Regulation

OPEC

U.S. Senate Panel Advances Bill to Rein In OPEC+ Over Oil Output Cut

A U.S. Senate committee this week quietly advanced a bill that seeks to rein in OPEC+ after the oil producer group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia this month agr…

20th CPC National Congress

20th CPC National Congress | China’s Commitment to the World in Key CPC Blueprint Bolsters Global Confidence

China will accelerate creating a new development pattern and pursue high-quality development, said Xi Jinping while delivering the report to the key CPC congres…

Spain

Spain to Pull out of Treaty Protecting Energy Investments

Spain has started the process of withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty, a European treaty protecting energy investments.

Net Zero Emission

Canada's Watchdog Launches Investigation Into RBC Over Climate Complaints

Canada's Competition Bureau has launched an investigation into Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) over allegations that the country's largest lender had misled custom…

Microgrid

Mapping Europe’s Microgrids to Ensure Effective Regulation

University of Groningen doctoral researcher Jamie Behrendt has started mapping existing and developing microgrids across Europe.

Austria

Austria Seeks Allies for Legal Challenge to EU Green Investment Rules

Austria said on Monday it was seeking to enlist other European Union countries to support its legal action against Brussels for labelling investment in gas and …

Natural Gas

EU Countries Eye Deal on More Energy Measures Within Weeks

European Union countries will seek a November deal on more emergency measures to tackle high gas prices.

United States

U.S. Senate Votes to Amend Global Treaty to Curb Climate-Warming Gas

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 69-27 to ratify an amendment to the Montreal Protocol that would cut the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a major greenhouse…

EU

European Commission – Demand Reduction and Taxes to Tackle Energy Costs

The European Commission has tabled an ‘emergency intervention’ to tackle the spiralling energy prices in the face of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

EU

Emergency Measures on Electricity Market: Avoid a Patchwork That Undermines Renewables Investments

The European Commission has proposed new rules that would cap the price of wind energy and other so-called inframarginal power generation at €180/MWh.

Energy Saving

EU Parliament Backs Higher Targets on Renewables and Energy Savings

European Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday to raise the bloc's targets to expand renewable power and save energy, backing proposals that had been made more amb…

Oil&Gas Drilling

US Offshore Regulator Seeks to Strengthen Well Control Rules

Proposed changes include altering several adjustments made during the Trump administration

Natural Gas

EU to Propose Crisis Measures to Curb Energy Price Spike

The European Union is set to unveil plans on Wednesday to skim off windfall profits from energy companies and impose cuts in electricity usage across the bloc. …

Hydrogen Production

European Parliament to Vote on Scrapping Green Hydrogen ‘Additionality’ Requirements

Hydrogen Europe presses MEPs to relax toughest regulations on green hydrogen production so European developers can compete with the US

United States

Mexico Eyes Possible Energy Dispute Fix, Welcomes New U.S. ‘Tone’

Mexico on Monday voiced hope it could work out a major dispute with the United States over energy policy as it welcomed a top U.S. delegation and President Andr…