Nineteen companies participated in the YEKA GES-2026 solar tenders.

Turkey awards 785 MW of solar capacity in YEKA tender

Energo - CEE/FSU Power
REM - Renewable Energy
By Akin Nazli in Belgrade 3 November 2026
Regulators provide €32.5/MWh price guarantee.
State oil company TPAO is developing 1.98bn barrels of oil equivalent as Antalya hosts the UN climate summit, while state giants and oil majors push further past the IEA's 1.5C pathway.

COP31 host Turkey's TPAO expands oil and gas plans sevenfold - Urgewald

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 3 November 2026
Turkey's state oil company TPAO has expanded its oil and gas plans sevenfold since 2021, German campaign group Urgewald said, as Antalya hosts the COP31 climate summit.

Venezuela’s new envoy pays court in Washington as US tightens grip

LatAmOil - Latin America Oil & Gas
By Latin America bureau 3 November 2026
Venezuela’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Oliver Blanco met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on November 2, in the latest sign of the US’s growing sway over Caracas.
Half of the EU countries with gas storage were drawing gas out of their tanks on November 1, as the heating season started from a record-low 74.6%.

Heating season starts as the first EU gas tanks flip to drawdown - IntelliNews Lambda

EurOil - Europe Oil & Gas
FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas
GLNG - Global LNG
By Ben Aris in Berlin 3 November 2026
Half of the EU's gas-storage countries were drawing down their tanks on November 1, the first day of the heating season, as Europe began burning a record-low winter reserve.
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