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Boom in solar power production in North Macedonia creates problems for power grid

19 February 2023

Skopje eased procedures for households and companies to install rooftop solar panels and sell energy back to the grid, officials are now trying to find a solution to the fluctuations in supply.

HESS: Russia is down, but not out, in Central Asia

18 February 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has weakened its influence in Central Asia, especially in Kazakhstan. Russia is no longer a regional hegemon, which may increase regional instability. Tensions between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are especially dangerous.

Rosatom’s nuclear exports surge in 2022

16 February 2023

Russia's nuclear exports were already booming well before the war in Ukraine started but now they are growing even faster. Moscow is using nuclear power as foreign policy tool to bind allies in the non-aligned world more tightly to its cause.

Europe’s gas tanks at record 69% full with just over one month of heating to go

9 February 2023

Europe’s gas storage tanks are 68.8% full, a record high in the last decade, with a little more than one month left of the heating season.