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Bulgaria's KEVR approves 20.5% natural gas price hike from September
ESG investment grows in Australia in 2020
Australian investment in ethical investment funds rose by 30% in 2020 to A$1.28 trillion ($940bn) as ESG capital flows took a 40% share of invested funds.
Longi Green Energy sees improving results
Longi Green Energy Technology Co. saw rising profits and revenues in the first half of 2021 as exports grew and output strengthened.
Sinopec to invest in hydrogen to meet carbon neutral targets
China's Sinopec aims to spend CNY30bn ($4.6bn) on hydrogen by 2025 as the state company moves towards producing natural gas and hydrogen instead of oil as part of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050.
Siemens Gamesa to end selling onshore turbines in China
Siemens Gamesa is to stop selling its onshore wind turbines directly in China and is considering an exit from Russia and other markets, chief executive Andreas Nauen told German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche.
FPRI BMB Ukraine: Ukraine records one of its hottest summers ever
Summer 2020 was one of the hottest ever recorded in Ukraine. With the agriculture sector generating about a tenth of the country’s GDP and employing 22% of the population, experts suggest that Ukraine is more sensitive to climate change than many.
Fitch says new export terminal to assist Mongolian coal mining recovery though MMC’s difficulties far from over
China opens border to Mongolian coal trucks
Kazakhstan working on domestic carbon tax
Turkey cuts Azerbaijani gas imports by 10% after contract expiry
NNPC, Kaduna State sign MoU on gas supplies and utilisation
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Kaduna state government on increasing natural gas deliveries and consumption.
Ghana’s energy minister says government supports GNPC’s plan to acquire stakes
Ghana’s government fully supports Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC) in its effort to secure stakes in key offshore oil and gas fields, Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh said earlier this week.
At least 480,000 people will require basic training globally for working on wind projects until 2025
More than 480,000 people will require basic entry-level training for working on onshore and offshore wind projects globally until the end of 2025, according to a new report by the Global Wind Organisation.
More new US wind energy in 2020 than any other energy source
More new wind project capacity was installed in the US in 2020 than any other energy source, says the US Department of Energy (DOE). Wind accounted for 42% of new US installations, says a new government report.
Vestas win 181-MW turbine order for Australia’s Dulacca Wind Farm
Vestas and its partner RES Australia have secured a 181-MW deal for the Dulacca Wind Farm in Queensland, Australia, with Vestas supplying and installing 43 of its V150-4.2-MW wind turbines.
CBAM to have less bite than bark
The cost of the EU’s proposed CBAM may turn out to be less than initially feared by exporters into the EU, a new report from Sandbag and E3G, two pro-green think-tanks, have found.
Lithuania endorses Harmony Link development plan
Hidroelectrica doubled its profit in H1
Dispute between Libyan Oil Ministry, NOC chief heating up
The low-level political dispute between Libya’s National Oil Corp. and the Oil Ministry, a body created earlier this year by the Government of National Unity, appears to be heating up.
Angola seeks consultant to assess hydrocarbon potential of underexplored basins
João Lourenço, the president of Angola, has issued an order outlining his administration’s plans to assess the hydrocarbon potential of the country’s unexplored and underexplored basins.
Power system trials begin at Karbala ahead of 2022 start-up
Norway announces snap tax hike
AfrElec: Eskom outlines ambitious $7.2bn investment in wind and solar
South Africa’s Eskom aims to invest ZAR106bn ($7.2bn) in 5.6 GW of new solar capacity and 8.2 GW of new wind projects over the next decade in a bid to reduce emissions and lessen coal’s dominance of the economy.
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