OPEC has raised forecasts for global oil demand through to the middle of the century, even as the world shifts away from fossil fuels to avert catastrophic climate change. Oil consumption will climb 16% over the next two decades to reach 116m barrels a day in 2045, about 6m a …
Read More »EU Prepares Emergency Plan to do without Russian Energy
The European Union’s executive arm on Friday pledged to draft an emergency plan this month aimed at helping member countries do without Russian energy in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the initiative would build on EU moves to ditch …
Read More »Europe’s Thirst for Electricity Spurs Nordic Grid Blockade
Sweden started an oil-fired reserve power plant after Poland said it needed help from its neighbours to meet soaring electricity demand as freezing weather has spread across Europe. It’s the latest chapter in the scramble by European countries to secure adequate supplies in the midst of plummeting temperatures and soaring …
Read More »It’s Finally Getting Cold and Europe doesn’t have Enough Gas
Europe is set to get its first cold spell of the winter season, putting the continent’s already scant energy supplies under pressure. Temperatures are set to drop starting this week, with parts of Italy forecast to experience weather as much as 2 degrees Celsius below normal. Southern France, Spain and …
Read More »Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water to be Released via Undersea Tunnel
The operator of the wrecked Japanese Fukushima nuclear power plant has said it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean. The discharge would be about one kilometre away from the plant to avoid interference with …
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