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Westinghouse corrals Polish companies to work on nuclear power plant

25 January 2022

Westinghouse is one of three companies looking to build four to six reactors by the mid-2040s in order to reduce the carbon intensity of electricity generation.

Turkey exempts pharma, meat and milk industries from gas cuts but country's energy crisis snowballing

24 January 2022

Rolling power restrictions applied to factories. Situation worse than what was seen during Turkish balance of payments crisis at end of 1970s.

All eyes fall on Nazarbayev clan’s extraordinary wealth as Kazakhstan’s Tokayev asserts authority by targeting super rich

24 January 2022

Across three decades fabulous riches were secured at home and offshore in oil, gas, metals, banking and luxury property.

Major Croatian energy companies turn to renewables

23 January 2022

Oil and gas group INA and state oil pipeline operator Janaf have announced new commitments to renewable energy generation as the green transition gets underway in the country.

Georgia’s mountainous cryptocurrency problem

22 January 2022

The legendary mountain region of Svaneti has turned into a cryptocurrency mint, resulting in chronic electricity shortages.

AsiaElec: Trungnam Group opens 100-MW Dong Hai 1 wind farm in Vietnam

20 January 2022

Vietnamese renewable developer Trungnam Group has opened its pioneering 100-MW Dong Hai 1 intertidal wind farm in the country’s Tra Vinh province.

Gazprom threatens to cut off gas supplies to Moldova on January 21

20 January 2022

With one day left to pay $63mn gas bill, Moldovan Deputy PM Spinu claims 'change of attitude' by Russian gas giant since pro-EU government came to power in Chisinau.

Nigeria’s bumpy road to PIA implementation in 2022

19 January 2022

Africa’s biggest oil producer Nigeria is heading for a political battle over gasoline price subsidies.

REM: America’s second large offshore wind farm to start construction this month

19 January 2022

South Fork Wind, the second most advanced offshore wind farm in the US, has received approval of the project’s Construction and Operations Plan (COP) from the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

GLNG: Work begins on Hai Lang LNG-to-power project in Vietnam

18 January 2022

Construction has begun on the first phase of the Hai Lang LNG-to-power project in Vietnam, according to a January 15 government announcement.

NorthAmOil: ExxonMobil unveils net-zero goal

18 January 2022

ExxonMobil announced this week that it would pursue an “ambition” to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its operated assets by 2050.

AsianOil: Inpex unveils offshore exploration plans

18 January 2022

Japan’s Inpex unveiled plans this week to conduct exploratory drilling for natural gas offshore Western Japan later this year.

Launch of Egbokor Energy Park seen by end-March

18 January 2022

Backers of the Egbokor Energy Park project are reportedly expecting construction work on the new facility, which is being built in Nigeria’s Edo state, to be completed in less than three months.

Guyanese inspectors to assume responsibility for testing offshore crude oil

18 January 2022

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is prepared to assume responsibility for testing crude oil extracted from the country’s offshore fields this year, ahead of the planned launch of the Liza-2 development project.

LatAmOil: Guyanese inspectors to take responsibility for oil certification

18 January 2022

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is prepared to assume responsibility for testing crude oil extracted from the country’s offshore fields this year, ahead of the planned launch of the Liza-2 development project.

AfrOil: Egbokor Energy Park set to launch by end-March

18 January 2022

Backers of the Egbokor Energy Park project reportedly expect construction work on the new facility, which is being built in Nigeria’s Edo state, to be completed in less than three months.

Mongolia's environment minister fired for failing to solve Ulaanbaatar's air pollution dilemma

18 January 2022

When Urtnasan Nyamjav sent drones to assess the blight, choking city dwellers wondered why they didn’t merit a visit.

Iran-backed Houthis claim drone strike on UAE same day Tehran diplomats return to Saudi Arabia

17 January 2022

Three dead in attack near Abu Dhabi airport. Escalation of Yemen conflict could derail efforts to defuse Middle East tensions.