The Nikkei 225 Index closed up 0.18% at 26,806.67, reversing losses from morning trade. The broader Topix rose 0.32% to 1,792.58.

The scheme, which will run until 2025, will be open to projects based on renewable electricity,

The government’s latest Energy White Paper (2020) aims to raise the share of renewables in the power mix to 22-24% (including hydropower) in 2030, with plans to make renewables Japan’s main power source by 2050.

The US brought live 3.8 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the third quarter of 2020, and is seen to reach 19 GW of annual installations.

Brent fell 15 cents, or 0.3%, to $50.61 a barrel. WTI fell 13 cents, or 0.3%, to $47.49 a barrel.

Министр добавил, что «российские энергетические компании не ограничивают своё взаимодействие рамками уже имеющихся проектов и готовы к расширению взаимовыгодного сотрудничества с Узбекистаном во всех сферах ТЭК».

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 ноября по 14 декабря 2020 года составила $47,0469 за баррель, или $343,4 за тонну.

Over January-November, Chinese refineries processed 614.41 million mt or 13.44 million b/d of crude, up 3.1% year on year on a metric tons basis,

China’s blue-chip CSI 300 index added 0.15% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index climbed 0.86%.

U.S. industrial production increased 0.4 percent in November.

Global organisations have joined the Rockefeller Foundation to form a coalition aimed at providing sustainable energy for one billion people within this decade.

Brent fell 2 cents to $50.27 a barrel . WTI was up 2 cents at $47.01.

World oil demand for 2020 is expected to decline by 9.77 mb/d,

Global electricity demand in 2020 is projected to fall by around 2%. With the recovery of the global economy in 2021, global electricity demand is expected to grow by around 3%.

Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 137,000 b/d month-over-month in December from 7,575 to 7,438 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 744 million cubic feet/day from 81,521 to 80,777 million cubic feet/day .