Infrastructure & Investments
EWEC launches RFP for a 1.5 GW solar project in Abu Dhabi (UAE)
EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to qualified developers and consortiums that have exp...
Energy & Climate Markets
BP starts production oil from new platform offshore Azerbaijan
BP, the operator of the giant Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oil project in the Caspian Sea, has started oil production from its new Azeri Cent...
Infrastructure & Investments
ACWA Power secures a Chinese financing for its Uzbekistan projects
The Saudi power company ACWA Power has secured an US$80m equity bridge loan from the Bank of China to finance the development of renewable p...
Energy & Climate Markets
Dutch Senate greenlights law to end gas production at Groningen
The Dutch Senate has approved a bill definitively ending gas extraction at the Groningen field from the 2024-2025 gas year, i.e., as of 1 Oc...
Energy & Climate Markets
Oil and gas still covered 61% of Germany's primary consumption in 2023
According to the German gas, oil and geoenergy industry association BVEG, Germany's crude oil production declined in 2023 to 1.6 Mt, coverin...
Energy & Climate Markets
Denmark awards only one third of the capacity in a 0.5 MtCO2/year CCS tender
The Danish Energy Agency has selected three companies, namely BioCirc CO2 ApS, Bioman ApS, and Carbon Capture Scotland in the sec...
Infrastructure & Investments
The 1.5 GW Outer Downsing offshore wind project enters approval process (UK)
The Planning Inspectorate has accepted the Development Consent Order (DCO) application submitted for the 1.5 GW Outer Downsing offshore wind...
Infrastructure & Investments
Ilmatar launches EIA for 4 GW offshore wind project in Finland
The Finnish independent renewable power producer Ilmatar has launched the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) programme for its 4 GW Bothn...
Policy & Regulatory
Germany will make sectoral emission reduction targets less stringent
The German coalition government has agreed to make the climate protection law more flexible, allowing higher emissions for some sectors as l...
Energy & Climate Markets
Swiss GHG emissions fell by almost 8% in 2022
Switzerland’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions declined by 7.8% in 2022 to 41.6 MtCO2eq, according the country’s Federal Office for...
Energy Prices & Taxes
Kenya Power will cut its power tariffs by up to 14% in May 2024
Kenya Power, the state-owned firm which owns and operates the electricity transmission and distribution network in Kenya, has announced an u...
Policy & Regulatory
Lithuania cancels a 700 MW offshore wind tender
Lithuania has suspended its second 700 MW offshore wind tender after only one company submitted a bid, and the auction will be rescheduled a...