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What if Nord Stream 1 doesn’t come back online?
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.
Nord Stream 1 shuts down for 10-day maintenance run
Istanbul-listed Otokar places single bid to supply 60 electric minibuses to Istanbul Municipality
Ghana’s Solar Taxi partner Kenya’s Persistent to expand e-mobility in Africa
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
Social impact investor and worldwide cooperative Oikocredit with European Union-funded Electrification Financing Initiative (EDFI ElectriFI) have co-invested $4mn each in Solar Panda.
South Africa power utility awards 7% salary hike
Kazakhstan’s petrol output up 4.2% y/y in Q1
OMV Petrom reports wider refining margin in Q2
Nigeria: Afreximbank to provide partial financing for UTM Offshore’s FLNG project
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
The terror group behind growing carnage in the wretched country says anyone working with the Taliban is a target.
Iran escalates enrichment of uranium to 20%
How many days of gas consumption are in Europe’s storage tanks?
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
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
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
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
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.
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