April 2021
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2021, April, 8, 12:00:00
SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR INVESTMENTS FOR EUROPE
Scientific assessments have made clear that nuclear energy is needed to address the related causes and the challenges ahead of these disruptions. Despite this, the limited recognition this low carbon, dispatchable energy source receives from the European Commission is at best paradoxical, and certainly counterproductive.
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2021, April, 8, 11:55:00
CANADA'S SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT $18 BLN
The new group, Sustainable Energy Group (SEG), will combine Energy & Resources (E&R) and Power & Renewables (P&R) groups and have about $18 billion in assets.
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2021, April, 8, 11:50:00
UAE NUCLEAR DECARBONISATION
A little more than a decade ago, the UAE made a firm commitment to become the first Arab nation to develop a peaceful nuclear energy programme.
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2021, April, 8, 11:45:00
RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR AFRICA
“We can provide universal access to energy in Africa primarily through renewable energy. I call for a comprehensive package of support to meet this objective ahead of COP26,” Mr. Guterres said, referring to the UN climate change conference in November.
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2021, April, 8, 11:40:00
BRITAIN LOW CARBON ELECTRICITY
The two planned power stations -- Keadby 3 and Keadby Hydrogen -- will form a "clean power hub" near Scunthorpe and accelerate the decarbonization of the Humberside region, the UK's largest and most carbon-intensive industrial cluster.
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2021, April, 8, 11:35:00
EUROPEAN INDEXES UP
The pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.5% by 0720 GMT, adding to gains made earlier this week when the index erased all of its pandemic-driven losses.
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2021, April, 8, 11:30:00
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEFICIT UP TO $71.1 BLN
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $71.1 billion in February, up $3.3 billion from $67.8 billion in January, revised.
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2021, April, 8, 11:25:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES DOWN 3.5 MB TO 498.3 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.5 million barrels to 498.3 million barrels.
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2021, April, 8, 11:20:00
NOVATEK NEED INVESTMENT $11 BLN
Novatek seeks to raise $11 billion in external financing and has said it planned to get the funds by the first half of this year.
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2021, April, 7, 10:40:26
OIL PRICE: NEAR $63 ANEW
Brent rose by 34 cents, or 0.5%, to $63.08 a barrel. WTI was up 32 cents, or 0.5%, to $59.65.