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Daily (11.05.2021): Front-year European electricity prices rocketed at multi-year highs on Monday as carbon broke the 52 EUR/t mark
Oil markets lacked a clear direction on Monday, with the Brent and WTI crude climbing marginally at $68.32 a barrel and $64.92 a barrel despite a cyber-attack forcing the shutdown of major fuel pipelines in the United States. However, hopes of an upcoming general global demand recovery provided some upside pressure.
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Dutch govt grants $2.4 billion in subsidies to huge carbon storage project
The Dutch government has granted a consortium that includes oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil around 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in subsidies for what is set to become one of the largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the world, the Port of Rotterdam said on Sunday.
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Environmental group sues for Nord Stream 2 cancellation
German environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has amended a lawsuit filed last year against Russian state-controlled Gazprom's 55bn m³/yr Nord Stream 2 project to seek a permanent construction freeze that would cancel the project.
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Global renewables grow at fastest pace in 20 years in 2020
Global renewable electricity sources grew at their fastest pace in 20 years in 2020, the International Energy Agency said in a report May 11.
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EUAs hit an all-time high at around 51 EUR/t on Friday amid aggressive buying
Oil prices saw modest gains on Friday amid disappointing job report in the U.S. and despite the disastrous health situation in India, the world's third-largest consumer of oil. Hence, Brent crude added 0.3% to settle at $68.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, U.S. WTI crude settled at $64.90 a barrel, posting a 0.3% gain day-on-day.
read more... 10/05/2021