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Azerbaijan appoints former oil executive as head of climate talks
Choice of Mukhtar Babayev, a former SOCAR executive, follows the contentious leadership of Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber from the UAE during last month’s COP28.
MEOG: Zion receives approval for recompletion work
FSUOGM: Novatek shares tumble after reports of force majeure delivery problems from Arctic LNG-2 in 2024
GLNG: US tops global LNG exports in 2023 with record year
Europe still hooked on Russian gas as US threatens to sanction LNG
Russian gas exports to Europe have tumbled since the Nord Stream 1&2 pipelines were blown up last September but EU imports of Russian LNG have jumped by 40% since the invasion of Ukraine and are currently at record levels.
China building up electric auto infrastructure in Central Asia
An update on infrastructure development and investment in Central Asia.
De-industrialisation in Germany dramatically reduces emissions in 2023
Germany led the way in reducing emissions in 2023, but the fall had more to do with the dramatic de-industrialisation due to the effects of the war in Ukraine and soaring energy costs than it did with green policies.
COP29: Is Azerbaijan ready for decarbonisation?
In November 2024 Azerbaijan will host one of the largest international events, the COP29 climate summit, as Baku ramps up its renewable strategy.
AsiaElec: Quang Tri solar and wind projects attract Singaporean and Taiwanese investors
OMV Petrom steps towards green future with renewables and electromobility deals
Southeast Europe’s biggest energy company buys into wind and solar power company and EV charging network.
ArcelorMittal challenges Tauron's claim to exercise put option to sell Tameh Holding stake
Steel giant says it has not bought Polish energy group out of power utility joint venture.
North Macedonia fails yet again to get €1bn Cebren HPP project started
14th tender for the Cebren hydropower plant with one of the world's tallest dams fails after efforts that started back in the 1960s.
Global shipping's chokepoints
With more and more shipping companies extending full or partial closures of Red Sea shipping routes due to attacks by Yemeni rebels, global trade could be seriously affected, reports Statista.
The retreat of glaciers in the 21st century
A recent UNESCO study on protected glaciers around the world highlights the particularly severe impact of climate change on the Arctic region, where glacier and ice cap melting is generally faster than in the Antarctic.
Belarus’ Russian-built nuclear power plant leak in February 2022 reported
Leaked documents seen by Bloomberg suggest that there was an incident at Belarus’ Russian-built Ostrovets (aka Astravets in Lithuanian) nuclear power plant in February 2022
Final COP28 agreement is a cop-out
The final COP28 agreement calls for a "historic" transition away from fossil fuels and a trebling of renewables. But in the end it seems the fossil fuel lobby won.
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