Bloomberg Plans to install turbines on platforms that float in the sea are gathering pace as renewable energy developers seek new areas to harvest wind power. Scotland has granted planning permission for as much as 92 megawatts of floating offshore wind capacity, including two separate projects in the past two weeks. In Ireland, the developer Gaelectric Holdings Plc and …

  Bloomberg State-owned Qatargas has agreed to double volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) it supplies to Poland’s gas firm PGNiG to 2 million tonnes per year at a price that may have positive impact on PGNiG’s bottom line, the companies said. The agreement comes as Poland is struggling to reduce its reliance on supplies of Russian gas, while a …

  Bloomberg Lukoil PJSC returned to profit in the fourth quarter after crude prices rallied. Russia’s No. 2 oil producer reported net income of 46.6 billion rubles ($786 million), compared with a loss of 65 billion rubles a year earlier. That beat the 45 billion-ruble average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Revenue held steady at 1.4 trillion rubles. …