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German energy company RWE said Thursday it is abandoning its offshore wind projects in the United States after reaching a $1.22 billion settlement with the US government to give up leases in the New York Bight and off the coasts of Louisiana and California. R…
India has approved a $2.5 billion programme to expand domestic biogas production, as the government seeks to reduce reliance on imported energy. A government statement said the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme will support waste collection, manure processin…
US plans to open parts of the Pacific Ocean to deep-sea mining exploration have alarmed leaders in American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where officials say local communities were not properly consulted and fear damage to fisheries and marine…
A test lab in Hitachi-ota, Japan, is lit by electricity collected from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and compost, part of designer Satoshi Nakagawa's effort to show how very small currents could power low-energy devices. Nakagawa, chief executive of Tripod Desig…
The Philippines is seeing a rooftop solar boom as high electricity bills, cheaper Chinese panels and concerns about outages push households and businesses to install systems. The government has set a target of 35 percent renewable energy in the power mix by 2…
Cuba's state electricity operator said Tuesday that the country's power grid had been reconnected after a 36-hour nationwide blackout, the sixth islandwide outage this year. Authorities had struggled to bring generation facilities and connectors back online.…
Syria and Iraq are finalising negotiations on a contract to restore the Haditha-Banias oil pipeline, a Syrian official said Tuesday, with the work expected to take up to three years. Syrian Petroleum Company chief executive Youssef Qablawi said at the Rmeilan…
Iraq exported more than 30 million barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz in one month, maritime tracking firm Kpler data showed Tuesday, as the country tries to keep shipments moving through a disrupted export route. Kpler said vessels it detected…
US President Donald Trump said major oil companies were making “too much money” from high prices linked to shortages caused by the Iran war, and called on them to cut prices for consumers. “I don't like it. They're making too much money, okay? Based on a shor…
Cuba was working Monday, August 3, to restore electricity after its sixth nationwide blackout of the year, but the state energy utility said bad weather had disrupted the recovery effort. By midday Monday, about 50 percent of Havana had power again, along wit…
Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other key OPEC+ members agreed in an online meeting on Aug. 2 to raise September oil production by 188,000 barrels per day, the participating countries said in a joint statement. The decision was made by Saudi Arabia, Russia, Ira…
Power returned to Havana and other parts of western Cuba early Sunday after state-run electricity company UNE fixed a partial collapse of the grid that had left five of the country's 15 provinces without electricity for most of the night. UNE said on X that s…
Turkey and Iraq agreed on Saturday to extend an oil pipeline agreement by one year, officials from both countries said, days after a top-level Iraqi visit to Ankara. Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said the agreement was signed after a meeting in…
Hungary's only nuclear power plant remained in operation on Monday after engineers reduced cooling-water needs enough to keep one turbine online, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said, averting for now a full shutdown he had warned could happen for the first time…
India approved $8.8 billion in financial support for offshore oil and gas exploration on Friday as it seeks to reduce reliance on energy imports. The cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved what officials described as a “very ambitious” pus…
BP said Friday it has launched a process to market its North Sea business for a potential sale, as the UK debates the future of oil and gas drilling in the region. Chief executive Meg O'Neill said the North Sea remained “integral” to the UK's energy system, b…
The United States is expanding its role as Europe's leading LNG supplier, and energy analysts say Croatia's Krk terminal could help move more US gas into the Balkans, central Europe and possibly Ukraine. Europe has accelerated plans to reduce reliance on Russ…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Thursday he would take “a pragmatic approach” to oil and gas extraction in UK waters, after US President Donald Trump claimed Burnham had told him he would “open up North Sea oil”. Burnham said he had indicated during…
Romania will shut down its second nuclear reactor because of low water levels in the Danube, the energy ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said Unit 2 at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant would be shut down in a controlled way on Thursday, July 30, startin…
Palestinian finance minister Estaphan Salameh has proposed creating a government-owned petrol company as the occupied West Bank faces a severe fuel crisis. Cars have lined up at petrol stations across the West Bank for nearly two weeks as stations struggle to…
