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.

Hydrogen, until now the missing piece of the clean energy puzzle, is likely to further disrupt energy value chains in coming years.

Canada’s General Fusion announced that it had achieved several aggressive performance goals of a prototype system for its Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP).

The transition, to be spread over 30 years, will hit Canada's economic growth as demand and prices for commodities fall, leading to less inflationary pressure and a need for more stimulative monetary policy, the Bank of Canada and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions said.

Japan has found "considerable gas shows" in a series of the country's funded drilling operations conducted by INPEX until the fiscal year 2019-20 (April-March), marking the first domestic project, which enters an exploration phase with the support of the government's geological structure surveys,

The country imported 3.862 million mt of LNG in December, down 9.3% from 4.257 million mt a year earlier, customs data showed Jan. 17.

ENA called on the UK government to increase its hydrogen production capacity target to 10 GW by 2030, up from the current target of 5 GW by that date, to ensure sufficient supply is available, and encourage domestic production.

U.S. Rig Count is up 13 from last week to 601, Canada Rig Count is up 50 from last week to 191.

Brent rose 32 cents, or 0.4%, to $84.79 a barrel, WTI rose 32 cents, or 0.4%, to $84.79 a barrel.

«В энергосистеме страны к сегодняшнему моменту уже работает порядка 4,5 ГВт генерирующих объектов ВИЭ, и это только солнечная и ветровая энергетика. Если говорить о «большой» гидрогенерации, по которой Россия является одним из мировых лидеров, она составляет 20,8% установленных мощностей российской энергетики»,

Efforts to impose sanctions on the Nord Stream 2, an undersea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany that would give Moscow enormous leverage over Europe, have long drawn bipartisan support on Capitol Hill,

Iran insists on immediate removal of all Trump-era sanctions in a verifiable process.

Homeowners in Sweden have already started adopting strategies to lower their consumption — turning down the heating, closing off rooms, using alternative heat sources like wood log burners and wearing thick woolly socks.

The country's total crude imports averaged 10.3 million b/d in 2021, falling 5.4% year on year amid destocking activities.

Saudi Arabia is on a journey to move away from an over-reliance on oil as the driver for economic growth, as part of its Vision 2030 initiative.