Oil flows to Poland restored after another purity alert
Industry
Oil flows to Poland through Russia’s Druzhba pipeline resumed yesterday (Thursday) after being suspended again this week due to the
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Ireland set to benefit from French interconnector: study
Transmission
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and French President Emmanuel Macron this month confirmed plans to build the 700MW Celtic Interconnector. The
Brussels approves Italian renewable initiative
Environment
The European Commission has ruled that a €5.4-billion Italian renewable energy initiative is permissible under the European Union’s rules on
Project aims to create energy production
Industry
Iona Capital, a low-carbon sustainable fund manager, has secured a deal with the Wensleydale Creamery in northern England’s Yorkshire Dales
In Persian Gulf, it’s back to the future
Opinion
Is Robert Zemeckis a seer? The celebrated American director of the Back to the Future trilogy seems to have uncanny
Russia admits power grid vulnerabilities
Transmission
Russia has conceded that it is “possible” its power grid is under US cyber-attack. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
Turkish Cyprus vows to defend right to gas profits
Policy
The pariah state of Turkish Cyprus and Turkey have both said they will defend their “legitimate rights” as the Republic
Opec and Russia fail to set meeting to discuss output cut
Policy
Russia and Opec’s production cuts are due to expire this month with a 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) production
Gas exports unstoppable: Gazprom
Consumption
Construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has been completed for 58.7 per cent of its total length, according
European manufacturers clamour for Swedish batteries
Storage
Swedish battery manufacturing startup Northvolt has announced growing interest from Volkswagen, BMW, Scania, ABB, Siemens, Vattenfall, Vestas and other European
Germany backs net-zero 2050 target
Policy
Germany is backing a European Union target to cut net carbon dioxide emissions to zero by 2050 ahead of the
Trump rages against Russian power grid claims
Transmission
The US is allegedly trying to install malware in the Russian power grid as the bilateral cyber war intensifies. The
Macron condemns Turkey over Cyprus
Policy
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Turkey to halt its “illegal” gas drilling in the Cypriot exclusive economic zone.
Dancing with the devil: Rosneft and the future of Iraqi Kurdistan gas
Opinion
Over the past year, the gas-exporting ambitions of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) appeared, finally, to brighten. Last May,
Trump threatens Nord Stream sanctions
Policy
Donald Trump is exerting more pressure on Germany to abandon the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, even as