US swings behind TotalEnergies’ vast Mozambique gas project

US President Donald Trump’s administration has unlocked almost $5bn in funding for a liquefied natural gas project by France’s TotalEnergies in Mozambique, potentially restarting work on one of Africa’s largest energy…Continue readingUS swings behind TotalEnergies’ vast Mozambique gas project

‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports

Thirteen of the ports with the highest supertanker traffic will be seriously damaged by just 1 metre of sea level rise, the analysis found. The researchers said two low-lying ports in…Continue reading‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports

China has flooded the market with so many solar panels that people are using them as garden fencing

Solar-panel supply globally is forecast to reach 1,100 gigawatts by the end of this year — three times more than demand, the International Energy Agency wrote in a report released in…Continue readingChina has flooded the market with so many solar panels that people are using them as garden fencing

Why hydrogen infrastructure ambition is a long way from reality

At the Paris headquarters of the International Energy Agency (IEA), researchers tracking the progress of hydrogen as a clean alternative to fossil fuels have a list of more 100 pipelines for…Continue readingWhy hydrogen infrastructure ambition is a long way from reality

Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure

Climate activists in four countries are blocking access to North Sea oil infrastructure as part of a coordinated pan-European civil disobedience protest. Blockades have been taking place at oil and gas…Continue readingClimate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure

QatarEnergy, Shell sign 27-year LNG supply agreements for up to 3.5mtpa to the Netherlands

Commenting on this occasion, His Excellency Minister Al-Kaabi said: “We are delighted to sign these two long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements with Shell that will further enhance our decades-long relationship…Continue readingQatarEnergy, Shell sign 27-year LNG supply agreements for up to 3.5mtpa to the Netherlands

Netherlands halts extraction from Europe’s biggest gas field

The Netherlands halted extraction from Europe’s biggest gas field on Sunday, which was resulting in earthquakes that have shaken local residents for decades and threaten to persist. Authorities are keeping 11…Continue readingNetherlands halts extraction from Europe’s biggest gas field

Parkmead starts production from new Dutch gas discovery

The LDS-01 structure was successfully drilled around the end of 2022. The well has been tied into the neighbouring commercial gas production infrastructure in just a few weeks, demonstrating again the…Continue readingParkmead starts production from new Dutch gas discovery

Dutch flood memories unleash new climate fears

Seventy years after the worst natural disaster to strike the Netherlands, Chiem de Vos, seven at the time, still hears his neighbour’s desperate cries of “My children are drowning!” ringing in…Continue readingDutch flood memories unleash new climate fears

HSM wins contract to build N05-A gas production platform in North Sea

Dutch construction company HSM Offshore Energy has secured a contract for the construction of a production platform at N05-A gas field in the North Sea. HSM will build the N05-A gas…Continue readingHSM wins contract to build N05-A gas production platform in North Sea

Image: UK heat wave

This summer, heat waves struck Europe, North Africa, the U.S. and Asia with temperatures reaching over 40°C in places—breaking many long-standing records. Images from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission show the scale…Continue readingImage: UK heat wave

Dutch join Germany, Austria, in reverting to coal

The Netherlands said it would lift all restrictions on power stations fired by the fossil fuel, which were previously limited to just over a third of output. Berlin and Vienna made…Continue readingDutch join Germany, Austria, in reverting to coal