Oil prices jumped about 5 percent on Wednesday, rebounding in volatile trading after fresh strikes in the Middle East renewed fears of crude supply disruptions. International benchmark Brent North Sea crude gained 5.3 percent to $88.57 a barrel. The main US o…
France is pressing Suriname to ratify a 2021 border agreement as illegal gold mining expands along the Marowijne river, which separates Suriname from French Guiana. French officials say the lack of a ratified border accord makes it harder to fight illicit min…
Gas production resumed at Libya's Mellitah complex on Tuesday after government forces regained control of the site from protesters angry over power cuts, the National Oil Corporation said. The state oil company said it had authorised production to restart and…
Tunisia's recent power cuts have caused heavy losses for farms and food businesses as summer demand strains the electricity grid. At a poultry farm near El-Fahs, about 60 kilometres from Tunis, veterinarian Hamza Bouchrit estimated losses at between 1.4 milli…
Oil prices rose more than four percent on Wednesday after renewed Middle East fighting revived supply fears around the Strait of Hormuz, while South Korean and other Asian chip shares extended an AI-linked sell-off. At about 0230 GMT, West Texas Intermediate…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday that the country should reconsider nuclear power as it faces high electricity prices and a national energy emergency. “Perhaps it is time for us to revisit nuclear energy production,” Marcos told a joint se…
West Texas Intermediate, the main US oil contract, fell back below $80 a barrel on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump signalled optimism over a deal to end Middle East hostilities. WTI dropped 3.2 percent to $79.98 a barrel. Brent North Sea crude, the ma…
A fire at a gas storage and regasification facility in Moheshkhali has worsened Bangladesh’s chronic gas shortage, disrupting supplies to households, transport operators, power generators and factories. It struck one of the country’s two storage and regasific…
Zimbabwe's first plant to process lithium is operating, marking a step in the country's effort to stop exporting raw mineral wealth and process more resources locally. Zimbabwe is Africa's top producer of lithium, a metal used in rechargeable batteries. The g…
On 25 July 2026, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said its oil subsidiary had signed a $16 billion pipeline infrastructure deal with an international consortium involving Blackstone, KKR and Brookfield. The state-owned petroleum firm said the lease-and-lease-back…
Brent North Sea crude, the benchmark international oil contract, fell more than five percent on Friday as traders assessed the effect of fresh Middle East attacks on global crude supplies. Brent dropped to $95.61 a barrel after rising above $100 on Thursday.…
Brent North Sea crude fell back below $100 a barrel on Friday after rising sharply the previous day, helping US and European stock markets stabilize. Brent was down 3.9 percent at $96.78 a barrel around 2020 GMT, after gaining seven percent on Thursday. West…
Oil prices retreated on Friday after a sharp rise the previous day, while global stock markets diverged as investors weighed Middle East fighting, US tariff concerns and anxiety over heavy spending on artificial intelligence. Brent North Sea crude fell back b…
French energy company TotalEnergies said on Thursday that it could soon transfer its 10 percent stake in the Arctic LNG 2 liquefied natural gas project, which has been hit by US sanctions, to majority shareholder Novatek. The sale would reduce, but not end, T…
Sweden said on 23 July 2026 that it wants to speed up mining permit approvals to help the European Union reduce its dependence on China, which accounts for 70 percent of rare earth mining worldwide. Sweden is the EU's leading producer of iron ore and has know…
Brent crude prices rose above $100 a barrel on Thursday as concerns about attacks in the Red Sea added to supply worries in an oil market already affected by the quasi-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. Near 1820 GMT, Brent oil futures were up 8.4 percent at $…
East Timor has broken ground on a $107 million solar power plant and energy storage facility in Manatuto Municipality, in a project aimed at reducing the country's reliance on imported fuel. The project is a joint venture between French company Electricite de…
TotalEnergies said on 23 July that its net profit doubled in the second quarter, helped by higher hydrocarbon prices that it linked to the conflict in the Midd…
Chad's eastern city of Abeche and nearby desert areas face serious water shortages that affect daily life and contribute to violent disputes over wells and other resources. In Abeche, the country's second biggest city, local officials estimate the population…
Brent crude climbed above $100 a barrel on Thursday as Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeted shipping in the Red Sea and US President Donald Trump threatened them with "major military punishment" in response. The international Brent North Sea contract rose 7.0 p…
The United States announced on Wednesday that it had created a framework for the possible future deployment of offshore nuclear reactors, as the Trump administration seeks a sharp increase in nuclear energy output. No commercial US offshore nuclear project is…
