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Foresight Group seals 200-MW Dutch geothermal deal
UK-listed private equity infrastructure investor Foresight Group Holdings aims to build 200 MW of geothermal heat capacity in the Netherlands through a joint venture with 85 Degrees Renewables.
EU gives Moldova €60mn grant to mitigate energy crisis
Moldova has been struggling to pay for gas from alternative sources after Russia's Gazprom cut supplies on October 1.
AsiaElec: Beijing liberalises renewables tariffs
China has liberalised its solar tariff rules in a bid to boost investment in renewables in order to meet rising demand for power in the coming winter.
AfrElec: Eskom's ageing fleet still not receiving needed maintenance, as blackouts dog South Africa
South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom apologised to South Africans on Monday, blaming maintenance lags as the main reason for renewed outages.
ENERGO: Estonia orders analysis on possible merger of two major energy sector players
bneGREEN: Kazakhstan faces mighty coal headache in energy transition
Country looks at natural gas as a transition fuel, but building a nuclear power plant may become an inevitability despite public’s misgivings.
FSUOGM: Gazprom to build up $10.2bn risk fund
EurOil: EU lawmakers back binding methane targets
MEOG: Iranian output and Saudi emissions
DMEA: Fuels in focus
NorthAmOil: QatarEnergy, ExxonMobil partner to explore offshore Eastern Canada
QatarEnergy – recently renamed from Qatar Petroleum – has announced that it has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil to farm into an exploration licence offshore Newfoundland and Labrador in Eastern Canada.
GLNG: Venture Global seeks permission to begin Calcasieu Pass commissioning
Venture Global LNG has asked US regulators for permission to begin commissioning liquefaction systems at its Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana.
AsianOil: Australia unveils net zero roadmap, remains committed to coal, gas
The Australian government has not only laid out its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 but has also thrown its support behind the country’s coal and natural gas producers and exporters.
Moldova looks beyond Russia for natural gas supplies
As Moldova struggles to strike a new natural gas deal with Russia’s Gazprom, Chisinau has mandated state-owned company Energocom to buy additional gas from EU countries.
AfrOil: Kenya to study LNG-to-power project
Kenya’s national electricity provider has reportedly chosen US-based K&M Advisors as its contractor for a feasibility study of a proposed LNG-to-power project.
KenGen contractor to study feasibility of LNG-to-power project
Kenya’s national electricity provider has reportedly chosen US-based K&M Advisors as its contractor for a feasibility study of a proposed LNG-to-power project.
LatAmOil: Pemex’s Tula refinery back online
Mexico’s second-largest oil refinery has reportedly resumed regular commercial operations after being shut down for several weeks because of protests that blocked railway and road transport routes.
EBRD celebrates 15 years in Mongolia
Plans to further boost the non-extractive sector and make the country’s economy greener are priorities, development bank’s country head Hannes Takacs tells bne IntelliNews.
AfrElec: Botswana signs 10-MW power deal with Tlou
The Botswana government has agreed with Tlou Energy to buy 10 MW of electricity generated from coal-bed methane (CBM).
AsiaElec: South Korea under pressure to phase out coal power
South Korean civil society groups have called on the government to accelerate the retirement of existing coal plants and block the construction of new projects.
Balkan Stream countries hope to avoid worst of international gas crisis
While the debate rages over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a separate pipeline system carrying Russian gas to Southeast Europe has been quietly opened over the last few years, which enables the countries on its route to avoid the worst of the gas crisis
Ukraine to be self-sufficient in gas and abandon imports within five years – Naftogaz
Ukraine will be able to fully supply itself with gas and abandon gas imports entirely within five years, Yuriy Vitrenko, chairman of the Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz said during a conference in Kyiv.
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