“Nuclear power is one of the most promising approaches for efficient, massive and CO2-free hydrogen production,” said Mikhail Chudakov, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy. “High temperature gas cooled reactors are considered to be the most suitable reactor type for nuclear hydrogen production.”

The figure of 65% support for nuclear represents a significant jump on the previous level of 59% in the second quarter of this year.

The facility will plug into an electrical grid that relies on hydropower and is 90% carbon-free,

U.S. Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 586, Canada Rig Count is down 34 from last week to 133.

Brent was up 19 cents, or 0.3%, to $75.48 a barrel , WTI were up 5 cents, or 0.1%, at $72.81 a barrel

Underlying oil demand fundaments remain strong going into 2022. Pent-up demand is already stretching supply lines to the limit while booster jabs and previous infections lower the chance of serious harm from the virus.

The CEEAG also feature dedicated sections for aid incentivising investments in flagship areas such as energy performance of buildings, and clean mobility, covering all transport modes.

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have decided to invest US$3.6bn to decarbonise ADNOC's offshore production operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The CVOW project is expected to help Virginia meet the targets of the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which requires the State to have 100% clean energy by 2045. The United States aims to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and to permit at least 25 GW of onshore renewable energy by 2025.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 4.7 million barrels from the previous week to 423.6 million barrels.

Brent rose 1 cent, or 0.01%, to $73.99 a barrel, WTI rose 12 cents, or 0.1%, to $71.24 a barrel.

Gas prices continued to soar Dec. 21 across the board with assessing TTF front-month at a record Eur180.30/MWh, up 23% on the days and also doubling since Dec. 6.

Overall amount of Gazprom's investments to be used in 2022: RUB 1,757.7 billion. Gazprom's borrowings for 2022: RUB 272.789 billion.

CO2 emissions from power generation thus rose by 13% in 2021, though remaining within the path of the Climate Protection Act.

Kudankulam is a long-term strategic project between India and Russia that began with an intergovernmental agreement in 1988.