Tunisia is facing widespread power outages during an intense heatwave, with temperatures reaching as high as 49C and many residents worried about daily life and livelihoods. For several days, the state electricity and gas company STEG has issued daily heat al…
German authorities said on Wednesday that they had approved a disputed French-Russian nuclear project that critics fear could create risks of spying and sabotage by Moscow. The planned joint venture would involve ANF, a subsidiary of French company Framatome,…
New research published Wednesday in Environmental Science and Technology says the carbon footprint linked to metal mining could be much larger than previously estimated, with possible implications for climate goals as demand for metals grows. The report said…
The Czech Republic has signed a deal with Britain's Rolls-Royce to prepare small modular nuclear reactors at two locations, Energy Minister Karel Havlicek said. He said Rolls-Royce SMR and Czech state-run power company CEZ had agreed to begin preparations for…
The head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday that renewed fighting in the Middle East has increased concerns about energy supplies, while oil markets still have some buffers against disruption. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said in a state…
Africa has become the continent with the largest number of people facing hunger for the first time, according to a UN report released Tuesday. The annual report on food security and nutrition, prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization and four other U…
The United Arab Emirates' state oil company ADNOC said it will invest $6.2 billion in an Abu Dhabi natural gas development project. ADNOC said it had taken the final investment decision to develop the offshore Umm Shaif Gas Cap with France's TotalEnergies, It…
The European Union told member states on Monday to hold off imposing fines on oil and gas firms over methane emissions reporting failures for three years, after pressure to pause new rules. Importers of oil and gas are required from January to monitor and rep…
West African leaders signed an agreement approving construction of a gas pipeline linking Nigeria and Morocco at an ECOWAS summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The planned Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline would run for about 6,000 kilometres, or 3,700 miles, through…
Some Polish coal miners are training for work in the wind power industry as Poland slowly shifts away from coal and toward cleaner energy sources. Grzegorz Witek, a miner from Silesia, travelled with seven other miners to Gorzyca in western Poland for a train…
Sweden's government said it has approved two offshore wind power farms, while rejecting 11 other wind projects because of their impact on the country's defence capabilities. The approved projects are Fyrskeppet Offshore in the Bothnian Sea between Sweden and…
Spain's nuclear safety regulator has backed extending the operating life of Almaraz, the country's largest nuclear power plant, to 2030, beyond the government's planned 2028 shutdown. Almaraz provides about seven percent of Spain's electricity. It is due to c…
Cameroon's government announced on Wednesday that it was cracking down on the gold mining sector over gaps between the volumes produced and the amounts declared by companies. Authorities estimate that illegal gold exports to the United Arab Emirates have depr…
On 16 July 2026, the International Energy Agency said investment in critical minerals fell in 2025, even after Western countries promised to increase domestic production for national security reasons. In its annual Global Critical Minerals Outlook report, the…
A severe energy crisis in Cuba is changing how some farms work, with farmer Alexander Quesada now using oxen to plow at Finca Burgambilia, an organic farm west of Havana, while a tractor he received from the government sits unused. Quesada, 52, built the eigh…
A Norwegian union representing offshore oil workers and an employers' group agreed Tuesday to send their wage dispute to an arbitration board, ending a month-long strike. The Norwegian Union of Energy Workers, known as SAFE, began the strike in mid-June after…
Greenpeace Africa called on 14 July 2026 for a halt to a proposed oil refinery project by Aliko Dangote in Kenya's coastal region, warning that it could damage the environment and local livelihoods. The refinery is planned for Lamu port and would have a capac…
Nigeria's crude oil production reached a 74-month high in June, authorities said, averaging 1.56 million barrels per day. The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission said the figure was 104 percent of the country's OPEC quota. The commission said lat…
Residents of Italy’s Aeolian Islands are debating whether to build more desalination plants or continue bringing drinking water by ship, as the islands face limited natural water resources and large numbers of tourists. Vulcano, one of the archipelago’s eight…
France's main energy provider, EDF, said three nuclear reactors had been temporarily shut down and eight others were running at reduced power because of a heatwave in France. EDF told AFP that reactors at the Golfech, Bugey and Chooz plants had been shut down…
Cuban authorities said power had been restored across the country after the island's third nationwide outage in less than 10 days. The state-run UNE electricity company said the latest blackout began at about 11:05 am on Tuesday, or 1505 GMT, leaving Cuba's 9…