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Europe’s biggest solar power plant, the under-construction Karapinar plant in Konya in south-central Turkey, is poised to be fully operational by the end of 2022, Cemal Kalyoncu, the chairman of Kalyon Holding, the company responsible for the project, said on Monday. The current installed capacity of the power plant is …

Russian state-owned gas producer Gazprom continued to supply natural gas to Europe via Ukraine on Saturday at the pace of 74.6 million cubic metres per day, in accordance with requests from European consumers, the company said. This was in line with the 74.5 mcm reported earlier by Interfax news agency, …

After more than a week of consecutive declines, Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices rose on Tuesday amid lower orders for Russian gas supply transiting Ukraine. In morning trade in Amsterdam on Tuesday, the front-month gas futures price at the Dutch TTF hub, the benchmark gas price for Europe, was up …

European natural gas prices edged higher, following seven sessions of declines, with Russian supplies through Ukraine expected to fall. Orders dropped to about 68pc of the amount that Gazprom PJSC can send under its transit contract. The Russian company reiterated that flows were in line with requests from customers. Supplies …

Replacing Russian natural gas in Europe could be challenging in short term and it will keep gas prices high, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Europe imports around 60% of its total natural gas demand, as Russia is supplying about a third of the continent’s consumption – 152 billion cubic meters …

Ukraine’s gas grid warned that flows through Europe could be affected as Russia and illegal armed forces are disrupting operations at a key compressor station. Occupiers are interfering with operations at the Novopskov gas compressor station in the in Luhansk region, Gas TSO of Ukraine said in a statement. The …

Buying enquiries from Europe for Asian petrochemicals have risen in recent weeks as international sanctions hit supply from Russia amid the Ukraine war. In the styrene-butadiene-rubber (SBR) market, Asian producers are preparing to ship out more cargoes to Europe given recent loss of Russian supply. Tyre factories in Europe are …

Oil futures extended gains on Tuesday as the United States and Europe planned new sanctions to punish Moscow over alleged war crimes by Russian troops in Ukraine, adding to concerns about supply disruptions, while Iran nuclear talks stalled. Brent crude futures rose $1.20, or 1.1per cent, to $108.73 a barrel, …

Natural gas prices in Europe rose as supply fears intensified amid a push for further sanctions against Russia. Benchmark futures rose as much as 7%. Some European Union members are pushing for the bloc to quickly impose new penalties against Russia after reports of atrocities near Kyiv. German Chancellor Olaf …

The war in Ukraine has made the security of energy supply a top priority, increasing pressure in Europe to accelerate the transition to cleaner fuels, including hydrogen. This was one of the topics covered at the European Gas and Hydrogen Conference that took place in Vienna between 21-23 March. More …