Bloomberg Six months ago, UK North Sea oil and gas faced the bleakest outlook in its 50-year history. The government was focused on hosting the COP 26 climate talks and environmentalists were close to killing off one of the country’s largest oilfield developments, called Cambo. An industry that had excelled at prolonging its lifespan was at risk of sudden …

Bloomberg The Texas grid operator called on residents to conserve energy after six generation facilities tripped offline amid hot weather, prompting power prices to spike. The power-plant failures resulted in a loss of about 2,900 megawatts of electricity, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot) said. That’s enough power for about 580,000 homes and businesses. Natural-gas fired plants make up …

Bloomberg South Africa will need to attract investment of $14 billion if it is to develop a substantial green hydrogen industry, the head of the government’s climate finance task team said. An initial amount of $1 billion would be needed to create an industry that could export 20,000 tons of the climate friendly fuel annually and a further $13 billion …