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Kenya confirms 2027 target date for starting construction on 1,000-MW nuclear power plant
Chinese EV maker BYD to build plant in Uzbekistan’s Jizzakh region
PANNIER: Climate change brings neverending energy crisis to Kyrgyzstan
Drought and melted glaciers mean a lack of water for hydro-electricity generation and the last-resort use of more dirty coal to provide power.
EurOil: BP could hire externally to replace ex-CEO Looney
FSUOGM: Russia avoids most of the G7 oil sanctions on its exports
Uzbekistan and General Electric sign $69mn agreement
Russia avoids most of the G7 oil sanctions on its exports
Russia has managed to avoid G7 sanctions on most of its oil exports, a development that will bolster the Kremlin's revenues as crude oil prices surge towards $100 per barrel, the Financial Times reported on September 24.
AfrOil: Dangote Refinery prepares to receive first cargo of crude oil
Earth’s energy imbalance – world is starting to cook
The earth’s energy is out of balance and the world is starting to cook, says a new report. The authors include James Hansen, who testified to the US Congress on global heating as long ago as 1988.
Greek agriculture devastated for five or more years
Storm Daniel wiped out a quarter of Greece’s annual farming production, as a result of deadly flash flooding that submerged fields and drowned livestock.
Uzbekistan, China ink $1.4bn in agreements across sectors including energy and engineering
Istanbul-listed Isbank takes over 50% stake in Greeneco to collect Acarsan Makarna’s loan debt
Stake acquired for a consideration of $131mn.
MEOG: ADES IPO oversubscribed
First electric minibus taxi paves the way for EV transition in South Africa
A team from Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Engineering has developed and successfully tested South Africa’s first electric minibus taxi, Daily Maverick reports.
Poland’s first nuclear power plant clears key hurdle in ambitiously timed plan
Nuclear power is the cornerstone of Poland’s plan to reduce the currently dominant share of coal and lignite in electricity generation.
A slow thaw in frozen US-Iran relations has led to booming oil exports
The deep freeze that has been US-Iran relations is slowly thawing. That doesn’t mean relations will become “good” anytime soon. But it does mean that Iran will be able to slowly reintegrate into the global economy.
ING: Diesel supply concerns grow with Russian export ban
Middle distillate markets received another boost yesterday after Russia announced that it would be temporarily banning diesel and gasoline exports. This is at a time when there is already plenty of concern around middle distillate availability.
PANNIER: How ‘C5+1’ set the stage for a new era in US-Central Asia relations
Focus shifts from security to energy security, renewable energy and transportation infrastructure, while there are no illusions about delivering democracy.
ENERGO: Russia makes first attacks on Ukraine energy infrastructure as winter looms
AfrElec: Djibouti launches $122mn wind farm
ASX-listed gas explorer Kinetiko Energy acquires South African joint venture Afro Energy
Kinetiko Energy (Kinetiko), a Perth-based gas explorer and developer focussed on South Africa, has assumed 100% ownership of a joint venture that holds exploration rights to a highly prospective acreage in the African nation.
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