Armenia probes power shutdown
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Armenia’s Infrastructure Ministry has blamed massive power outages and voltage drops this week on a voltage drop in the national grid. “There
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Can Blockchain Soften a Potential ‘Hard Brexit’ for the UK Renewable Energy Market?
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“Brexit means Brexit” was a famous tagline of the British Prime Minister Theresa May when she started campaigning to take
Ireland set to benefit from French interconnector: study
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Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and French President Emmanuel Macron this month confirmed plans to build the 700MW Celtic Interconnector. The
Russia admits power grid vulnerabilities
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Russia has conceded that it is “possible” its power grid is under US cyber-attack. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
Trump rages against Russian power grid claims
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The US is allegedly trying to install malware in the Russian power grid as the bilateral cyber war intensifies. The
Nord Steam 2 blames Denmark for possible six-month delay
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Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany may be delayed by at least six months if Denmark forces it to
France and Ireland agree 700MW interconnector
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The French and Irish energy regulators have given the go-ahead for financing a bilateral 700-megawatt power link that is due
Italy and Tunisia agree 600MW interconnector deal
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Italy and Tunisia have agreed to push ahead with the 600-megawatt Elmed Mediterranean power interconnector linking their power grids. The
Clean Druzhba oil arriving: Belarus
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The Belarusian state-run oil firm Belneftekhim says “clean” Russian oil imports have begun to arrive through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline
Russia grapples with month’s worth of toxic oil
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The Russian oil sector faces the challenge of quickly cleaning at least US$2.7 billion worth of contaminated oil from its
‘Chernobyl on ice’ ready to supply power
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The world’s first floating nuclear power station, known as “a Chernobyl on ice”, is ready to begin supplying electricity, according
Russia promises to restore oil exports in two weeks
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Russia aims to restore normal oil flows through a major crude pipeline to central Europe in two weeks after chemical
UK reports ‘green gas’ boom
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The UK’s Green Gas Certification Scheme says that since 2017 there has been a 13-fold increase in customers being supplied
Low dam levels force Norway to import power
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Norway has said it was a net importer of electricity in the first quarter, reversing five years of net exports.
Serbia starts constructing TurkStream section
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Serbia has started constructing its section of the TurkStream pipeline to carry Russian natural gas to Central Europe, its foreign