Latest Energy News 14 December 2018 TOP STORY: ADB lends US$284m to upgrade Pakistan’s power transmission grid The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Pakistan have signed loan and grant agreements worth US$284m to upgrade the country’s power transmission grid. This is the third stage…
| TRAINING Latest Energy News 13 December 2018 TOP STORY: New Zealand unveils planned changes to CO2 emissions trading scheme Following recent public consultation, the New Zealand government has outlined a series of reforms to its emissions trading scheme (ETS) that will be introduced to Parliament in 2019 as amendments…
Latest Energy News 12 December 2018 TOP STORY: Cheniere Energy starts exports at Corpus Christi LNG first terminal (US)According to US-based project company Cheniere Energy, the first commissioning cargo of LNG has loaded and departed from its US$15bn Corpus Christi liquefaction and export terminal project in Texas (United States). This…
Latest Energy News 11 December 2018 TOP STORY: EIA expects US LNG export capacity to more than double by end-2019 According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), US liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity is slated to reach 8.9 bcf/d (251 mcm/d or 91.7 bcm/year) by the end…
Latest Energy News 10 December 2018 EXECUTIVE BRIEF: Transport Efficiency Improving in Emerging Countries Energy consumption for transport decoupling from GDP growth Transport is usually the fastest growing sector for energy demand in emerging and newly industrialized countries, which are the focus of this analysis1. Thus, as transport’s share in…
Latest Energy News 07 December 2018 TOP STORY: French government scraps 2019 road fuel tax hikes The French government has scrapped the planned road fuels and carbon tax hikes that have led to weeks of protests throughout the country. The government initially had announced a 6-month moratorium on these tax…
Latest Energy News 06 December 2018 TOP STORY: European Council adopts Clean Energy for All Europeans package The European Commission (EC) has welcomed the adoption of several key files (approval of the last half of the eight legislative proposals) of the 2016 Clean Energy for All Europeans package by the…
Latest Energy News 05 December 2018 TOP STORY: ChinaCoal signed 5-year coal supply contract with 7 Chinese utilities State-held China National Coal Group Corporation (ChinaCoal) has signed a 5-year contract to supply 180 Mt of thermal coal to seven power utilities. Starting from 2019, ChinaCoal will provides coal to seven…
Latest Energy News 04 December 2018 TOP STORY: COP24 climate conference starts in Katowice (Poland) The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 24) has begun in Katowice (Poland) under the presidency of the Polish government. It will be a…
Latest Energy News 03 December 2018 TOP STORY: Qatar announced plans to pull out from OPEC in 2019 Qatar, which has been a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) since 1961, has announced plans to leave the OPEC on 1 January 2019. Qatar’s crude oil production…
Latest Energy News 30 November 2018 TOP STORY: Areva’s OL-3 nuclear project is pushed back by another 4 months (Finland) Finnish power generation company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has provided an updated schedule for the commissioning of the 1,650 MWe Olkiluoto-3 (OL3) nuclear power project in Eurajoki (Finland), which will…
Latest Energy News 29 November 2018 TOP STORY: European Commission unveils zero-carbon objective for 2050 The European Commission has issued a long-term strategy document in which it unfolds why the European Union should reach climate neutrality by 2050 and confirms its commitment to lead in global climate action. The proposed…
Latest Energy News 28 November 2018 TOP STORY: France delays nuclear phase-out and plans to shut down 14 reactors by 2035 The French government has unveiled the first version of the revised PPE energy plan (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie), which has two main targets: tackling climate change by cutting greenhouse…
Latest Energy News 27 November 2018 TOP STORY: EU progress on renewable and energy efficiency targets is slowing down According to the European Energy Agency (EEA), the European Union’s (EU) progress towards improving energy efficiency and increasing the use of renewable energies is slowing down and putting the ability to…
Latest Energy News 26 November 2018 TOP STORY: Poland expects to commission first nuclear reactor by 2033 The Polish government has released its draft energy strategy until 2040 and considers the development of a domestic nuclear power project that could start commercial operations in 2033. According to the document, the…
Latest Energy News 22 November 2018 TOP STORY: Enel (Italy) will invest 42% of its 2019-2021 capex in renewables Italian power company Enel has outlined its 2019-2021 strategic plan and expects to spend €27.5bn in gross capital expenditure (capex) over the plan period, a 12% increase compared with the previous…
Latest Energy News 19 November 2018 TOP STORY: Bidding round for Dunkerque offshore wind park delayed to 2019 (France) The French government has postponed the result of the tender for the development of a new 500 MW offshore wind project off Dunkerque (northern France) to 2019. Interested candidates may submit…
Latest Energy News 14 November 2018 TOP STORY: European Parliament adopts Clean Energy for All Europeans package The European Commission has welcomed the adoption of several key files (approval of the last half of the eight legislative proposals) of the 2016 Clean Energy for All Europeans package by the European…
Latest Energy News 13 November 2018 TOP STORY: Vietnam plans to open its domestic wholesale power market in 2019 The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade will launch the full opening of the domestic electricity wholesale market to competition in 2019, following the establishment of a successful year-long pilot period….
