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Iran key services shut as rial plunges amid energy crisis, regional tension
6 days, 1 hour ago

Iran key services shut as rial plunges amid energy crisis, regional tension

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – Tens of millions of people across Iran are facing major disruptions as authorities shut down services in the face of an exacerbating energy and currency crisis amid historic regional tensions. The power outages were largely within the summertime before now, but have recently hit with winter’s first cold, with even state television experts issuing stern warnings that …

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Power Switch
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Power Switch

Politico  

War on climate change seeks new leader Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Donald Trump’s stunning victory means an immediate restructuring of climate battle lines — and an inevitable weakening of federal and global efforts to beat back the worst of global warming. Resistance to Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda could be bolstered by a few factors: the general operational dysfunction that plagued …

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LNG In Puerto Rico Could Turn Into A Disaster
2 months ago

LNG In Puerto Rico Could Turn Into A Disaster

Huff Post  

New Fortress Energy's controversial LNG import facility is seen through trees in the nearby neighborhood of Cataño, Puerto Rico. “It really seems like Puerto Rico is being exploited by New Fortress,” said Cathy Kunkel, an energy researcher based in San Juan who works for the watchdog Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Even with natural gas prices falling, “the …

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Russia to build Central Asia's first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia to build Central Asia's first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan

Hindustan Times  

Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first such project in post-Soviet Central Asia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Monday at a meeting with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev The nuclear deal, if implemented, will showcase Russia's ability to export not only energy, but also high-tech …

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Petrol, gas cylinder prices will be reduced, if INDIA bloc is voted to power, says Udhayanidhi Stalin
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Petrol, gas cylinder prices will be reduced, if INDIA bloc is voted to power, says Udhayanidhi Stalin

The Hindu  

Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday promised to bring down the prices of petrol and gas cylinders, if people voted for the DMK in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Campaigning for the South Chennai constituency DMK candidate Thamizhachi Thangapandian in T. Nagar, he said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has increased the price of gas …

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NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates
10 months, 3 weeks ago

NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates

Associated Press  

New Jersey’s public transit agency said Friday it is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other power plants in largely minority areas. “Further, since this project was originally designed, multiple improvements to the affected power grid have been enacted that have functionally …

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What the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goals
2 years, 2 months ago

What the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goals

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI, India — The queues outside petrol pumps in Sri Lanka have lessened, but not the anxiety. Europe’s need for gas means that they’re competing with Asian countries, driving up prices of fossil fuels and resulting in what Tim Buckley, the director of the thinktank Climate Energy Finance, refers to as “hyper-inflation. Its twin needs of securing energy while …

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Scholz: Germany well-placed on energy to get through winter
2 years, 3 months ago

Scholz: Germany well-placed on energy to get through winter

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany is well-placed to get through this winter with enough energy thanks to efforts to shore up supplies in the face of Russian gas delivery cuts, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday, dismissing criticism from the opposition. Center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz charged in parliament that Scholz’s three-party coalition lacks any “strategic thinking” and assailed a decision this week …

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Explained: Europe's looming energy crisis as Russia chokes gas supply
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained: Europe's looming energy crisis as Russia chokes gas supply

Firstpost  

With the halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, Russian gas shipments have fallen 89 per cent from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40 per cent of Europe’s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy. There’s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine …

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Russia Ukraine war: Germany argues over nuclear shutdown amid gas supply worries
2 years, 4 months ago

Russia Ukraine war: Germany argues over nuclear shutdown amid gas supply worries

India TV News  

Russia Ukraine war: Rising concern over the impact of a potential Russian gas cutoff is fuelling the debate in Germany over whether the country should switch off its last three nuclear power plants as planned at the end of this year. “A lot speaks for not switching off the safe and climate-friendly nuclear power plants, but if necessary using them …

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Gas starts flowing from Russia to Europe again after break, but shutoff fears remain
2 years, 5 months ago

Gas starts flowing from Russia to Europe again after break, but shutoff fears remain

LA Times  

Gas has started flowing again to Europe from Russia after a maintenance shutdown, despite fears that Moscow would cut off supplies. But the gas deliveries that were arriving still weren’t enough to resolve Europe’s energy crisis, and officials suspect that Russia is likely to disrupt supplies further. “We must save more to get through the next two winters well.” Russia’s …

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German official: Nuclear would do little to solve gas issue
2 years, 5 months ago

German official: Nuclear would do little to solve gas issue

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s vice chancellor on Tuesday defended the government’s commitment to ending the use of nuclear power at the end of this year, arguing that keeping its few remaining reactors running would be complex and do little to address the problems caused by a possible natural gas shortfall. Germany’s main opposition party has called repeatedly for the country’s last …

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EU parliament backs declaring nuclear power and gas as "green energy"
2 years, 5 months ago

