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Bulgaria adopts plan on transition for coal-mining regions despite protests
Miners block roads in protest against plans to close down coal mines by 2038.
NorthAmOil: ExxonMobil, SABIC petrochemical complex to use solar power
AsiaElec: Japanese, Chinese firms greenlit for 370 MW of solar projects in Bangladesh
Uzbekistan aims to ban disposable plastic products from 2026
GLNG: France welcomes first floating storage regasification unit
Plans for doubling Azerbaijan's gas flows to Europe on hold
Expansion of the Southern Gas Corridor pipelines carrying Azerbaijani gas to Europe is on hold pending confirmation that Europe will buy the gas. Baku's offensive to retake Nagorno-Karabakh could further complicate things.
REM: Lagging policy support and rising costs put clean hydrogen investment at risk, says IEA
US steel company makes plans for nuclear fusion
US steel company Nucor and Helion Energy plan to develop a 500-MWe nuclear fusion plant at one of Nucor’s steel manufacturing plants.
Clean energy growth keeps narrowing Paris goal open – for now
The path to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C has narrowed, but clean energy growth is keeping it open, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Europe’s toxic air – “severe public health crisis”
Europe faces a “severe public health crisis” with dangerous levels of pollution across the continent, according to an investigation by the Guardian newspaper.
Microsoft mulling advanced nuclear strategy
Tech giant Microsoft is getting more heavily into small-scale advanced nuclear power for its data centres.
North Macedonia announces debut green bond issue
Money raised to be used by Energy Efficiency Fund to finance projects focused on environmental protection.
Kenya confirms 2027 target date for starting construction on 1,000-MW nuclear power plant
Chinese EV maker BYD to build plant in Uzbekistan’s Jizzakh region
PANNIER: Climate change brings neverending energy crisis to Kyrgyzstan
Drought and melted glaciers mean a lack of water for hydro-electricity generation and the last-resort use of more dirty coal to provide power.
EurOil: BP could hire externally to replace ex-CEO Looney
FSUOGM: Russia avoids most of the G7 oil sanctions on its exports
Uzbekistan and General Electric sign $69mn agreement
Russia avoids most of the G7 oil sanctions on its exports
Russia has managed to avoid G7 sanctions on most of its oil exports, a development that will bolster the Kremlin's revenues as crude oil prices surge towards $100 per barrel, the Financial Times reported on September 24.
AfrOil: Dangote Refinery prepares to receive first cargo of crude oil
Earth’s energy imbalance – world is starting to cook
The earth’s energy is out of balance and the world is starting to cook, says a new report. The authors include James Hansen, who testified to the US Congress on global heating as long ago as 1988.
Greek agriculture devastated for five or more years
Storm Daniel wiped out a quarter of Greece’s annual farming production, as a result of deadly flash flooding that submerged fields and drowned livestock.
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