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Coal Mine

Poland Expects EU to Approve More Public Aid for Coal Mines

Poland expects the European Commission to approve a plan to gradually close mines owned by its biggest coal producer PGG and provide more public aid for the ind…

Energy Saving

Slovakia to Expand Energy Efficiency Market with EIB Aid

Slovak Investment Holding has expanded its partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to expand the energy efficiency market in Slovakia.

Smart Grid

Lithuania’s Ignitis Grupė Secures €110 Million Loan for Smart Meters and IT

In Lithuania, energy company Ignitis Grupė has secured a €110 million loan from the European Investment Bank to support its smart metering systems and IT solu…

Oil & Gas Trade

BPCL Pays for Defaulting Videocon in Brazil Oil Block

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd has been forced to pay for its defaulting partner Videocon Industries Ltd after it had relied on a rarely used model to ac…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Energy to Replace Natural Gas at Hospital in Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Dutch news portal Gawalo has published an interesting article about efforts by a hospital in the Netherlands looking at replacing natural gas with geothermal en…

Solar Power Plant

Total Buys 3.3GW Solar Portfolio and Signs World’s Largest Corporate PPA

Oil major Total has acquired a 3.3-gigawatt solar project pipeline in Spain and will be the offtaker for 3 GW, enough to power its European operations.

Oil & Gas Trade

Nigeria's Oil Sales Revenue Plummeted 75% in July

Data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation showed that Nigeria’s oil sales revenue in July was 55.29 million US dollars, a decrease of 75% from the …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Air Products Joins European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

Collaboration is critical to unlocking hydrogen’s full potential, says Air Products as it joins the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance.

Nuclear Fuel

US and Kazakhstan Continue with HEU Elimination Programme

The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said on 22 September that the last remaining batch of unirradiated highly enriched urani…

Wind Farm

Vattenfall, Glennmont Sign Piiparinmaki Balancing Deal

Vattenfall has signed an agreement with European clean energy investor Glennmont Partners to provide balancing services for what will be Finland’s biggest wind…

China

President Xi Tells UN that China Will be 'Carbon Neutral' Within Four Decades

China is targeting peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by the year 2060, according to President Xi Jinping.

Hydropower Plant

BiH Parliament to Decide on Hydropower Plant Construction Ban

An consortium of international conservation NGOs are calling on Bosnia and Herzegovina to ban hydropower plants in order to protect Europe’s last wild rivers.

Tanzania

Tanzania’s Petroleum Products Market Sees Sizeable Annual Expansion

The liquefied petroleum gas market registered double-digit growth last year as companies and the sector's regulator foster public awareness campaigns on the ben…

Market Analysis

Old Green Power Plants Seek to Regenerate as Germany Turns off Subsidies

Wilfried Haas owns a 3 kilowatt solar system which has been running as a micro power station since 1992, helping Germany, Europe's largest economy, curb its dep…

Nuclear Power Plant

Austria Fails in Attempt to Block Hinkley Point C

The European Court of Justice has rejected Austria's appeal against the European Commission's 2014 decision to approve the UK's support for the Hinkley Point C …