South Korea’s aggressive new climate target will require the country to significantly ramp up its renewable energy generation, particularly in the wind sector. President Moon Jae-in pledged to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2018 levels by 2030 in his speech at the annual U.N. climate conference …

Turkey discovered an additional 60 million barrels of oil equivalent reserves with 26 new onshore explorations this year, Fatih Dönmez, the minister of energy and natural resources, announced on Nov. 1. Speaking in parliament, Dönmez summarized the achievements that Turkey made with its own vessels on the completion of 15 …

Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as producer group OPEC undershot its expected pace of output increases last month, while the world’s top oil consumer China ramped up operating rates to meet a spike in diesel demand. Brent crude futures edged higher by 3c to $84.74 a barrel by 5.07am …

After a power crunch battered the world’s second largest economy from September, China has achieved significant improvement in coal supply due to expanded output and stabilizing prices. As winter approaches, the country is boosting energy supplies in full swing to ensure winter heating needs. China Energy said the coal industry …

Spokesman for Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that 29,709,000 tons of non-oil products, valued at $9.413 billion was exported in two Iranian months of Shahrivar and Mehr (from Aug. 23 to Oct. 22). Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi broke the news on Tuesday, saying that 9,686,000 tons of non-oil …

Tech giant pledges to help communities affected by climate change access clean power through new initiative The number of Apple’s suppliers committed to using 100 per cent clean energy has more than doubled in the past year, the tech giant announced late last week, as it simultaneously launched 10 new …

How could carbon dioxide emissions reduce the carbon footprint of the production of solar panels? The Chinese petrochemicals corporation Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals Co has unveiled plans to build a project that will recycle an estimated 150,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year to use in the manufacture of solar panel …

Russia’s Gazprom said its Marshal Vasilevskiy vessel passed through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) with a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time ever. The Russian LNG cargo was delivered under long-term contract to Indian company GAIL. On September 23, Marshal Vasilevskiy collected an LNG cargo at …

Russian state oil major Rosneft is developing a new strategy centred on the transition to renewable energy resources. The move was announced by CEO Igor Sechin at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona, Vedomosti reports. “We are currently developing a new company strategy, with the central priority of adapting to …

Germany’s government has determined that the Nord Stream 2 poses no threat to European energy security, clearing a key obstacle to the pipeline’s commercial launch. Whether or not the pipeline is considered an energy security risk will be a key consideration as German energy regulator Bundesnetzagentur decides whether or not …