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Erdogan reportedly pulls out of COP26 after security downgrade
British organisers said to have put restrictions on size of Turkish delegation and motorised vehicles.
Turkey signs MoU for $3.2bn of Green Climate Fund loans
Moldova seals 5-year contract with Gazprom
Moldova's long-term contract with Gazprom expired at the end of September, leaving the country vulnerable at a time when energy prices have surged across Europe.
Putin tells Gazprom to increase European gas supply
Gazprom will first finish pumping gas into Russia’s own underground storage facilities. Once this process is completed, Putin has instructed Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller to begin pumping gas to similar facilities in Germany and Austria.
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.
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