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The US will assist Ukraine in stabilising the supply of nuclear fuel and other energy resources
The US will assist Ukraine in stabilising the supply of nuclear fuel and other energy resources
Ukraine coal reserves increase, coal regions to be transformed this year
Ukraine coal reserves increase, coal regions to be transformed this year
Turkey’s Botas ‘seeking $2bn loan’
Ethiopia aims to begin generation at GERD in January
Ethiopia expects to begin test generation from the first two 350-MW units at the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) within days, local media reported.
Mozambique seeks consultants for first floating solar farm
Mozambique’s state-owned power company Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM) is seeking consultants to help develop the country’s first floating solar farm.
Morocco-UK power link gains new director
Former Rolls-Royce chairman Ian Davis has been appointed to the board of UK-based Xlinks, which is promoting a 3,800-km subsea transmission cable from Morocco to the UK.
JAEA, Mitsubishi Heavy to develop new generation of US fast reactors
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are to work with Bill Gates-connected TerraPower to develop a next-generation fast reactor in the US.
Indonesia slaps ban on coal exports to protect power generation at home
Indonesia placed a sudden one-month ban on coal exports on January 1, sending coal prices up across Asia and potentially damaging mining companies’ earnings in 2022.
Kazakhstan upheaval impacts country’s banks, bonds, equities and uranium and oil industries
Banks and stock market remain closed. Sovereign bond yields are hit. Uranium prices surge.
China builds 3.6-GW pumped storage plant to feed Olympics
State Grid Corporation of China (SGC) has opened 3.6 GW of pumped storage hydro capacity that will provide electricity for the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.
BW Ideol teams up with JERA, ADEME to boost floating offshore wind
Norwegian offshore floating wind technology developer BW Ideol has brought in Japan’s JERA and France’s ADEME Investissement to finance offshore wind projects that will use BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool technology.
TEPCO to receive emergency power supplies as temperatures plummet
Japan’s TEPCO is to receive up to 1.22 GW of emergency power supplies from utilities in other regionals of the country in order to meet rising demand in the Tokyo area as temperatures fall.
KHNP named as sole bidder for procurement of El Dabaa equipment
Rosatom has named Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) as the sole bidder for a contract to procure and build the main turbine islands for units 1-4 of Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant.
Satellite data to play key role in finding new ways to cut urban emissions
Investing in low-carbon and resilient urban development will play a key role in meeting global climate change goals and cutting city emissions, according to new research from the World Bank
China’s HHI seals jack-up vessel deal for 20-MW wind turbines
China’s Huadian Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a charter agreement for a jack-up vessel that will be able to install wind turbines of up to 20 MW.
Eni spuds Mlima-1 well offshore Kenya
Eni of Italy has spudded the Mlima 1 well for crude oil and natural gas in Kenya’s offshore Block L 11 A using the Saipem 12000 drill ship.
Enauta’s planned sale of Manati stake to Gas Bridge falls through
Brazil’s Enauta Energia is not moving forward with its previously announced plan to sell its 45% stake in Manati, a natural gas field in the Camamu basin offshore Bahia State.
Montenegro eyes LNG-to-power projects
Aethon reportedly considering Haynesville asset sale
Private investment firm Aethon Energy Management is reportedly exploring a sale of its assets in North Louisiana’s Haynesville shale gas play.
Gazprom signs new gas deals with Greek, Turkish firms
Ecuador hopes to see oil production levels recover next month
Ecuador is on track to see oil production return to normal levels in February following the restart of the two main pipelines used to export crude, according to Energy Minister Juan Carlos Bermeo.
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