IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture brand, is branching out into selling renewable energy to households, starting with home market Sweden in September, Trend reports citing Reuters. Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores worldwide, said households would be able to buy affordable renewable electricity from solar and wind parks, …
Read More »Merkel says Europe will Need No Russian Gas in 25 years
Europe wants to achieve climatic neutrality in 25 years and will need much less gas than today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday after talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. “Europe will need to achieve climatic neutrality step by step by 2050,” she said. “It means that in 25 …
Read More »Merkel Says Russia-Ukraine Transit Accord Must Be Extended
Chancellor Angela Merkel reinforced her pledge to ensure Russian gas flows through Ukraine, an economic lifeline for the former Soviet republic threatened by the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany. A gas-transit accord between Russia and Ukraine must be extended “as quickly as possible,” Merkel said at …
Read More »President Raisi Underlines Facilitating Non-Oil Exports
President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday that there should be mechanisms to expand and facilitate non-oil exports and bring back proceeds to the domestic economy. Speaking during a session of Economic Coordination Headquarters, Raisi pointed to currency obligations arising from exports, saying that barriers against fulfilling these obligations should be …
Read More »Floating Solar Power to Quadruple by 2025
The global market for floating solar panels is set to more than quadruple by 2025, a recent report has revealed. The report published by Korea Energy Economics Institute on Sunday estimates that the total power generation capacity of floating solar farms around the globe had surpassed 3 gigawatts as of …
Read More »Saudi Oil Income Increased even as Crude Exports Dropped in H1 by 20 Percent
Saudi Arabia could not ship more crude oil in the first half as it voluntarily restrained output under OPEC+ production-cut agreement; however, high oil prices this year helped the Kingdom to see stable income. The Kingdom’s crude oil exports averaged 5.776 million barrels per day (bpd) in the first half …
Read More »US Oil and Gas Rigs Rise for Third Week
US energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a third week in a row, as a recovery in oil prices prompted some drillers to return to the wellpad over the past year. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose three …
Read More »Turkey Expects Russia to Boost Gas Supplies via TurkStream
Turkey expects that the supplies of natural gas via the TurkStream pipeline will be increased, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin during their talks by phone on Saturday. “President Erdogan pointed out that Turkey and Russia believe the cooperation in the economic sector to be crucial. He …
Read More »Russia to Pump 5.6 Billion Cubic Meters of Natural Gas through Nord Stream 2 Pipeline in 2021
Gas supplies via the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline may total 5.6 billion cubic meters this year, Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom said in a statement on Thursday. The project was 99% complete as of July, with the pipe-laying barge Fortuna working at the final section. Gas flows via Nord …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Remains China’s Top Crude Oil Supplier for 9th Month
Saudi Arabia maintained its position as China’s top crude oil supplier for the ninth month in July, Reuters reported, citing data from the General Administration of Customs in China. Shipments from Saudi Arabia totaled 6.69 million tons in July, or 1.58 million barrels per day (bpd), compared with 1.75 million …
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