The European Commission is preparing to unveil 12 climate change policies in July, all designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions faster. A revamp of the EU’s renewable energy regulations is among them. EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson said the revamp will promote power purchase agreements for renewable energy and target …
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U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he decided to waive sanctions against the company behind the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline because the project was nearly complete, and doing so could have harmed ties with Europe. Biden, who is preparing for his first visit to Europe and his first …
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The UAE’s Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi or KIZAD has announced plans to build a $1 billion green ammonia facility in the free zone targeting regional and international markets as OPEC’s third-largest oil producer boosts investments in clean energy. Helios Industry, a privately-owned special project vehicle company or SPV, will …
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Russia is planning to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to the moon, then Venus, then Jupiter. Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space agency, announced Saturday that its “space tug” — the term for a spacecraft that transports astronauts or equipment from one orbit to another — is scheduled to launch on an interplanetary …
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The Biden administration will seek to approve more than a dozen offshore wind projects in the next four years and open the coast off California to development as it seeks to supercharge the nascent U.S. industry, officials said May 25. The effort is part of the administration’s broader plan to …
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Oil prices were steady on Tuesday, holding around one-week highs after jumping more than 3% the previous session as investors tempered expectations of an early return of oil exporter Iran to international crude markets. Brent crude futures were down 1 cent at $68.45 a barrel by 0701 GMT, having jumped …
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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has signed a partnership agreement with Siemens Energy aimed at advancing the global energy transition. Under the agreement, the organisations will strengthen collaboration on the application of technology to advance and deepen the transition to renewable energy around the world. The wide-ranging scope of …
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The five largest oil and gas companies recorded a cumulative revenue of $1.14 trillion in 2020, representing a loss of about 30.9% or $500 billion from the 2019 figure of $1.65 trillion, according to data acquired by Finbold. PetroChina’s last year revenue stood at $280.7 billion, a drop of 19.28% …
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Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said here on Monday that the %60, 20% and 5% enrichments still continue. He said the quantity of Iran’s stored %20 enriched uranium is now over 90 kilograms. About further extension of recording time for the IAEA cameras …
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Kazem Gharibabadi, the Iranian Ambassador to International Organisations in Vienna, says Tehran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its decision to extend an earlier deal with the UN’s nuclear watchdog for one more month at most. According to Gharibabadi, the IAEA cameras will be allowed to continue …
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