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Romania already exceeded EU’s 2030 green transition target
By 2022, Romania had brought its greenhouse gas emissions down by 56% compared to 1990, above the 55% target set by the EU.
Bulgaria to lose €665mn under recovery plan after delaying liberalisation of power market
Experts suggest the country could lose all of the remaining €4.4bn allocated under the recovery plan over delayed or failed reforms.
Putinomics: Russia’s oil and gas revenue to double in April
Russia’s oil and gas revenues surged in the first three months of this year by 79%, but Reuters calculated they will double in April compared to the same month a year earlier, the newswire reported on April 24.
The models are wrong, climate change is accelerating faster than predicted
Scientists are starting to realise that the climate models they have been using to predict the rate of global warming are wrong as it becomes clear temperatures are rising faster than predicted.
Unpacking the return of Venezuela oil sanctions
The United States has decided not to renew General Licence 44, which previously authorised transactions linked to Venezuela's oil and gas sector, penalising PDVSA.
IMF: Paying Africa’s Climate bill
The world's poorest countries, especially those in Africa, are struggling to pay for a climate crisis they cannot afford.
ENRG advances surveying at Niger uranium project Agadez within highly prospective Tim Mersoi Basin
ENRG Elements, which focuses on exploring and developing uranium and copper projects, has used radiometrics and a recent trenching program to identify potentially significant uranium mineralisation at its flagship Niger project.
China takes the lead in green technology
China has taken the lead in green technology. President Xi Jinping highlighting the country's dominance in key segments of this burgeoning industry that has drawn sharp criticiam from the US for non-market practises.
Romanian fuel distribution company JT Grup Oil plans Bucharest IPO
IPO announcement comes after Premier Energy announced a similar step earlier in April.
Ukraine's DTEK seeks $350mn to restore energy capacity after Russian attacks
Ukraine's leading private energy company, DTEK, has sounded the alarm, indicating an urgent need for $350mn to recuperate lost capacity from war damage.
Unstable dams mean Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster threatens Central Asia’s Fergana valley
Studies show Soviet-era radioactive waste disposal facilities became unreliable following 2017 landslide.
How Kazakhstan leveraged “uranium power” to hold reins in nuclear fuel dealings with China
Researcher says Kazakhstan is no mere “node in Beijing’s transregional geoeconomic strategy”. Such thinking obscures Chinese actors’ adaptive approach to local interests and overlooks gains Kazakhstani actors “skillfully extracted”.
Scarcity & security: European impact of Biden's LNG decision
Biden’s LNG freeze make little sense for both European and the US energy security, and won’t promote a green energy transition.
Europe unlikely to tackle Russian LNG imports anytime soon
The European Parliament voted in favour of rules earlier this month that would enable individual EU member states to block Russian LNG imports, by preventing Russian companies from booking capacity at gas infrastructure.
COMMENT: Can China compensate for Russia’s losses on the European gas market?
“Building the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline from Russia to China is a rational decision that would have made sense even before the war, but the project will never be able to replace Russia’s decimated gas trade with Europe."
FSUOGM: Novatek sees slight rise in gas supply in Q1
Iran eyes overseas power plant development
Iran plans to expand its power plant development projects overseas, including renewable energy generation.
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