Category: World

January 23, 2020

As the tiny nation of Guyana sends off its first tanker full of crude, the world welcomes a newcomer to the ranks of high volume oil producers. With fresh discoveries this month off small nearby countries, this small stretch of […]

January 22, 2020

The Japanese PV market has enjoyed considerable prosperity over the last few years. 2012 saw capacity more than double thanks on the back of subsidies and new installations in 2015 reached a peak value of 10.5GW. But as PV is […]

January 14, 2020

Poland may have balked at the last minute at supporting an EU plan to completely decarbonize by 2050 last month, but the European Commission is still honoring its end of a deal meant to get Warsaw and other reluctant Eastern […]

January 8, 2020

The assassination of General Qasem Soleimani is just the latest escalation in hostilities between Iran and the United States since President Trump scuttled the Iran Nuclear Deal. When America pulled out of the Deal, which was hammered out in Switzerland […]

January 7, 2020

The ministry said the amendment had been made in response to a request from Saudi Arabia that Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) participates in the project as the company’s experience in the construction and operation of power reactors would […]

January 3, 2020

Energy suppliers in the UK have unveiled a mixed bag of tariffs for domestic solar exports, with O&G major Shell’s supply business unveiling a tariff of just 0.001p/kWh. Under new legislation, dubbed the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), UK based energy […]

January 3, 2020

The U.S. killing of General Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds force, will certainly see a response by the Iranian government and/or its Revolutionary Guards, and this will definitely keep oil prices higher, with Brent already approaching $70 and […]

December 19, 2019

The U.K. saw electricity generation from renewables hit 28.8 terawatt hours (TWh) in the third quarter of 2019, according to figures released Thursday, just bettering gas-generated electricity. The Department of for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Energy Trends publication shows […]

December 13, 2019

Production of biodiesel, and, consequently, the use of feedstocks has increased all over the world. The percentages of feedstocks used remained virtually unchanged from 2017: 35% palm oil, 26% soybean, 16% rapeseed oil, 11% used cooking fats, 7% animal fats […]

December 11, 2019

The European Commission today adopted a vast strategy to combat climate change over the next 30 years – a plan designed to make the European Union carbon-free by mid-century. “This is Europe’s man on the moon moment” said Ursula Von […]

December 5, 2019

China is ahead of most low- and middle-income countries in its energy transition: hundreds of millions of rural homes started using clean fuels such as electricity and gas in recent decades. Despite this, many Chinese homes continue using their traditional […]

December 2, 2019

Ursula von der Leyen spent her first day as the European Union’s new president delivering bold promises at the opening of a U.N. climate summit in Madrid, and said the rest of the world should follow Europe’s lead. Von der […]

November 26, 2019

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have filled the streets of Colombia this week, proclaiming their desire to upend the way things are done. Could unrest impact Colombia’s economic relationship with the U.S.? Crude oil is Colombia’s biggest export. And despite […]

November 18, 2019

Shandong Nuclear Power Company (SDNPC) – a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) and the owner of Haiyang plant – announced on 15 November that, following a few days of trial operation, the demonstration district heating system had officially […]

November 8, 2019

A mix of policy and economics puts Europe in a solid position to source more than half of its power supply from renewables by 2030 but not all countries will reach their targets equally as fast, according to Wood Mackenzie. […]