As the world wrestles with soaring energy prices just ahead of winter, Turkey is revving up efforts to ensure the fallout is only minimally reflected on its citizens and their energy bills, according to officials. Gas and electricity prices, particularly in Europe, have been setting record highs on a daily …
Read More »Biggest Saudi IPO since Aramco Set for Riyadh Trading Debut
ACWA Power International, Saudi Arabia’s first $1 billion initial public offering since Aramco, is set to start trading in Riyadh on Monday. The $1.2 billion IPO drew interest from investors looking for exposure to a business seen as key to the kingdom’s plans to diversify its economy away from oil. …
Read More »Electricity Generation in Bushehr Power Plant- Hits 50b kWh
Generation of electricity at the 1st phase of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran has hit 50 billion kWh, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Sunday. Based on the preliminary studies, Iran can obtain 8,000 MW of from the nuclear power, Mohammad Eslami said according …
Read More »China Eyes Kazakh Coal as Energy Demand Soars
China is the world’s biggest coal consumer. Neighboring Kazakhstan sits on some of the world’s biggest coal reserves. Yet they have never done much business trading the stuff, largely because it is expensive to move by rail. That may be about to change. Rolling blackouts caused by a coal shortage …
Read More »Cold Weather May Cause Further Record Prices on European Gas Market
Earlier this week, the price of gas futures in Europe broke a new record, exceeding $1,900 per 1,000 cubic metres, before falling by $740 and temporarily stabilising at about $1,198. The already strained European gas markets may become more volatile next week, when bad weather is expected to increase demand …
Read More »Eni: Libya can Achieve Threefold Increase of Gas Production
The director of public relations at the Italian oil giant, Eni, said Libya could achieve a threefold increase of gas. The PR director said at the 10th edition of Shared Awareness and Conflict Resolution in the Mediterranean Conference, organized by EU Operation IRINI, that Eni wasn’t harmed in the last …
Read More »The UAE’s Net Zero Plan by 2050 is the Only Way
Rome wasn’t built in a day, the saying goes. To deal with a security threat as universal and pressing as climate change, all countries need to agree on a vision and a timeline. They need clear objectives to be met within stipulated time periods, often encompassing decades. Then comes the …
Read More »China Orders Huge Boost in Coal Output to Avert Severe Power Crunch
Beijing has called for an immediate expansion of coal production in Inner Mongolia by nearly 100 million tons, Reuters reports. This comes amid a global energy crunch and coal shortages in the country. The proposed increase would reportedly make up nearly 3% of China’s total thermal coal consumption. The 72 …
Read More »WoodMac: Only Russian Gas Can Save Europe in Cold Winter
Europe may face gas shortages this winter if the cold weather depletes storage levels to zero, leaving the region entirely dependent on additional flows from Russia, according to consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. If Europe and Asia experience cold winters, there won’t be enough gas to meet demand unless extra volumes …
Read More »Iran’s President Says the Capacity of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant to be Tripled
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi voiced his satisfaction that Bushehr power plant is being operated at its maximum nominal capacity and generates 1,000 megawatts of electricity. After visiting different parts of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and its developing phases, the Iranian president told reporters that the definite policy of the …
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