February 2022

The recent decision by the European Union to include nuclear power in the Taxonomy showed that nuclear power will be the driving force for decarbonisation.

Romanian energy trader and developer Enero Furnizare plans to develop solar projects with a total capacity of 1GWp in Romania this year

Brent traded at $93.90 a barrel, WTI was at $92.71 a barrel.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 января 2022 года по 14 февраля 2022 года составила $91,70738 за баррель или $669,5 за тонну.

Urals CIF Rotterdam was assessed at Dated Brent minus $3.645/b on Feb. 15, recovering somewhat from near term lows but still around the lowest level since the pandemic-led demand collapse of summer 2020

The $11-billion pipeline, which has faced stiff opposition from the United States and some European states, was built last September across the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, but has been idle pending German and EU regulatory clearance.

Основной негативный эффект для потребителей — снижение предсказуемости и устойчивости энергосистем по мере роста в них доли ВИЭ. Выработка электроэнергии из ВИЭ зависит от погоды и не является стабильной. Так, в 2021 году этот фактор оказал значительное влияние на энергетический рынок Европы.

Estimates by Eurostat showed emissions by business activity amounted to 881 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents, up 6% from the third quarter of 2020 when COVID-19 related restrictions had induced a sharp economic contraction.

Projects for the creation of new nuclear power facilities will receive about RUB56 billion from the National Wealth Fund (NWF), another RUB40 billion will be allocated from the budget.

The Swedish Energy Agency has now awarded the partners SEK99 million to put towards building an electrically powered non-nuclear prototype SEALER at Oskarshamn for testing and verifying materials and technology in an environment of molten lead at high temperatures.