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What if Nord Stream 1 doesn’t come back online?

11 July 2022

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline closed down on July 11 for routine maintenance. Under normal circumstances the 10-day closure would cause no alarm, but European officials have suggested that Moscow may keep the 55 bcm per year offline longer.

Ghana’s Solar Taxi partner Kenya’s Persistent to expand e-mobility in Africa

11 July 2022

Solar Taxi’s electric vehicles are designed for home charging but the company plans to build and deploy solar charging stations to support usage.

EDFI ElectriFI and Oikocredit to support Solar Panda’s off-grid solar power for low-income Kenyan households

11 July 2022

Social impact investor and worldwide cooperative Oikocredit with European Union-funded Electrification Financing Initiative (EDFI ElectriFI) have co-invested $4mn each in Solar Panda.

Nigeria: Afreximbank to provide partial financing for UTM Offshore’s FLNG project

11 July 2022

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) revealed on July 7 that it had agreed to work with Nigeria’s UTM Offshore to cover part of the cost of a floating LNG project.

Islamic State threatens Central Asian and Chinese ventures in Afghanistan

10 July 2022

The terror group behind growing carnage in the wretched country says anyone working with the Taliban is a target.

How many days of gas consumption are in Europe’s storage tanks?

10 July 2022

If the Russians turned off gas supplies to Europe today, how many days of gas are currently in the storage tanks?

Uzbekistan creating gas processing industry to feed soaring domestic demand

10 July 2022

Rather than exporting natural gas as a raw material, Uzbekistan is investing into deep processing capacity to enable domestic production of fuels, plastics and other products.

Russia sanctions complicate Uzbek energy sector overhaul

10 July 2022

Western sanctions imposed on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine are holding up investments in energy projects in double-landlocked Uzbekistan.

The European Union needs to cut demand by 15% to cope with Russian gas cuts

9 July 2022

Without Russian gas, the European Union would have to reduce demand by approximately 15%, with big differences between different parts of Europe.

The need for nuclear in the energy transition

9 July 2022

Nuclear is set to make a "comeback," with capacity forecast to double between 2020 and 2050 from 413 GW to 812 GW, the IEA said.