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Silba Island May Use Solar Power to Turn Seawater Into Drinking Water

Silba Island May Use Solar Power to Turn Seawater Into Drinking Water

A desalinization system powered by photovoltaics was proposed for Silba in a preinvestment study produced within the PROSEU project, funded by the European Union. The small Adriatic island in Croatia is struggling with its external drinking water supply and a solar power plant could be the solution. Excess electricity can be delivered to the grid or stored

Russias Oil Revenue Down 33% Between Jan-May 2020

Russia's Oil Revenue Down 33% Between Jan-May 2020

Russia's oil export revenue declined by 33% to $33.7 billion in the first five months of 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, data from the Russian Federal Customs Service showed on Tuesday

Oil Price Crash Causes Major Recession in Russia

Oil Price Crash Causes Major Recession in Russia

The oil price crash that Russia helped create, along with the coronavirus-driven global recession, will result in Russia’s economy shrinking this year by the most in 11 years, the World Bank said in its latest economic report on Russia.

Petronas Venture Invests in Solar Energy Start-Up

Petronas Venture Invests in Solar Energy Start-Up

Malaysia's Petronas Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) agreed with SOLS Energy Sdn Bhd to invest in a solar photovoltaic (PV) system start-up, the company announced on Friday

Goldman Sachs Expects Full Oil Demand Recovery in 2022

Goldman Sachs Expects Full Oil Demand Recovery in 2022

Global oil demand is expected to return to pre-coronavirus levels in 2022 with a pickup in transportation and recovery in major economies, Goldman Sachs said in a report on Thursday

Clean Energy Innovation Vital to Meet Net Zero Emissions

Clean Energy Innovation Vital to Meet Net Zero Emissions

A major acceleration in clean energy innovation is critically needed if companies and countries worldwide are to fulfill their pledges to bring their carbon emissions down to net zero, the International Energy Agency's (IEA) new report on Thursday showed

ENI Announces New Gas Discovery Offshore Egypt

ENI Announces New Gas Discovery Offshore Egypt

Italian energy giant ENI on Wednesday announced the drilling of the first exploration well in the North El Hammad license in the conventional Egyptian waters of the Nile Delta on the Bashrush prospect, in collaboration with BP and Total

EU May Suffer Oil Depletion by 2030: French Study

EU May Suffer Oil Depletion by 2030: French Study

The European Union (EU) may suffer oil depletion by 2030 as the total volume produced by the EU’s current oil providers is likely to shrink by up to nearly 8%, according to a study by a French think tank, The Shift Project