Latest Energy News 12 November 2018 TOP STORY: New York state (US) issues 800 MW offshore wind solicitation The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has launched an 800 MW offshore wind solicitation. The notice of intent to propose has to be sent before the end of…
Latest Energy News 08 November 2018 TOP STORY: Ofgem’s new energy price cap will come into force in 2019 (UK) The British Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has set the final level of the price cap for the domestic default tariff. The cap has been set at £1,137/year…
Latest Energy News 06 November 2018 TOP STORY: RWE freezes plans for 2.8 GW of new gas-fired capacity in Tilbury (UK) German energy group RWE has frozen development plans for its Tilbury energy centre project in the United Kingdom, which included plans for a 2,500 MW CCGT power plant, for…
Latest Energy News 05 November 2018 TOP STORY: EDF signs MoU for the 2,250 MW Son My-1 CCGT power project (Vietnam) French energy group EDF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vietnamese government to set out the general framework of the development of the 2,250 MW Son-My-1…
Latest Energy News 31 October 2018 TOP STORY: No-deal Brexit would result in £16/tCO2 carbon tax (UK) The British government is working on the development of a new carbon emissions tax to replace the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). UK domestic power generation companies currently have to pay…
Latest Energy News 29 October 2018 TOP STORY: South Africa postpones carbon tax by 6 months to 1 June 2019 The Ministry of Finance of South Africa has decided to postpone the implementation of a carbon tax by six months, from 1 January 2019 to 1 June 2019, due to…
Latest Energy News 26 October 2018 TOP STORY: Tohoku Electric will decommission Onagawa-1 nuclear reactor (Japan) Japanese power utility Tohoku Electric has decided to decommission the first reactor of its Onagawa nuclear power plant in the Miyagi prefecture (Japan), considering that the safety upgrades required to restart it would be…
Latest Energy News 25 October 2018 TOP STORY: Canada will impose a carbon levy to provinces without climate pricing plans The federal government of Canada has announced that it will impose a «backstop» carbon tax on fuels in the provinces and territories that have no adequate carbon emission pricing plans…
Latest Energy News 23 October 2018 TOP STORY: GE and Siemens will rebuild Iraq’s power infrastructure and add 25 GW Global engineering companies Siemens and General Electric (GE) have signed preliminary agreements with the Iraqi government to support the reconstruction of the domestic power supply system. GE will build around…
| Latest Energy News 22 October 2018 TOP STORY: European Parliament proposes 35% CO2 cuts for new lorries and buses by 2030 The Environment Committee of the European Parliament (EP) has made a new proposal to accelerate the market uptake of electric and low emission vehicles and has proposed a…
Latest Energy News 18 October 2018 TOP STORY: Switzerland plans to deregulate its domestic electricity market The Swiss Federal Council has unveiled plans to entirely liberalise the domestic power market and develop renewable electricity production. It has launched the consultation procedure to amend the electricity supply law (LApEl, Loi sur…