Pope tells oil execs to go green
Environment
Pope Francis has said climate change is a crisis of “epochal proportions” and backed the conversion to renewables. “Civilisation requires
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Putin, Rouhani criticise Trump over Iran
Production
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticised Donald Trump’s decision to breach the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying it would “destabilise
New Spain govt backs EU green goals
Policy
Spain’s new Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is reportedly changing the nation’s renewable-energy and climate-change policy and will now push
Solar-to-hydrogen plans in cloudy tropics
Production
Hydrogène de France (HDF) Energy’s French Western Guiana power project plans a 55-megawatt solar farm with hydrogen storage to deliver
Tests expose EU’s diesel danger
Environment
Emissions tests that carmakers cannot cheat show almost all diesels sold in Europe since the 2015 “dieselgate” scandal remain highly
Microsoft launches eco-data centre
Industry
Microsoft has dropped a data centre into the sea off the UK island of Orkney in an attempt to boost
Gazprom extends Austrian gas contract
Policy
Russia’s state-run gas giant Gazprom, during a visit by President Vladimir Putin, has signed an agreement with Austria’s OMV extending
EIB poised to reject Iran finance deal
Industry
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has rejected an EU proposal to do business in Iran to help offset US sanctions
Total’s risky business continues
Production
French oil and gas major Total, which last month bought a 10-per-cent stake in Russian gas producer Novatek’s US$26-billion Arctic
PSA to pull out of Iran
Policy
Paris-based carmaker PSA, which owns Citroen and Peugeot, said it would pull out of two joint ventures selling its cars
Carbon ‘bubble’ set to pop: study
Production
Falling prices for renewable energy and rising investment in low-carbon technology could bust oil and gas giants and spark a
Tap turns on Azeri pipeline empire
Production
Azerbaijan has inaugurated the first phase of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) project to pump its natural gas from the
Learn from 1988 disaster: Oslo safety chief
Industry
Learning the lessons from the Piper Alpha disaster is important for everyone in the industry “regardless of the country”, according
EU promotes heating with renewables
Policy
Promoting renewables in the heating and cooling sectors is “a productive investment” that will strengthen the EU’s resilience to volatility
China displaces Europe’s firms in Iran
Policy
As European companies retreat from Iran amid the threat of US sanctions, Chinese and Russian investment appears to be rising.