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Russia’s Rosatom to support nuclear projects across Africa at AEW2024
Rosatom, now building Egypt's first nuclear power plant, has announced a strong pipeline of projects across Africa, having signed agreements with Burkina Faso, Congo and Guinea while making inroads in Kenya and beyond.
Energo: Russian company requests electricity supply from Georgia and Azerbaijan for emergency needs
Kyrgyzstan’s giant Kambarata hydro ambition awaits World Bank feasibility, cost updates
To verify cost-effectiveness, estimated price tag of $4.5bn-5bn will be revised in line with latest market situation.
Don't hold your breath for Central Europe to give up Russian oil any time soon
Hungary and Slovakia’s reluctance to quit Russian oil is consistent with their broader defence of continued economic ties with Russia.
Mongolia copper-gold discovery hailed for “globally significant” prospects
Study shows Kharmagtai a world-class asset that could be important provider of energy transition metals as world economy decarbonises and electrifies.
South Africa’s national freight and logistics firm Transnet plans to avert looming gas shortages
Global warming will increase crop yields in Global North, but reduce them in Global South
Global warming will increase crop yields in the Global North, largely thanks to increased “carbon fertilisation” and temperature increases towards the optimal for growing crops, but will decrease it in the Global South.
MEOG: Chevron suspends Leviathan work
US, Brazil lead the charge in global carbon capture, but current capacity is a fraction of what’s needed
Brazil and the US have the biggest carbon capture and storage capacity and China is adding at the fastest rate, but the total global CCS capacity is a tiny fraction of what is needed to get to carbon-zero.
Euroil: ExxonMobil scraps plans for UK CO2 pipeline
AfrElec: AfDB approves €6mn for Burkina Faso solar project to boost Sahel energy initiative
LatAmOil: Petrobras confirms major gas discovery in Colombia
Russia showcases a "made in Russia" supercomputer and large volume gas turbine
Russia’s top university, the Moscow State University (MGU), has announced it has developed one of the world’s “second or third most powerful” supercomputers, and Putin has also unveiled Russia's first large volume gas turbine.
National Transmission Company of South Africa outlines strategic objectives at official launch
Gazprom signs MoU on boosting gas supply to Hungary
Despite the EU pushing to eliminate Russian gas imports by 2027, Hungary is increasing rather than decreasing its dependence on Russian supplies.
REM: IFC provides €500mn green loan to Engie
The world add 670GW of new renewable capacity in 2024, almost on track to triple green power generation
The world will add a huge 670 GW of new renewable capacity in 2024, bring government a step closer to the COP28 goal of tripling renewable generation capacity, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report.
CENTRAL ASIA BLOG: Is proposal that “international consortium” should build Kazakhstan’s nuclear plant merely cosmetic?
CENTRAL ASIA BLOG: Is proposal that “international consortium” should build Kazakhstan’s nuclear plant merely cosmetic?
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