After months of no contact, discussions with the US have resumed amid heightened threats of a potential conflict, following Washington’s increasing military buildup in regional waters near Iran that began in January.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded contracts worth £8.1m ($11m) from its Fusion Industry Programme to 14 organisations to develop shielding and fusion fuel technologies for future fusion power plants.

Slovenia's JEK2 project is for a new one or two-unit nuclear power plant, with up to 2,400 MW capacity, next to Krško NPP which has a 696 MWe pressurised water reactor generating about one-third of the country's electricity.

Croatia does not have nuclear energy capacity in the country, but it is the co-owner with Slovenia of the Krško nuclear power plant close to its border. That plant provides about 16% of Croatia's electricity needs.

This energy buying pledge—part of an estimated $33 billion in US goods purchases pledged by Jakarta—includes $3.5 billion for LPG, $4.5 billion for crude oil, and $7 billion for refined gasoline, according to the agreement released by the Office of the US Trade Representative on Feb. 19 in Washington.

Brent rose 23 cents or 0.34% to $67.65, WTI was up 19 cents or 0.3% at $62.52.

In terms of LNG trucking, India is still way behind China. However, it offers good growth potential

During a public ceremony at China’s Great Hall, Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and his Chinese counterpart signed a renewed pact that promises greater cooperation on clean and non-renewable energy.

The European Climate Law already establishes climate neutrality by 2050 and a 55% net GHG reduction by 2030 (vs. 1990) as legally binding obligations for all member states.

OPEC+ production dipped in January to 42.56 million b/d, a decline of 270,000 b/d compared to December levels and the first monthly drop in 13 months,driven by output cuts in Kazakhstan, Russia, Nigeria and Libya.

UK’s latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, Allocation Round 7 (AR7), has allocated 6.2 GW of new renewable energy capacity (UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero statement, 10/02/2026).

This consent allows the project to build and operate up to 100 turbines with associated infrastructure. Underground onshore cables will transmit power from the landfall site near Anderby Marsh (north of Skegness) to a new substation at Surfleet Marsh in South Lincolnshire.

Brent were down 16 cents, or 0.23%, at $68.88, WTI fell 20 cents, or 0.31%, to $64.16.

Against a backdrop of intensifying Western economic coercion, renewed attempts to weaponize trade, the slowdown in Russia–China bilateral trade, and the U.S.-India oil narrative curbing India’s imports of Russian energy, as well as visible stress fractures in the global energy system, the Putin-Xi dialogue emerged as a crucial strategic calibration for Russia and China.

The 15.75 Bcm/year-capacity European string of TurkStream remains the sole pipeline route for Russian gas supplies to Europe after Ukraine halted Russian gas transit at the start of 2025, following the expiry of its five-year transit agreement with Moscow at the end of 2024.