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United Kingdom

Octopus Energy Flexibility Scheme Pays Prosumers to Support the Grid

UK energy supplier Octopus Energy is announcing a new energy reduction and flexibility scheme while calling to end the prospect of electricity blackouts.

Oil Refinery

France’s Fuel Supply Problems Worsen as Refinery Strikes Continue

France’s fuel distribution continues to be disrupted by the ongoing strikes at refineries with no end in sight to the industrial action that has left more than…

United Kingdom

UK Energy Industry Body Upset Over Fracking’s Net-Zero Snub

UK energy body UKOOG criticized Tory MP Chris Skidmore for not including fracking in a net-zero review.

Carbon Emissions

Honeywell Announces New Ethanol-to-Jet Fuel Technology

Tech firm Honeywell International Inc will roll out technology that could increase supplies of lower-carbon aviation fuel produced from ethanol.

Carbon Emissions

World Bank to Launch New Trust Fund for Emissions Reduction Grants

The World Bank said on Monday it is launching a trust fund aimed at pooling public funds to provide grants for projects to reduce carbon emissions, including de…

LNG

Experts: U.S. LNG Growth Could Slow Next Year

While American LNG is poised for long-term growth, next year could see a slowing of domestic natural gas demand due as infrastructure and expansion plans experi…

Doosan ŠKoda Bags Contract to Upgrade Czech CHP Plant

Steam turbine producer Doosan Škoda Power has signed a contract with energy company Elektrárny Opatovice (EOP) to replace a TG3 steam turbine at the Opatovice…

Smart Meter

Smart Meters and Heat Pumps to Drive Belgian Domestic Flexibility

Octopus Energy Group’s entech platform Kraken will control domestic assets such as heat pumps, smart meters and other energy tech to automatically reduce bills…

Australia

Australia-Asia PowerLink Project Faces Headwinds

This is due to technical complexities of the project.

France

TotalEnergies Accelerates Refinery Wage Talks as Fuel Supply Shrinks

Wage talks had been scheduled for mid-November

United Kingdom

UK Minister Zahawi: Planned Power Cuts Extremely Unlikely

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Nadhim Zahawi walks at Britain's Conservative Party's annual conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 5, 2022. RE…

France

TotalEnergies Says It Is Ready to Hold Wage Talks in October

French energy group TotalEnergies on Sunday proposed annual wage negotiations to start this month, subject to the end of industrial action that continues to res…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

South African State Utility Reinstates Rolling Power Cuts from Monday

South African state utility Eskom said on Sunday it would resume rolling power cuts from Monday till Wednesday during night-time to attend to unplanned breakdow…

OPEC

OPEC Oil Cuts Bad for Global Economy, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Tells Financial Times

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a decision by the OPEC+ grouping to cut oil production was "unhelpful and unwise" for the global economy, especially e…

OPEC

Kremlin Praises OPEC+ for Countering U.S. 'Mayhem'

The Kremlin on Sunday praised OPEC+ for agreeing production cuts that had successfully countered the "mayhem" sown by the United States in global energy markets…