Regulation

Oil Pipeline

Biden May Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Permit As Soon As His First Day in Office -Source

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in office, and perhaps …

Energy Storage Project

A Framework for a Comprehensive Energy Storage Policy in India

We are therefore at a crossroads of having to say no to new thermal capacity while at the same time massively ramping up renewable capacity.

Offshore Wind Power

Poland Adopts Offshore Wind Act Paving the Way to Develop Baltic Sea Projects

Paving the way for Poland to develop offshore wind in the Baltic Sea, the country’s Parliament unanimously adopted Poland’s first Offshore Wind Act on January…

China

China’s 14th Five-Year-Plan

Modern geopolitics means that the 14th Five Year Plan and everything surrounding it will be of profound importance to the world leather industry.

CNOOC

Trump Escalates Ban On Holding Chinese Oil Stocks, Delisting May Be Next

The Trump Administration is banning as of November 2021 the holding of shares in any Chinese company defined by the U.S. as having links to the Chinese military…

DNV GL to Rebrand as DNV

Energy consultant and certification body DNV GL is rebranding as DNV on 1st March in a bid to simplify its name.

Germany

Germany: Latest Renewables Law will Hold Back Expansion of Onshore Wind Energy

Renewables were 50.5% of Germany’s net electricity production in 2020.

Energy White Paper

China Issues White Paper on International Development Cooperation

China on Sunday issued a white paper on the country's international development cooperation.

United States

US DoE Publishes its ‘Energy for Space’ Strategy

The US Department of Energy has released its ‘Energy for Space’ strategy.

Energy Saving

Energy Efficiency Law Passed in Chile

Chile’s first energy efficiency law targets initially a 10% reduction in energy intensity by 2030 compared to 2019.

Joe Biden

The Biden Administration And Energy Part I

When President Biden takes office on January 20, among the many other obstacles, issues and problems that he will need to deal with is an impending polar vortex…

Market Analysis

What’s Driving Vietnam’s Renewable Energy Boom?

As elsewhere, Vietnam’s increasing reliance on energy imports has driven its green energy push.

Biofuel

Trump Administration Expected to Grant Biofuel Waivers for Some Oil Refiners

USA-BIOFUELS-Exclusive: Trump administration expected to grant biofuel waivers for some oil refiners - sources

Oil & Gas Trade

Iran: Foreign Oil Firms Must Accept New Terms To Work In Country

Foreign energy firms and contractors have to accept Iran’s new terms and conditions if they return to work in the country, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh …

Market Analysis

Cold Weather and New Regulations Spark Record Power Prices in the British Isles

Electricity market analyst EnAppSys has published a new study that reveals a week of tight margins and system warnings led to extreme power prices in the Britis…