Offshore wind farms in the North Sea could soon be connected to both the UK and Dutch energy systems under a new agreement between National Grid Ventures and Dutch transmission system operator TenneT. The UK Government has recently said it aims... Read more
The South African Wind Energy Association (Sawea) was reacting to the National Energy Regulator’s (Nersa) endorsement of the ministerial determination to procure additional power of just over 11,800 megawatts. Renewable energy production from wi... Read more
Only 10% of global energy utility companies are expanding their renewable energy capacity at a faster rate than their gas or coal-fired capacity. That is the main finding of a study by Galina Alova from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Env... Read more
Ne Clean energy firm ReNew Power and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have signed a partnership agreement to promote increased access to renewable energy and improved energy efficiency. ReNew Power will partner with UNEP’s District Ener... Read more
Puerto Rico sits in the eye of what’s been the busiest hurricane season on record with an old and historically unreliable power system. The all-too-common occurrence of blackouts left more than 400,000 people in San Juan in the dark hours before... Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has created a supply and demand crisis for oil and gas worldwide as lockdown restrictions continue to mount. The demand for oil has reduced by 23 million barrels per day since March 2020, consequently creating an imbalan... Read more
Oil prices drifted lower on Thursday as concerns about renewed COVID-19 lockdowns in the United States outweighed signs of a recovery in U.S. gasoline demand. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 14 cents, or 0.3%, to $40.76 a b... Read more
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it will write down the value of its assets by up to $22 billion in the second quarter, after revising down its long-term outlook for oil and gas prices. It comes after the energy company announced in m... Read more
French oil company Total is expected to specify within six weeks the location of the well to be drilled by its subcontractors in Block 9 of Lebanon’s waters, Wissam Chbat, board member at the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA) and hea... Read more
Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs shared his thoughts on some of the major oil producers’ market moves in recent months, shedding disapproval on the March decision by Saudi Arabia and Russia to launch into a price war, which sent oil... Read more
