* Capacity tax to be phased out over 2 years from 2017 * New reactors to be built to replace old ones (Adds Energy Minister comment, background) STOCKHOLM, June 10 (Reuters) –…
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Can Pakistan make transition to electric vehicles soon?
KARACHI: When you think of electric vehicles, you think of Elon Musk, a noiseless Tesla and luxury more than zero emissions. But today the government wants to use the same technology for…
EU bank takes ‘quantum leap’ to end fossil-fuel financing
By Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg The European Investment Bank adopted an unprecedented strategy to end funding for fossil fuel energy projects, in a move expected to support Europe’s plans to become the first climate-neutral…
Shale Oil Pioneers Say the Boom Times Are Over
The days of relentless production growth from U.S. shale oil fields are ending, potentially aiding OPEC’s years-long effort to drain a worldwide supply glut, according to industry pioneers Scott Sheffield and Mark Papa. Investor…
اعتماد الاقتصاد “الازرق” للدول الاورومتوسطية
رأى الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة Energy and Environment Holding رودي بارودي والذي وصفته وسائل الاعلام اليونانية بأحد كبار خبراء النفط،ان حكم القانون هو الذي يجب ان يطبع التعاون العابر للحدود. بارودي تحدث في الجلسة الافتتاحية…
Blue Economy is Essential for All of the Euro-Mediterranean Nations
ATHENS: (Agencies) No single factor is more important to cross-border cooperation than the rule of law, a leading energy policy expert told this week’s EU-Arab World Summit in Athens. Greek Prime Minister…
France upholds law banning palm oil from biofuel scheme
France’s constitutional court yesterday upheld a law excluding palm oil from the country’s biofuel scheme, rejecting an appeal by energy company Total which says the measure puts at risk its production site…
Europe needs a serious nuclear-energy debate
Last month, the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, arrived in the remote town of Pevek in the country’s Siberian Arctic region. Russian state-run nuclear energy company Rosatom sees this…
As Poland Exits Coal, a Billionaire Offers First Nuclear Plant
Poland’s second-richest man may beat the government in building the nation’s first nuclear power plant. Michal Solowow’s Synthos SA, the second-largest European maker of synthetic rubber, signed a memorandum with GE Hitachi Nuclear…
QP commences supply of very low sulphur fuel oil at RLIC port
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has commenced the supply of Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO) at Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) Port. The VLSFO marine fuel offering has been initiated in advance of…