Dams threaten Balkan fish
Production
Plans for a network of hydropower projects in three Balkan countries will cause “chain reaction” for endangered fish, a report
Archive for April 2018
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Shell targets 100% electric cars by 2040
Consumption
Royal Dutch Shell has estimated that 100 per cent of new car sales in the US, EU and China could
Activists demand ministers relax renewable policy
Transmission
Environmental activists have demonstrated outside a meeting of EU energy ministers in Sofia to call on governments to stop restricting
Total buys utility in €1.4bn swoop
Industry
French oil giant Total has followed Royal Dutch Shell by extending its exposure to the household energy sector with a
Gazprom Neft targets IT strategy
Industry
Gazprom Neft, the oil branch of the Russian gas giant Gazprom, has confirmed the digital transformation of its business as
Greek tanker collides off Singapore
Industry
A Greek-flagged tanker has collided with a Singapore-registered supertanker about 1 nautical mile south of Tuas Extension off the coast of
Russia unveils LNG bunkering ambitions
Production
Gazprom Neft, the oil branch of the Russian de-facto gas monopoly Gazprom, says it plans to build the first LNG
Houston, we have a solution: carbon capture and storage
Industry
This article was first published on Morning Consult (morningconsult.com) on April 13, 2018. As the World Bank prepares to host
Duma to ban US nuclear trade
Policy
A bill submitted to Russia’s State Duma would ban all trade between the state-owned nuclear utility Rosatom and US nuclear-power
Tidal power project hails progress
Environment
The construction element of the first phase of the world’s largest tidal stream array has been completed off the coast
Poland plans green subsidies to cut smog
Policy
Poland plans to spend up to US$8.8 billion by 2028 on cleaner heating as part of its efforts to fight
Scandinavia attracts cryptocurrency mining
Industry
Cryptocurrency miners are moving to Norway and Sweden because of cheap hydroelectric energy and low temperatures to cool their servers.
Study hails battery breakthrough
Storage
US researchers say they have made a lithium-ion battery that uses manganese as the cathode material instead of cobalt or
Iter receives giant Chinese parts
Production
Four giant parts for the international nuclear fusion project have arrived in southern France after a four-month journey from China’s
Sweden unveils first electric road
Storage
The world’s first road that allows electric vehicles to recharge as they drive has been installed outside Stockholm in Sweden