Temperatures have dropped sharply in many parts of northeast and northwest China, state media said. In Heilongjiang, all heating systems have been opened, and heating companies in Harbin city began supplying heat 4 days earlier than normal, Yulin in Shaanxi province is 10 days ahead of schedule, and Datong in Shanxi province started 13 days earlier than previous years.

In 2020, coal-fired generation declined by a quarter to 858 TWh, due to a drop in electricity demand and low natural gas prices, accounting for 20% of the country's electricity mix.

The most immediate goal of the plan is to push the energy sector to reach at least 80% clean energy output by 2030.

The Belgian Council of Ministers has agreed to expand the capacity of the Princess Elisabeth offshore wind zone in the North Sea from 1.75 GW to 3.15-3.5 GW.

Brent were up 59 cents, or 0.7%, to $85.45 a barrel . WTI were up 59 cents, or 0.7%, to $85.45 a barrel .

Rosatom is implementing a project to build a plant for the production of hydrogen from natural gas in the Sakhalin Region. It is expected that the production volume will be from 30,000 to 100,000 tons a year.

Russia has repeatedly said that the early launch of Nord Stream 2 would help ease the current high gas prices in Europe, which have soared in recent weeks on intensifying concerns over winter gas supply amid lower-than-expected Russian deliveries.

Germany is increasing the carbon emissions of its energy system by stepping out of nuclear power. And this at a time when the decarbonisation of the electricity industry is the main strategy for effectively achieving an energy system with net-zero emissions.

The German transmission systems operators (TSOs) 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW anticipate the installation of 8.2 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2022 and a renewable power production increase by 5% to 239 TWh

Poland, which generates 70% of its electricity from coal, has plans to build several nuclear power reactors to greatly reduce its reliance on the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel and meet climate goals,

The offshore wind project at the Bornholm island may have an installed capacity of 3 GW, instead of 2 GW.

The draft Power Development Plan 8 (PDP 8) of Vietnam forecasts an installed capacity of 144 GW in 2030, with coal-fired power plants accounting for 31% of the country's installed capacity in 2030.

U.S. Rig Count is up 10 from last week to 543 , Canada Rig Count is up 1 from last week to 168.

Brent rose 62 cents, or 0.7%, to $84.62 a barrel. WTI rose 56 cents, or 0.7%, to $81.87 a barrel.

World oil demand is estimated to increase by 5.8 mb/d in 2021, revised down from 5.96 mb/d in the previous month’s assessment.