Trade

RCEP

Media, Think Tanks Set to Boost RCEP Exchanges

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement will help its participating countries forge more open economic relationships and improve trade liberal…

Electric Car

Green Paper on Advancement of New Energy Vehicles in SA Released

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa has released an auto green paper on the advancement of new energy vehicles in South Africa.

New Zealand

New Zealand Sees Wholesale Power Price Spike in March Quarter

Wholesale power prices paid by electricity and gas suppliers rose 28.7 percent in the January-March quarter of this year, New Zealand's official data agency Sta…

EU

EU Begins Discussions on Group II Quota for 2022

The EU Commission and member state representatives will meet today and tomorrow to discuss the Group II base oil import quota for January to December 2022.

Oil & Gas Trade

Iran Preps New Oil Export Terminal Beyond Strait of Hormuz

Iran said it will soon export oil from a new port that allows it to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, as nuclear talks between Tehran and other world powers show sig…

Oil & Gas Trade

Woodside Joins Chevron in Canada's Kitimat LNG Exit

Chevron, the operator and 50pc owner of Kitimat, put its stake up for sale in December 2019.

Electricity Trade

ERG and TIM Sign Power Purchase Agreement in Italy

Italian renewable energy firm ERG has signed a ten-year corporate power purchase agreement with ICT company TIM for the supply of 3.4TWh of green energy.

Coal Trade

Merkel Rejects Bringing Forward Germany’s Exit from Coal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday rejected demands to bring forward an exit date for ending coal generation in Germany, currently set at 2038.

Coal Trade

S Korea Coal Imports Drop Amid Voluntary Restrictions

South Korean thermal coal imports fell on the year in April amid a likely drop in coal-fired generation, driven in part by voluntary restrictions on the use of …

Australia

World’s Biggest Coal Exporters Cry Foul Over Financing

Denied insurance, rebuffed loan applications and struggling to refinance: Australia’s coal export industry, the world’s largest, says it is being squeezed out…

Electricity Transmission

EGYPT-LIBYA: Towards Increasing Electricity Exchanges Between the Two Countries

The Egyptian government is considering increasing its electricity exports to neighbouring Libya.

Oil & Gas Trade

Yemen Takes First Batch of Saudi Oil Products at Aden

The first shipment of Saudi oil products exported to Yemen as part of a grant agreed with the internationally recognized government there arrived at the Yemeni …

Natural Gas

China’s Natural Gas Imports Surge As Economy Recovers

Natural gas imports into China rose 22.4 percent on the year in the first four months of this year to 39.45 million metric tons.

Electricity Trade

EGYPT: Cairo Wants to Export Its Renewable Energy to Iraq Via Jordan

The Egyptian government is studying the possibility of exporting some of its electricity to Iraq.

Hydrogen Project

Foratom promotes the role of nuclear in hydrogen production

European nuclear trade association Foratom on 4 May released a position paper on nuclear’s role in the generation of low-carbon and hydrogen.