Energy

Top LNG importer says ‘future lies in hydrogen’

  Bloomberg Korea Gas Corp, one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas importers, expects to win benefits from its current business as it shifts to a future focused on hydrogen. “We’ll completely transform our LNG-driven operations into hydrogen by 2050 in line with South Korea’s carbon neutrality target,” Lee Jae Hoon, a general manager of the company’s hydrogen business ...

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South Africa registers two solar projects to cut red tape

  Bloomberg South Africa registered two solar projects as part of a process designed to cut red tape and help increase the pace of private generation in a nation that’s headed for a record year of power cuts. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa approved the projects, the biggest since President Cyril Ramaphosa removed the need for seeking licenses ...

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Total to buy stake in Clearway Energy

  Bloomberg TotalEnergies SE said it will acquire a stake in a large US renewables developer, another move by the European energy giant to expand its footprint in the American power sector. The French firm agreed to buy a 50% stake in Clearway Energy Group from Global Infrastructure Partners for $1.6 billion in cash, it said in a statement. GIP ...

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Gas heads for weekly loss in Europe as Russia supply fears wane

  Bloomberg European natural gas prices headed for a third straight weekly decline as fears over further disruptions to Russian supplies waned. Benchmark futures fell as much as 4.3%, hitting the lowest level since the start of the war in Ukraine. Russian shipments are expected to remain stable, even as flows through one cross-border point in Ukraine remain cut off ...

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UK faces new energy shock as bills may rise 42%

  Bloomberg British consumers will face another sharp jump in their power and gas bills just before winter, adding to surging costs of almost everything from food to petrol. The energy price cap is likely to soar to a record £2,800 ($3,499) in October, Ofgem CEO Jonathan Brearley told a panel of lawmakers. That will send about 12 million households ...

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Europe’s plan to replace Russian gas faces hurdles

  Bloomberg Europe’s ambitious plan to walk away from Russian natural gas and replace a chunk of it with tanker-borne imports faces a major obstacle: getting it to where it’s needed most without huge price discrepancies. Even as record amounts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) land on Europe’s shores, the lack of interconnectors from key import terminals in the west ...

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France’s nuclear crisis means more energy pain for Europe

Bloomberg French electricity prices climbed after the region’s biggest producer cut its nuclear output target for a third time this year, the latest sign that the region’s power crisis is worsening. Less output from Electricite de France SA’s fleet, the backbone of Europe’s integrated power system, is sending prices higher just as soaring inflation is pushing up costs for everything ...

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China’s Russian energy imports hit $6b in April

  Bloomberg China kept buying more energy from Russia, with purchases of oil, gas and coal jumping 75% in April to over $6 billion, even as domestic demand slowed due to a resurgent virus and the US and Europe moved away from purchases. Imports of Russian liquefied natural gas surged 80% from a year earlier to 463,000 tons, according to ...

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Energy crunch causes ESG to fall out of favour: John Browne

  Bloomberg The former chief of BP Plc warned that investors are pushing environmental, social and governance concerns aside as fears about energy security and mounting costs take precedence. John Browne, who ran BP between 1995 and 2007, was speaking 25 years after becoming the first boss of an oil major to acknowledge the link between manmade carbon emissions and ...

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Finland loses main gas supply after refusing payment in rubles

Bloomberg Russia is cutting Finland off from its natural gas supplies as relations between the two neighbours sour over the Nordic nation’s decision to join defense alliance Nato. Finland is the third European country to lose gas from Russia after refusing to pay for the fuel in rubles. Flows on a main pipeline from the region’s top supplier were expected ...

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