Bloomberg Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., the world’s biggest battery maker for electric cars with almost 35% of the market, plans to build a 14 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) manufacturing base in the city of Luoyang in the central Chinese province of Henan. Construction of the project in Henan will take up to three years, CATL said in a ...
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Oil falls as ‘wrecking ball’ dollar piles on commodity losses
Bloomberg Oil reversed course as the dollar shed some of its strength and risk-on sentiment lifted equity markets. The global oil benchmark rose 1% to trade near $87 a barrel on Monday. Earlier, Brent slipped below $85 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate falls below $80 as the dollar hit an all-time high, which makes commodities priced in the ...
Read More »EU to discuss feasibility of price caps on natural gas
Bloomberg The European Union’s executive arm plans to discuss the feasibility of imposing a price cap on natural gas in a document to be presented to member states Wednesday, postponing the publication of a broader action plan on how to deal with soaring costs of the fuel. The European Commission is under pressure from the bloc’s 27 governments to ...
Read More »European gas heads for fourth weekly loss as stockpiles fill up
Bloomberg Natural gas prices in Europe headed for a fourth weekly loss, as ample supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) help countries fill reservoirs days ahead of the start of the heating season. Dutch front-month gas, the European benchmark, declined as much as 6%, and are on pace for a drop of about 5% this week. While prices have eased ...
Read More »Glennmont starts $698m renewable power fund
Bloomberg Nuveen’s London-based renewable energy fund manager Glennmont Partners has raised $698 million to buy green power assets in Europe. Glennmont’s latest fund comes as the European Union plans to boost construction of clean-power generation to cut its reliance on gas imports amid an energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Glennmont will invest in technologies such as ...
Read More »Starwood, EnergyRe launch green real estate venture
Bloomberg Private investment firm Starwood Capital Group and an affiliate of developer Related Companies have teamed up to start a venture that will sell clean energy products to big real estate owners. Radial Power will install solar panels, battery storage and electric vehicle charging stations to help large property owners hit their climate and clean energy goals, according to ...
Read More »India may boost coal power fleet 25% by 2030 amid rising demand
Bloomberg India plans to expand its coal power fleet by about a quarter through the end of the decade as it continues to lean on the fuel to meet growing demand until energy storage costs fall. The world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases will add nearly 56 gigawatts of coal power capacity unless there’s a substantial drop in the ...
Read More »UK’s windfall tax on oil, gas firms to top $30.9b
Bloomberg The UK expects to raise more than £28 billion ($30.9 billion) in the coming years from a windfall tax on oil and gas firms. The revenue will go toward offsetting the huge costs of subsidizing energy bills amid a cost-of-living crisis driven by soaring gas and power prices. The forecast was released as part of Chancellor of the ...
Read More »UK government to relax planning rules for onshore wind
Bloomberg The UK government will relax planning rules for onshore wind to allow projects to be deployed more easily, marking a significant policy shift. Britain vowed to speed up the planning process for energy infrastructure including offshore wind farms and new oil and gas fields in Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. Onshore wind was effectively banned in 2016, but developers were ...
Read More »Germany to nationalise gas giant Uniper in historic bailout
Bloomberg The German government is planning to inject about 8 billion euros ($8 billion) into Uniper SE as part of a historic agreement to nationalise the gas giant and stave off a collapse of the country’s energy sector. Uniper confirmed it is in final discussions with the government over a package that would include an 8 billion-euro capital increase, subscribed ...
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