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Britain's National Grid proposes $74 bln energy system upgrade
Britain’s National Grid, opens new tab has proposed a 58 billion pound ($74 billion) investment programme to boost grid networks beyond 2030 to accommodate expected growth in electricity demand and an increase in renewable power projects.
read more... 19/03/2024
Romania's Nuclearelectrica sees preliminary decision on SMR plant in 2025
Romania expects to make a preliminary final investment decision next year on whether to build a small modular reactor plant (SMR), which could become Europe’s first project using the technology, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on Monday.
read more... 19/03/2024
Daily (15.03.2024): Oil prices rose to four-month highs on Thursday amid supply shortage worries
Oil prices increased by about 2% on Thursday, hitting their highest level in four months, boosted by new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA) warning of potential supply shortages until year-end. The EIA report also revealed a notable 5.7-million-barrel decrease in gasoline stocks, the steepest decline since early November. Thus, the Brent crude oil stood at $85.42 a barrel, while WTI crude settled at $81.26 a barrel.
read more... 15/03/2024
Romania delays adoption of energy and climate plan, casts doubt on renewable targets
The Romanian government will neither adopt its National Integrated Energy and Climate Change Plan before the expected 30 June deadline nor will the country meet the EU’s renewable energy targets, an energy ministry official said on Thursday.
read more... 15/03/2024
Norway’s Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
Norway has big plans to pump waste carbon from oil and gas operations and heavy industry under the seabed of the North Sea to be stored safely underground. It believes this method will be key to decarbonizing its fossil fuel activities in the coming years and supporting a green transition. However, some fear that this process cannot be done safely without risk to the environment. Others believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is merely a band-aid on a bullet wound and that countries should be fixing their carbon problem at the source rather than mitigating the effects of fossil fuel production. Nonetheless, so long as the world relies on oil and gas, companies will be looking for ways to produce lower-carbon fossil fuels through innovative methods, such as CCS technology.
read more... 14/03/2024