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Betting that it can fulfil its green ambitions without atomic power despite the energy crisis caused by the Ukraine war, Germany is set to shut down its three remaining nuclear plants on Saturday. The cloud of white steam that has risen since 1989 over the river in Neckarwestheim, near Stuttgart, …

Sinopec, China’s oil and chemical giant, is set to build the first ‘West to East’ green hydrogen transmission line in the country, according to a report in state media. The company will construct a 400km pipeline from Inner Mongolia’s Ulanqab to Beijing to transfer hydrogen from renewable energy projects in …

European natural gas prices slid further as weather forecasts point to warmer and windier weather, signaling lower consumption of the fuel. Benchmark futures hit a two-week low, before paring some losses, with temperatures expected to rise in the coming days after April started on a chilly note. Relatively stable storage …

Group of Seven nations are butting heads over the timeline for phasing out coal-fired power ahead of next weekend’s summit of top energy and environmental ministers. Draft communique documents circulated before negotiations resume Tuesday and seen by Bloomberg News show the European Union, the US and Japan expressed reservations about …

Speculators ramped up their bullish bets on higher oil prices after OPEC+ jolted markets with a surprise production cut, posting the second-largest increase in net-wagers on record last week. Net-long positions in Brent crude jumped by more than 73,000 contracts in the week to April 4, according to data from …

Riding on a driverless, rubber-tired vehicle to the coalface at a depth of 150 meters has become part of the daily routine for miners in Shangwan Coal Mine in the city of Ordos, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Thanks to the digitization of the coal industry, miners no longer …

Jordan’s imports of Iraqi oil stopped since the beginning of April, after the memorandum of understanding providing Jordan with crude oil ended, despite the approval of the Iraqi Cabinet to renew it. The director of the company carrying Iraqi oil to Jordan, Nael Thiabat, said that the company stopped importing …

China’s highest geothermal power station in terms of elevation, located in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, has generated more than 500 million kWh of electricity since it was put into operation in 2018. Yangyi geothermal power station in Damxung County, in the regional capital of Lhasa, is China’s only geothermal …

State oil giant Saudi Aramco will supply full crude contract volumes loading in May to several North Asian buyers despite its pledge to cut output by 500,000 barrels per day, several sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. This comes after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries …

The future of global hydrogen is looking brighter as India, this week, presented a $2 billion subsidy scheme to push domestic hydrogen fuels, and Rystad Energy foresees a 700% growth of global hydrogen pipelines by 2035. Without an increase in hydrogen transport infrastructure, most projects will still face an uphill …