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Canada’s energy industry concerned by election result

22 October 2019

Canada’s Liberal Party has narrowly held on to power, but will have to rely on the support of the NDP, and potentially the Green Party, in a result that is causing worry for the country’s energy industry.

Vestas wins 61-MW Taiwanese offshore turbine order from wpd

22 October 2019

Vestas has secured a 61-MW order from Germany’s wpd to supply its V117-3.45-MW wind turbine model to the Chuangwei and Leadway wind farms in Taiwan.

Sydney goes green as Australia dithers

22 October 2019

Sydney City Council has put forward ambitious A$60m ($41.2) plans to become 100% green and use wind and solar power at all its properties by 2020.

Pieridae moves closer to building East Coast LNG terminal

22 October 2019

Pieridae Energy has completed the purchase of assets from Shell, which secures the majority of the natural gas needed to supply the first train at its proposed Goldboro LNG terminal.

Green expansion cannot keep pace with emissions, demand growth

22 October 2019

The IEA has raised its five-year green energy expansion forecast to 50%, although this is not enough to rein in emissions

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy announces cooperation with richest Pole on small modular reactor for Synthos

22 October 2019

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has signed an agreement with Poland’s chemical giant Synthos, owned by the richest Pole Michal Solowow, on the potential construction of a small modular reactor.

Ukraine expects to more than double its renewable capacity in 2019

22 October 2019

Ukraine has already been investing heavily in the renewable sector, and the goal of the government's renewable energy strategy is to reach 25% renewables by 2023.

Argentina awards exploration licence for block in West Malvinas Basin

21 October 2019

Argentina’s government said last week that it had awarded an exploration licence for an offshore block in the West Malvinas Basin, to a consortium formed by Argentinian, Italian and Japanese companies.

Brazil’s ANP authorises four more companies to bid for pre-salt fields

21 October 2019

Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) has added four more international oil companies (IOCs) to its list of businesses eligible to participate in the next pre-salt bidding round.

Gunvor, Swiss prosecutors strike settlement deal on African corruption case

21 October 2019

Gunvor, one of the world’s largest crude oil trading companies, has settled a criminal case in Switzerland regarding its activities in Cote d’Ivoire and the Republic of Congo.

Central Asia’s electricity network – underpowered and fragmented

21 October 2019

Power planners were left with major headaches when the demise of the Soviet Union caused all Central Asian Power System (CAPS) member states to scramble to remake their grids along national lines. However, pan-region ideas are now back in fashion.

Russian petrochemical giant Sibur produces first polyethylene from its own feedstock at ZapSibNeftekhim

21 October 2019

After the ramp-up to its full capacity, the ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical facility will manufacture 1.5 mt of polyethylene per year, making it Russia’s largest polymer production facility.

Sudan, Ethiopia agree to build joint oil pipeline

21 October 2019

The governments of Sudan and Ethiopia are reportedly planning to work together to build a crude oil pipeline capable of serving both countries.

Rosneft builds base in Arctic

21 October 2019

Rosneft has won subsoil rights to a new oil and gas block in the north of the Krasnoyarsk region, consolidating its position in the Arctic.