EU parliament backs declaring nuclear power and gas as "green energy"

Op India  

On July 6, the European Union Parliament declared nuclear power and natural gas green energy. #BREAKING European Parliament backs EU green label for gas, nuclear power pic.twitter.com/IJxuPR6nU5 — AFP News Agency July 6, 2022 The new rules will pave the way for gas and nuclear power plants to make it to the EU taxonomy rulebook from 2023. In an earlier …

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A climate voter’s guide to the L.A. mayoral election
2 years, 8 months ago

A climate voter’s guide to the L.A. mayoral election

LA Times  

This is the April 21, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Asked how she’ll get the city to 100% clean power — feasible or not, it’s a big lift — Bass didn’t have much to say, pledging to “leverage public dollars” and create green jobs. Asked …

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Opportunity missed on vital energy reset
2 years, 9 months ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Opportunity missed on vital energy reset

Daily Mail  

If nothing else, the Ukraine crisis has at least prompted a long overdue rethink about our energy strategy. Instead, we have a government which seems intent on burnishing its green credentials and pursuing a headlong dash toward net zero whatever the cost. Beacon of humanity The compassion shown by people in this country toward the victims of Russia’s aggression in …

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Italy's dependence on Russian gas puts PM Mario Draghi in a tight spot
2 years, 9 months ago

Italy's dependence on Russian gas puts PM Mario Draghi in a tight spot

Firstpost  

Italy imports 95 per cent of the gas it consumes, about 45 per cent of which comes from Russia Milan**, Italy:** Even as Italy’s Mario Draghi voices firm opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country’s dependence on Russian gas puts the prime minister in a tight spot. Italy’s undersecretary for foreign affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, said Italy was “preparing …

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Russia-Ukraine War: Europe’s Costly Energy Transition Has Accelerated the Great Power Contest
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine War: Europe’s Costly Energy Transition Has Accelerated the Great Power Contest

News 18  

The interplay between great power competition and the green energy transition has in large part brought forth the spectre of inflation. Energy price inflation soared, damaging industrial competitiveness, reducing consumers’ disposable income, pressuring central banks and threatening Europe’s economic recovery. Great Power Competition and Energy Wars Europe’s increased dependency on gas has played a role in Russia’s geopolitical calculus. Such …

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EXPLAINER: Why quitting coal is so hard
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Why quitting coal is so hard

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. Government negotiators in Glasgow wrote and rewrote a paragraph that spells out that fighting climate change requires the world to end coal power, along with fossil fuel subsidies. The wording on …

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A global energy crisis is coming. There’s no quick fix
3 years, 2 months ago

A global energy crisis is coming. There’s no quick fix

CNN  

London CNN Business — Astronomical increases in natural gas prices. “The immediate priority should be to mitigate social impacts and protect vulnerable households.” In Europe, natural gas is now trading at the equivalent of $230 per barrel, in oil terms — up more than 130% since the beginning of September and more than eight times higher than the same point …

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Lebanon’s power problems: serious talk but no easy fixes
3 years, 3 months ago

Lebanon’s power problems: serious talk but no easy fixes

Al Jazeera  

Energy ministers from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan met in Amman on Wednesday where they affirmed their willingness to facilitate transfers of gas to energy-strapped Lebanon. While experts have said a proposal recently put forth by the US ambassador here to revive a transnational gas pipeline running from Egypt to Lebanon could help alleviate the problem, it is far from …

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Mumbai power outage: MERC orders inquiry, report expected in 3 months
4 years, 2 months ago

Mumbai power outage: MERC orders inquiry, report expected in 3 months

Hindustan Times  

Taking suo moto cognisance on the Mumbai power outage earlier this month, the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered an independent inquiry into the incident. HT Image In its order released on Friday, MERC stated that the committee needs to “verify and analyse the submissions of all parties, to find out the root cause of the incident, to examine the …

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GAIL cuts gas supplies by 40% to clients after fire at ONGC plant
4 years, 2 months ago

GAIL cuts gas supplies by 40% to clients after fire at ONGC plant

Live Mint  

Indian gas transporter GAIL Ltd has cut supplies by about 40% to customers, mainly power and fertiliser companies, after a pipeline rupture led to a fire in an Oil and Natural Gas Corp plant, a company source said. Earlier today morning, a fire broke out at ONGC's Hazira gas processing plant in Gujarat and has since been extinguished, ONGC said, …

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California to let gas plants stay open as time runs low for climate action
4 years, 3 months ago

California to let gas plants stay open as time runs low for climate action

LA Times  

State officials threw a lifeline to four fossil fueled power plants along the Southern California coast, deciding the facilities are still needed to provide reliable electricity even as they contribute to the climate crisis. Tuesday’s vote by the State Water Resources Control Board to let the gas plants keep operating past the end of this year followed brief rolling blackouts …

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