Tesla eyes northwest German ‘Gigafactory’
Storage
Tesla appears to be looking to build a car factory in northwestern Germany with the tech giant inspecting possible locations.
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Russia names isotopes released by Arctic blast
Industry
Russia’s state weather agency, Rogidromet, says it found the radioactive isotopes strontium, barium and lanthanum after this month’s accident in
Oil price slumps as Saudis mull huge IPO
Consumption
Oil prices have fallen again, pushing US crude to its lowest level in more than two weeks as the US-China
Scotland invests in innovative tidal project
Environment
The Scottish government says it is injecting £3.4 million into the world’s most powerful floating tidal turbine. Scottish engineering company
Norway’s Statkraft buys German car recharging firm
Storage
Norway’s government-owned energy firm Statkraft has bought E-Wald, a German electric-vehicle (EV) charging firm, for an undisclosed fee as it
Russia launches ‘floating Chernobyl’ from Murmansk
Environment
Russia has launched its floating nuclear reactor from the port of Murmansk on a 5,000km journey east through the Arctic
Equinor secures floating wind farm subsidy for oilfields
Industry
Norway’s state-owned Enova has made a financing commitment to support the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm with Norwegian oil
Erdogan scoffs at EU sanctions over Cyprus drilling
Policy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised European Union measures to punish Turkey for drilling near Cyprus and vowed to
Rosneft admits Druzhba pipeline crisis hit profits
Consumption
Rosneft’s second-quarter net income fell as the Russian oil giant suffered the effects of falling oil prices and production cuts,
Putin hails completion of Nord Stream’s Finnish section
Consumption
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the construction of the Finnish stretch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has
Equinor discovers remote Barents Sea field
Consumption
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has announced the discovery of light oil in the Sputnik field in the Barents
Pompeo hails success of Iranian oil sanctions
Policy
US sanctions have removed nearly 2.7 million barrels of Iranian oil every day from the global markets, according to US
Portugal fuel strike ends with more talks
Consumption
Portugal’s fuel-tanker drivers have voted to call off their strike with their union agreeing to hold more talks with the
Norway firm plans Nordic battery network
Storage
A Norwegian startup, Freyr, says it is planning to build one of Europe’s first battery giga-factories in Norway with plans
Major UK power cut puts interconnectors in spotlight
Transmission
The UK should impose limits on the construction of new wind and solar projects to cut blackout risks, according to