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 …
Read More »Lukoil Buys Shah Deniz Stake for $2.25B
Lukoil has concluded a deal for acquiring 15.5 percent interest in the Shah Deniz gas project in the Caspian Sea from Malaysian giant Petronas. Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has concluded a deal for acquiring 15.5 percent interest in the Shah Deniz gas project in the Azerbaijan part of …
Read More »China’s Major Coal Production Region in Full Throttle to Ensure Supplies
Ordos in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a major coal production hub, is making efforts to raise production to cope with the country’s rising energy demand in the coming winter and spring. The regional departments of energy and land resources have jointly facilitated the approval procedures for new coal …
Read More »Russia Supplying Additional Gas to Europe Using all Available Routes
Russia has been gradually increasing gas deliveries to Europe over the past nine months, boosting exports by 15% compared to last year and edging toward record gas deliveries via all routes, including Ukraine, Gazprom Export says. According to company CEO Elena Burmistrova, from January to September this year Russia’s state …
Read More »Covid-19 Pandemic Boosts Interest in Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Meeting the net zero carbon emissions target by 2050 is a “massive challenge” for the aviation industry but it offers a huge opportunity for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) sector, which is already being propelled by the Covid-19 pandemic, industry experts said. Investments in the SAF industry and work towards …
Read More »Oil Climbs on Switch from Gas and Doubts over U.S. Releasing Reserves
Oil prices rose on Friday, tracking towards a 4.2% gain for the week on signs some industries have begun switching fuel from high priced gas to oil and on doubts the U.S. government would release oil from its strategic reserves for now. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures climbed …
Read More »Germany’s Green Energy Revolution Reaches a Dead End
In 2021, Germany seems to be heading towards producing the largest increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the last 30 years. According to the observations of the first half of the year, the recovery from the coronavirus epidemic will be carried out at the cost of higher pollution than the …
Read More »Google Is Updating Maps, Search and other Products to Help Consumers Save Energy and Reduce Emissions
On Wednesday, Google launched a suite of changes to many of its core products to help consumers make sustainable choices more easily. “Today, climate change is more than a threat,” Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, said in a prerecorded video during a virtual press event …
Read More »Germany Seeks Competition Assurances over Nord Stream 2
Germany’s energy regulator said the Nord Stream 2 pipeline must show it would not break competition rules by limiting which suppliers used it and could face a fine if it started pumping Russian gas to Germany without securing necessary approvals. Nord Stream 2, a project led by Gazprom, which has …
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