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Turkey needs more investments for the development of the identified 62,00 megawatt (MW) of geothermal energy potential, which will contribute to the country’s 2053 net zero emissions target, the head of the Turkish Geothermal Energy Association said on Wednesday. Geothermal energy is classified as a renewable energy source that can …

China urged Japan again Thursday to stop the ocean discharge of treated nuclear waste from the crippled Fukushima power plant. “The legitimacy and safety of Japan’s ocean discharge plan have long been questioned by the international community,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, who urged Tokyo to engage in “honest …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday extended through Dec. 31 the ban on selling Russian oil and petroleum products to countries that introduced a price cap, a price above which fuel purchases are prohibited. According to a decree on the government’s official website, the supply of Russian oil and petroleum …

With the expansion capacity of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project, Azerbaijan will correspondingly increase its gas exports to Turkey to 10.2 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Türkiye, Rashad Mammadov, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview. According to the Natural Gas Market 2022 Sector …

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday that the country should speed up the transition to green energy both for climate protection and more prosperity. Speaking to reporters in Berlin, after a meeting with business and trade union leaders, Scholz underlined that Germany has ambitious goals, and it is aiming …

US energy giant ExxonMobil has sued the EU to block the new windfall tax, which are levied on large profits of oil and natural gas companies. ExxonMobil argued that its challenge is only against “the counter-productive” windfall profits tax, and not any other elements of the EU’s package to reduce …

Russia set a record in daily gas deliveries to China on Wednesday, according to the head of the Russian energy giant Gazprom. Speaking at a meeting in Moscow, Alexey Miller said Gazprom made a decision to supply gas to China in volumes exceeding the daily contractual obligations. The maximum excess …

Europe has simply switched from dependency on Russian gas to dependency on LNG from the US, the Kremlin said on Sunday. “They have now changed their dependence on Russia for dependence on American liquefied natural gas. This is exactly the same dependence. Only there is much less reciprocity,” Kremlin spokesman …

A US official said Wednesday that the oil price cap imposed on Russia does not involve ships navigating through Turkish waters. The Treasury Department said Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo spoke with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal and discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine and the implementation of the price cap …

Russia said on Friday that it and China had switched to national currencies in their trade for natural gas, implementing a deal they signed in early September. Noting that Beijing already paid for Russian gas on the basis of the ruble-yuan parity, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in a …