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UK’s National Grid has unveiled GBP54bn plan for transmission of offshore wind
National Grid is planning the biggest grid upgrade in 60 years, a £54 bn ($65 bn) plan for upgrading the grid mostly to accommodate offshore wind projects.
IEA: the world needs diverse solar panel supply chains
Global supply chains, currently heavily concentrated in China, should be diversified, says the IEA in a new special report. This would help ensure a secure transition to net-zero emissions.
US solar and wind plants generate more than nuclear power stations
For the first time ever in the US, wind and solar produced 18.0% more electricity in the month of April than nuclear. Renewables accounted for a record 29.3% of US electricity generated in April, said the EIA.
NorthAmOil: Suncor CEO steps down following new fatality
Suncor Energy’s president and CEO, Mark Little, has stepped down from his role following another worker fatality at a site operated by the company.
EU approves inclusion of gas, nuclear in taxonomy
Canadian sanctions exemption allows for the return of up to six Nord Stream 1 gas turbines
A sanctions exemption issued by the Canadian government to enable the return of a Siemens turbine to Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline will last for up to two years from now, making possible the import and re-export of a further five turbines.
India prepares to launch first FSRU
Algeria's 1-GW solar ambitions to bear first fruit by 2023
Algeria's Solar 1,000 scheme is expected to begin generating electricity at the end of 2021, when the 30-MW Beni Ounif solar park comes online.
ACEP urges Ghana’s government to invest in associated gas utilisation
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), a Ghanaian think-tank, said on July 12 that Accra should consider investing in associated gas utilisation as well as LNG imports.
Russia to export LPG to Bulgaria via Georgia
LatAmOil: Shell signs 20-year LNG supply deal with MPL
A subsidiary of Shell (UK) has arranged to purchase 2.6mn tonnes per year of LNG from a new gas liquefaction plant slated for construction at Puerto Libertad in Mexico’s Sonora state.
AfrOil: Namibian minister blasts foreign critics of Kavango exploration
Namibia’s energy minister has expressed frustration with critics of oil and gas exploration, asserting that much of this opposition comes from foreign countries that have already benefited from development.
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