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Russia Raises Forecast for 2024 Oil, Gas Export Revenues

Russia Raises Forecast for 2024 Oil, Gas Export Revenues

Russia's economy ministry has revised up its 2024 forecasts for export sales of oil and gas, key sources of budget revenues, by $17.4 billion from the previous estimate to $239.7 billion thanks to a more positive price outlook, a document seen by Reuters showed

Moldova Promotes Biogas Energy Targets Amid Unused Quotas

Moldova Promotes Biogas Energy Targets Amid Unused Quotas

The Ministry of Energy of Moldova is promoting further usage of biogas energy recovery technologies to generate power in the country and pointing to untapped potential and unused quotas

Azerbaijani President Confident on Ukraine Gas Route Talks

Azerbaijani President Confident on Ukraine Gas Route Talks

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday he was optimistic of a breakthrough in talks between Moscow and Kyiv to keep Russian gas flowing through Ukraine to several European countries

MOL Started Production in the Largest Capacity Green Hydrogen Plant of the Region

MOL Started Production in the Largest Capacity Green Hydrogen Plant of the Region 

The 10 megawatt electrolysis unit entered into production at MOL’s plant in Százhalombatta. MOL produces 1600 tonnes of green hydrogen per year using electricity from renewable sources.MOL will use the green hydrogen primarily in its own network for fuel production. The plant will reduce carbon dioxide emissions of the Danube Refinery by 25 000 tonnes

VW Considers Closing Factories in Germany and Cutting Jobs

VW Considers Closing Factories in Germany and Cutting Jobs

Volkswagen is considering shutting factories in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history, as chief executive Oliver Blume warned that the European automotive industry was in a “very . . . serious situation”

Montenegro’s EPCG Kicks Off Preparations to Install Batteries

Montenegro’s EPCG Kicks Off Preparations to Install Batteries

Elektroprivreda Crne Gore, controlled by the Government of Montenegro, started the preparations to install battery energy storage systems. It is a pioneering move among state-owned power companies in the Western Balkans as well as in Southeastern Europe

Russia Built Covert Trade Channel With India, Leaks Reveal

Russia Built Covert Trade Channel With India, Leaks Reveal

Russia has been secretly acquiring sensitive goods in India and explored building facilities in the country to secure components for its war effort, according to Russian state correspondence seen by the Financial Times

Dozens of Pumped Storage Hydropower Projects Underway in Greece

Dozens of Pumped Storage Hydropower Projects Underway in Greece

The pileup of proposals for wind and solar power plants in Greece bolstered the interest in investments in pumped hydropower storage facilities to balance the output from the two intermittent sources. Government-controlled PPC is dominating the map

Greece Tackles Last of Wildfire Near Athens, Assesses Damage

Greece Tackles Last of Wildfire Near Athens, Assesses Damage

Firefighters battled on Wednesday to extinguish the remnants of a wildfire near Athens that killed a woman, torched buildings, devoured woodland and forced thousands of people to flee their homes

Global Petrochemical Firms Shape Up in Oversupply Crisis

Global Petrochemical Firms Shape Up in Oversupply Crisis

Petrochemical producers in Europe and Asia are in survival mode as years of capacity build-up in top market China and high energy costs in Europe have depressed margins for three consecutive years, forcing firms to consolidate