Sweden prepares to launch largest electric car ferry
Storage
The manufacturer Danfoss Editron has equipped Sweden’s largest hybrid-electric car ferry, which is soon due to begin operating. The ferry
Archive for July 2019
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Russian oil money inks Italy
Consumption
The topic today is an adversary that roams the recesses of Western polities, searching out avaricious and insincere populists to
BP unveils giant Brazilian bioenergy joint venture
Consumption
Oil major BP and US commodities trader Bunge have agreed to form a joint venture to create a bioenergy firm
North Sea minnow moves to reopen field
Industry
Minor North Sea producer Jersey Oil and Gas (JOG) has seen its share value more than double after it won
Oil prices rise after UK tanker seizure
Consumption
Oil prices rose more than 1 per cent today (Monday), as investors worried about possible supply disruptions after Iran’s seizure
Druzhba suspect seeks asylum in Lithuania
Industry
Russia has detained several suspects in the investigation into the contamination of its Soviet-era Druzhba crude oil pipeline. Roman Ruzhechko,
Turkey dismisses rumours of Cypriot gas find
Policy
Turkey has dismissed media reports that its controversial drillship, the Fatih, has struck a large gas reservoir containing around 170
Poland to subsidise bills as EU carbon tax bites
Consumption
Polish MPs have adopted measures to compensate employers struggling to cope with rising electricity bills as European Union carbon emission
Poland eyeing energy commissioner role: reports
Policy
Poland reportedly says it wants the right to appoint an important commissioner in exchange for Polish support for Germany’s Ursula
Legal action between Nord Stream 2 and EU looms
Industry
The consortium behind the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is facing legal arbitration with the EU amid growing uncertainty for
Spanish coal use sinks to new low
Consumption
Spain’s use of coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, has hit a historic low and not since the first official
Wind powers 182% of Scottish homes: study
Environment
Scotland’s wind energy output soared in the first half of this year, generating enough electricity to power 4.47 million homes,
2050 carbon neutrality target in doubt after eastern European opposition
Environment
The European Commission’s proposal for a bloc-wide 2050 zero-net-emissions target failed to garner unanimous approval after Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Turkey brushes off EU sanctions over Cyprus
Policy
Turkey has vowed to step up drilling for gas off Cyprus, in defiance of the threat of European Union sanctions.
Irish suppliers call for biofuel blends
Industry
A climate action report in Ireland says that doubling the amount of ethanol in petrol will reduce carbon emissions by