Latest Energy News 17 September 2019 TOP STORY: European Commission considers 2003 Energy Taxation Directive outdated The European Commission (EC) considers the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) (2003/96/EC) is outdated and not in line with European Union energy and climate policy, according to…
Latest Energy News 16 September 2019 TOP STORY: Saudi Arabia’s oil production cut by 5.7 mbl/d Saudi Arabia’s oil production is temporarily cut in half after attacks. The destruction caused fires on Saturday 14 September 2019 at two of Aramco’s production sites….
Latest Energy News 13 September 2019 TOP STORY: Pemex receives a US$5bn capital contribution for debt release (Mexico) The Ministry of Finance of Mexico will granted state oil company Pemex a US$5bn billion rescue package to reduce its US$104bn debt load. The rescue package includes a…
Latest Energy News 12 September 2019 TOP STORY: EU Court reduces Gazprom access to German OPAL gas pipeline The European Union General Court has overruled a decision from the European Commission (EC) from October 2016 that allowed for Gazprom to access over 12.8 bcm/year (threshold…
Latest Energy News 11 September 2019 TOP STORY: Gas exports begins at 4.7 bcm/year Touat gas field (Algeria) Neptune Energy and Sonatrach have begun operations at the gas treatment unit and its first gas exports from the Touat gas development. Located around 1,400 kilometres southwest…
La Amazonía: bosques tropicales, incendios y cambio climático Rafael Robles de Benito || La Jornada Maya || Martes 10 de septiembre, 2019 Tarde o temprano, los incendios amazónicos se van a apagar La Amazonía es, sin duda “sexy”. Atrae las miradas de todos, y nos…
Latest Energy News 10 September 2019 TOP STORY: Colombia selects companies for upcoming renewable auction The Colombian government announced 53 enterprises, inlcuding 27 power producers with a total of 56 projects and 26 distribution companies, will participate in the upcoming auction for large-scale renewable projects. The 27 power producers…
Latest Energy News 09 September 2019 TOP STORY: US$50bn in investment non-consistent with Paris agreement since 2018 According to the Carbon Tracker Initiative (UK), since 2018, major oil & gas companies have approved around US$50bn of new investments that will not be able to…
Latest Energy News 06 September 2019 TOP STORY: Partners take FID on the 19.8 Mt/year Arctic LNG 2 project (Russia) Final investment decision (FID) has been taken for the 19.8 Mt/year Arctic LNG 2 project in northern Russia. The project’s partners are Novatek with a majority…
Latest Energy News 05 September 2019 TOP STORY: Malaysia will require US$7.8bn to reach 20% of renewables by 2025 The government of Malaysia is currently seeking to increase the country’s renewable power generation target to 20% by 2025. The new target would be…
ISEE Bulletin September 2019 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS Here is your weekly ISEE News in Review. What if we paid countries to protect biodiversity? Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism to support…
Latest Energy News 04 September 2019 TOP STORY: Total will go forward with the US$13bn LNG project with no changes (Papua New Guinea) Papua New Guinea has allowed the Papua LNG project to proceed in accordance with the gas agreement reached with the…
Latest Energy News 03 September 2019 TOP STORY: France will auction 2,150 MW of solar PV capacity in 2020 The French government has announced that it will organise three solar auctions in 2020 totalling 2,150 MW of capacity. Two ground-mounted tenders, planned in…
Latest Energy News 02 September 2019 TOP STORY: European Commission clears €417m Polish support plan for energy-intensive firms The European Commission (EC) has approved the PLN 1.78bn (€417m) Polish scheme designed to compensate energy-intensive firms for indirect CO2 emission costs, considering that…
Latest Energy News 30 August 2019 TOP STORY: Switzerland aims to become climate-neutral by 2050 The Federal Council of Switzerland (the Swiss federal government) has decided to accelerate Switzerland’s decarbonisation trajectory, with a target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050. The objective…
ANTECEDENTES 27 de agosto, 2019 A pesar de los esfuerzos globales por frenar el deterioro del medio ambiente, las tendencias en la pérdida de la biodiversidad, cambio climático, degradación de la tierra, contaminación atmosférica, acumulación y mal manejo de…
Latest Energy News 29 August 2019 TOP STORY: The Netherlands will end Groningen gas production before 2030 According to the Dutch Government, production at the Groningen natural gas field, operated by Shell and Exxon Mobil, will stop sooner than previously announced. The…
Latest Energy News 28 August 2019 TOP STORY: Kenya starts exporting oil with an inaugural shipment of 200,000 bbl Kenya has started to export crude oil, with an inaugural shipment of 200,000 bbl from the port of Mombasa to Malaysia for a Chinese…
Latest Energy News 27 August 2019 TOP STORY: TEPCO considers decommission of reactors at Kashiwazaki nuclear plant (Japan) TEPCO is considering decommissioning at least one reactor at the 7,965 MW (8,212 MW gross) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki (Niigata prefecture, Japan). The…
Latest Energy News 26 August 2019 TOP STORY: China added 11.4 GW of new solar PV capacity in the first half of 2019 According to the Chinese National Energy Administration (NEA), a total of 11.4 GW of new solar PV capacities was connected…
Latest Energy News 23 August 2019 TOP STORY: Nord Stream 2 completes gas pipeline installation in Finnish waters Nord Stream 2 has laid the second line of its gas pipeline project in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone, completing the installation of twin gas…
ISEE Bulletin August 2019 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ASAUEE IX Conference on Ecological Economics The ASAUEE IX Conference on Ecological Economics will be held in Bariloche, Argentina on 25-29 November, 2019. For more information visit their website at http://asauee.org/ix-jornadas-2019/. …
Latest Energy News 21 August 2019 TOP STORY: NTPC plans 5 GW solar power project in Kutch (India) Indian power generation company NTPC plans to develop a large-scale solar power project in the Kutch region of Gujarat (western India), which would have a capacity…
Latest Energy News 20 August 2019 TOP STORY: ONGC (India) aims to double its oil and gas production by 2040 Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has recently approved its business roadmap entitled “ONGC Energy Strategy 2040”, which aims to…
Latest Energy News 19 August 2019 TOP STORY: 11 US states and 7 local governments sue EPA over ACE rule A coalition of 22 states and 7 local governments of the United States has filed a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection…
ISEE Bulletin August 2019 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS Dear German, Here is your weekly ISEE News in Review. The New Environmental Economics: Sustainability and Justice Polity would like to announce a recent title, The New Environmental Economics: Sustainability and…
¿Desaparece la Conabio? Rafael Robles de Benito || La Jornada Maya || Viernes 9 de agosto, 2019 Significa negarnos la capacidad de apreciar la distribución de la riqueza natural Cada vez es más frecuente escuchar, durante las conversaciones con colegas biólogos y conservacionistas, versiones diferentes…
Latest Energy News 09 August 2019 TOP STORY: Portugal auction awards 1,150 MW of solar projects at record low prices The Directorate-General of Energy and Geology (DGEG) of Portugal has awarded 25 solar power projects across 24 lots in a 1.4 solar auction…
ISEE Bulletin August 2019 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ISEE News in Review. August ASAUEE News of Ecological Economy The Argentine-Uruguayan Association of Ecological Economics invite you to be part of a learning space in Ecological Economics in Uruguay….
Latest Energy News 08 August 2019 TOP STORY: Australia considers implementing a gas reservation policy Australia is considering reserving a part of the domestic gas production for domestic market, as the Ministries of Resources and of Energy plan to review some policies, including…
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