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Iran, Russia in Talks for New Nuclear Power Plant

Iran, Russia in Talks for New Nuclear Power Plant

Iran and Russia started negotiations for constructing a new nuclear power plant in Iran with a power capacity of 3,000 megawatts (MW), according to the local media outlets on Saturday.

Energy Transition Helps Boost Total Clean Capacity

Energy Transition Helps Boost Total Clean Capacity

Global-wide energy transition policies, supported by technological developments, have helped expand renewable energy power capacity in recent years, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said in a recent report.

Offshore Projects ‘Could Boost Egypt’s Gas Production

Offshore Projects ‘Could' Boost Egypt’s Gas Production

Production from a number of natural gas development projects offshore Egypt’s northern coast could help boost declining domestic output, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s recently updated country analysis brief on Egypt

UK to Help Modify Iran’s Arak Heavy-Water Nuke Reactor

UK to Help Modify Iran’s Arak Heavy-Water Nuke Reactor

The U.K. will help Iran modify its Arak nuclear reactor after the U.S. withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers earlier this year, Iranian officials announced Wednesday

Iran Resumes Electricity Supply to Neighbors

Iran Resumes Electricity Supply to Neighbors

The Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company (Tavanir) resumed electricity supplies to neighboring countries, according to Iranian officials on Tuesday

TurkStream Completes 12 Social Projects in Kiyikoy

TurkStream Completes 12 Social Projects in Kiyikoy

The small, picturesque, Kiyikoy community located in the Kirklareli Province of northwestern Turkey is undergoing a transformation as the location in which the TurkStream gas pipeline comes onshore on Turkey's Black Sea Coast

French Total Quits Irans South Pars Gas Project

French Total Quits Iran's South Pars Gas Project

French Total officially backed out of its contract with Iran, said the country's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh on late Monday. According to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, Zanganeh said that Iran has begun plans to replace the French energy company with local businesses

Turkeys Gas Imports Fall by 19% in June

Turkey's Gas Imports Fall by 19% in June

Turkey's natural gas imports decreased by 19.04 percent in June compared to the same month last year, according to the Turkish energy watchdog's data released on Monday

China Investing Heavily in European Wind

China Investing Heavily in European Wind

China’s investment in foreign wind-powered electricity markets has approached $7 billion in Europe alone as private and stated-owned Chinese companies move "aggressively" to capitalize on fast-growing renewable energy markets, according to a recent research brief published by the U.S.-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)

Egypt to Restart Gas Exports in January

Egypt to Restart Gas Exports in January

Egypt will resume natural gas exports in January, the country’s oil minister said Wednesday, according to local media. In an interview with news website El Watan, Tarek El Molla said Egypt would as of October halt gas imports, which were driven by low domestic output and growing demand for energy

EU, China Step Up Climate Change Cooperation

EU, China Step Up Climate Change Cooperation

The EU and China reaffirmed their commitment to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and intensify their cooperation on climate change and clean energy, the European Commission (EC) announced on Thursday

EBRD Seeks Geothermal, Offshore Wind Consultants for Turkey

EBRD Seeks Geothermal, Offshore Wind Consultants for Turkey

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invited technical and financial proposals from consultants to produce a study of the overall short- and long-term geothermal district energy potential of Turkey, and identify and evaluate the feasibility of the most promising three sites for building such district energy systems, according to a request for proposals on the EBRD’s website

Rolls-Royce Launches New Battery System for Ships

Rolls-Royce Launches New Battery System for Ships

The United Kingdom-based engineering company Rolls-Royce launched a lithium-ion based energy storage system for ships, the company announced Wednesday

EBRD Invests €100M in Bulgarian Energy Holding

EBRD Invests €100M in Bulgarian Energy Holding

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested €100 million in a new seven-year €550 million bond issued by Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), the state-owned entity that controls the country’s energy assets, including the public suppliers of electricity and gas, the EBRD announced on Monday