Economy

Hydropower Plant

Kosovo Government Suspends Construction of Hydropower Plants

All ongoing construction work impacting Kosovo’s water resources has been suspended following an order from the Ministry of Economy issued on Sunday afternoon,…

Oil Price

Mexico's Secret Weapon in the Oil Price War

As Mexico and Saudi Arabia fight over a deal to bring the oil-price war to an end, Mexico has a powerful defense: a massive Wall Street hedge shielding it from …

Oil Price

Trump Threatens “Very Substantial” Tariffs On Oil Imports

The crash was the product of the culmination of a series of unfortunate events, beginning with the spread of COVD-19, which all but shut down the Chinese econom…

Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Energy Could Power The Trillion-Dollar Space Race

While the economy comes to a grinding halt here on Earth, some investors, inventors, and dreamers are looking to the stars for their next business venture.

Solar Company

Global Corporate PV Funding Down 31% Amid Covid-19 Crisis

Mercom Capital Group has issued a report tallying up financial activity in the solar sector between January and March 2020. The sobering result is that cash flo…

Market Analysis

How COVID-19 will Affect Global Biofuels Demand

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is sending shockwaves through the global economy.

Offshore Wind Power

European Wind Investment Slides as Covid-19 Undercuts Spending Power

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to reduce liquidity in debt and equity markets, WindEurope says.

Trump Relaxes Environmental Regulations To Counter Coronavirus Impact

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to weigh on the global economy, the Trump administration has quietly relaxed regulatory measures meant to protect the environ…

Clean emission

Gasification with CO2 Storage Reduces the Costs of the EU's ZERO Carbon Strategy by 40&

The energy transition to decarbonise the EU’s economy fully by 2050 will be felt economically in all member states. An illustrative example of this is that eve…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

India's Coal Sector Faces Stranded Asset Risks Amounting $40b

The resulting liquidity crunch could keep banks from lending to the renewable sector.

Oil Price

Not Even The $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Can Save Oil Markets

The package would provide $2 trillion in funding, allocated directly to the White House’s plan which includes purchasing 77 million barrels of oil for the Stra…

Shell Pauses $25bn Share Buyback Scheme Amid Oil Market Disruption

Weak demand and falling prices have persuaded Shell to suspend its share buyback scheme for the year, as French major Total follows suit.

$160 Millions for Renewable Energy Through the Energy Inclusion Facility

The Energy Inclusion Facility (EIF) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised USD 160 million. The funds provided by several development partners will h…

Crude Oil

Azerbaijan Could Soon Tap Its 410 Million Barrel Oil Reserves

​Azerbaijan says it has proven an oil deposit in the Caspian Sea is commercially viable, offering a small psychological boost as the country’s oil-based econo…

Oil’s Plunge Is an Existential Threat to a Far Cleaner Biofuel

It withstood a downward currency spiral, economic malaise, a jump in raw-material costs and political upheaval. Now one of Brazil’s booming industries has fina…