Rosatom allows Akademik Lomonosov inspection
Environment
The Akademik Lomonosov (pictured), Russia’s floating nuclear power station, has allowed foreign environmentalists from Bellona on board, although safety questions
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Wintershall wins North Sea’s Nova deal
Production
Wintershall Norge has received the all-clear from Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for its US$1.2-billion development and operation of
Iran starts to dodge monitors
Policy
Brent oil is near its highest price since November 2014 as markets braced for tighter supply once US sanctions against
Bareiss defends ‘reliable’ Russia
Transmission
The controversial 1,200km Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is vital to secure energy supplies and Russia
‘Impossible’ to keep Hambach forest: RWE
Production
The police in western Germany say they are close to clearing the last remaining treehouses from the endangered Hambach forest
Statkraft in Irish wind projects talks
Environment
Statkraft, a Norwegian state-owned renewable energy firm, says it is looking to buy a large slice of the wind farm
PSA unveils electrical drive
Storage
French carmaker PSA Group is calling for the government in Paris to revive incentives for purchasing plugin hybrid vehicles in
Oil price forecast to exceed $100
Production
A global supply surplus sent Brent crude oil falling from US$114 a barrel in June 2014 to less than US$30
Statkraft unveils billion-dollar renewables investment
Environment
Norway’s state-owned electricity provider, Statkraft, says it will invest US$1.23 billion by 2025 to globally generate 6 gigawatts of onshore
Leaks warn of Northern Irish Brexit chaos
Transmission
Northern Ireland faces blackouts and heavy electricity price rises if the UK crashes out of the European Union with no
EU’s Iran proposal doomed: traders
Policy
Proposals by the European Union, Russia and China to avoid Donald Trump’s oil and gas sanctions on Iran by using
German offshore wind farm goes online
Transmission
The Arkona offshore wind farm off Germany’s Baltic coast has supplied its first electricity into the national electricity grid. The
Industry chief rejects US pipeline meddling
Production
The Federation of German Industry (BDI) has said it will not buckle under US pressure to drop the 1,200 km
French island chosen for ‘smart’ project
Transmission
Renault is looking to make Belle-Île-en-Mer (pictured), an island to the south of Brittany in northern France near St Nazarre,
Opec appears happy with high oil price
Production
Donald Trump’s demand that Opec reduces oil prices was dismissed as the group said it would only boost output if