pressure on …
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