This dynamic leads to rising global oil inventories from 2Q22 through the end of 2023, and the Brent spot price will fall to an average of $87/b in 2Q22 and $75/b in 4Q22. The Brent price will average $68/b for all of 2023.

The eastern Chinese coastal province of Zhejiang has approved the construction of a new 7 billion yuan ($1.10 billion) coal-fired power plant with 2 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity

Сжиженный газ уже на сегодня занимает более 60% в общем грузообороте СМП, а товарооборот этого кратчайшего пути из Европы в Азию постоянно растёт, за последние пять лет увеличившись более чем в пять раз, а по итогам прошлого года, по данным дирекции СМП, и вовсе превысил плановый показатель и достиг 33,5 млн т.

Россия как сторона Парижского соглашения поддерживает курс на снижение выбросов парниковых газов глобальной мировой экономики. Исходя из существующих технологий, к 2050 году угольщики планируют на четверть снизить выбросы парниковых газов.

Global coal prices have shot back towards record highs as the Ukraine crisis raises expectations that European buyers will start loading up on the fossil fuel for fear that a standoff between Russia and western nations will cut off gas supplies.

Объём добычи, обогащения и экспорта угля в России растёт и доля России на мировом рынке угля сегодня составляет 16%.

"Replacing coal boilers with advanced modular reactors (AMRs) allows the use of existing infrastructure for clean electricity generation and a fast, low-risk path to decarbonising global power generation,"

The plant is designed to utilise 6 million tonnes of low rank coal to produce 1.4 tonnes of dimethyl ether (DME) annually, which can reduce Indonesia's LPG import by 1 million tonnes per year,

China's raw coal production increased by 4.7% to 4.07 Gt in 2021 and imports grew by 6.6% to 320 Mt,

Indonesia was expected to reach a 14.5% target of renewables in its energy mix by 2021

In 2021, China imported 513 Mt of crude oil (-5.4% compared to 2020), 27 Mt of refined products (-4%), 323 Mt of coal and lignite (+6.6%) and 121 Mt of natural gas (+19.9%),

Global hard coal production increased by more than 5% in 2021

Today, coal makes up 30% of Slovenian electricity, while nuclear from the single-unit Krško nuclear power plant is some 36%.

After small drop in 2020, global electricity demand grew by 6% in 2021. It was the largest ever annual increase in absolute terms (over 1 500 TWh) and the largest percentage rise since 2010 after the financial crisis.

China aims to boost its pumped storage capacity to 62 GW by 2025 and 120 GW by the end of the decade.