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Singapore is looking for companies to build two new power plants by 2030 to meet its growing energy needs. The Energy Market Authority launched a request for proposals to build, own and operate two hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants, with capacity of at least 600 megawatts each, that will be ready …

The world is still off track to reach a key goal set at the COP28 climate summit last year—tripling renewables capacity by 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report on Tuesday. At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai at the end of 2023, nearly 200 countries made …

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are discussing the use of the Baku-Supsa pipeline to carry Kazakh crude, media reported, citing a statement by the Kazakh embassy in Baku. “Currently, the parties are exploring the possibilities of further increasing volumes. Kazakhstan is also studying Azerbaijan’s proposal to use the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline. Supplies …

Brent crude was trading down well over 3% on Monday, marking the first time the global benchmark has been below $80 since February, with the U.S. crude benchmark down over 3.5% following the OPEC+ agreement to start phasing out voluntary cuts in October. On Monday at 11:54 a.m. ET, Brent …

Western media reported that Russia pummeled Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile attack on Saturday, injuring at least 19 people. The Ukrainian military claimed that it had downed 35 out of the 53 missiles launched at targets across the country overnight on 1 June as well as …

India’s steel industry currently finds itself in a stressful predicament. Already reeling from cheap steel imports, the country is now even more worried about a surge of Chinese imports following the imposition of fresh tariffs on Chinese steel by U.S. President Joe Biden. Alongside the U.S., India and many other …

For years, Kenya has been a leader in Africa in renewable energy’s share of its power mix. It now looks to capitalize on the booming clean technology industry and become a supply-chain partner of major economies, including the United States. Africa has abundant key energy transition minerals. It also has …

A potential EU tariff of 20% on China-made electric vehicles would cost China $3.8 billion worth of EV exports to the bloc, but it would also cost EU end-consumers “noticeably higher prices,” Germany’s Kiel Institute for the World Economy said in an analysis on Friday. The EU launched in October …

The OPEC+ group is likely to roll over their current production cuts into the second half of 2024 when producers meet online this weekend, according to analysts and market expectations. The alliance is likely to extend the current 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) production cuts, four anonymous OPEC+ delegates …

Russia’s Rosneft, the largest crude oil producer in the country, reported a 92.8% quarterly increase in its net profit for the first quarter of the year. Rosneft also said its average daily production had stood at 5.43 million barrels of oil equivalent daily during the reporting period, of which 3.85 …