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Oil price crash could be mixed blessing for LNG

13 March 2020

Cautious optimism that the collapse in crude prices will benefit some LNG market players has emerged, though others could stand to take a hit.

Freeport LNG makes progress towards Train 3 start-up

12 March 2020

The third liquefaction train at the Freeport LNG export project on the Texas coast has reached the final stage of the commissioning process, which includes the introduction of feed gas.

Ukraine's new cabinet offers voluntary tariff cuts for renewables, but ready to go to court in disputes

12 March 2020

Ukraine’s new cabinet shocked investors by threatening to cut generous “green tariff” arrangements retroactively for renewable energy developers. This may prompt a raft of lawsuits from irate investors.

AfDB supports Nigeria’s struggling power sector

12 March 2020

The African Development Bank has agreed to lend $200mn to Nigeria’s Rural Electricity Agency (REA) to boost access to power for domestic, commercial and industrial customers in rural areas.

Emerging off-grid sector to play key role in achieving universal access

12 March 2020

Investment in off-grid energy access between 2010 and 2019 reached $2.1bn, connecting 420mn people to off-grid solar supplies and 47mn to local mini-grids.

$600bn of coal investment at risk from competitive wind and solar

12 March 2020

The falling price of renewables means that the 499 GW of new coal capacity planned or being built worldwide could be a $638bn waste of money.