US to invest in cheaper offshore wind turbines
Environment
The US Department of Energy says it will spend up to US$28 million on designing a future generation of lightweight
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Many hurdles face Mediterranean gas exports
Production
Despite large eastern Mediterranean gas reserves found in recent years by Israel, Egypt and Cyprus, there are still questions about
US Nord Stream criticism on rise
Policy
Almost a third of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has been placed under the Baltic Sea but opposition to
Dubai eyes hydrogen in green future
Industry
Dubai has begun implementing its plans to explore the potential of hydrogen as a low-carbon energy that could boost the
Merkel promises coal exit laws by May
Environment
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised legislation by May detailing the exit from coal after a government-appointed commission recommended a
EU reveals limited scope of Iran finance body
Policy
The financial mechanism set up by France, Germany and Britain, and due to receive the endorsement of the rest of
Iran’s exports to Asia slump amid sanctions
Industry
As Europe plans a financial mechanism to dodge US sanctions on Iran, 2018’s crude oil imports to Asia’s top four
Russia proposes N Korean nuclear plant: US
Production
The Washington Post claims that in recent months, Russia allegedly offered a nuclear power station to North Korea in exchange
German coal commission proposes 2032 rethink
Production
The 28-member German coal commission, representing mining regions, power suppliers, scientists and environmental activists, suggested this week that its phase-out
Environmentalists challenge Shannon LNG ruling
Industry
The decision to extend planning permission for a €500 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal beside western Ireland’s Shannon estuary
Europe attempts to dodge US sanctions on Iran
Policy
Germany, France and the UK have unveiled a plan to help companies trade with Iran, in an attempt to salvage
Nord Stream ready by November: engineer
Industry
Russian gas could be piped directly to Germany from November through the new Baltic pipeline despite the project’s detractors, according
Gas exports will remain high: Gazprom chief
Production
Russia will sustain gas supply to Europe of at least 200 billion cubic metres (bcm) for many years, downstream to
BP invests in drilling artificial intelligence
Production
BP Ventures, the oil major’s venture-capital division, has invested US$5 million in an artificial intelligence firm in a bid to
US lifts sanctions on Deripaska firms
Policy
The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on the energy and aluminium firms tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska – Rusal,