“The safety and security of nuclear facilities, and nuclear and other radioactive material, in Ukraine must under no circumstances be endangered,” Mr Grossi told the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors.

Russia has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its military forces have taken control of the territory around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP),

“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the devastating human and economic toll brought by the war in Ukraine. People are being killed, injured, and forced to flee, and massive damage is caused to the country’s physical infrastructure.

Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today that the country’s nuclear power plants were continuing to be operated safely and securely,

Bechtel and Westinghouse are preparing a front-end engineering design (FEED) for a plant on a site chosen by Poland on the Baltic Sea coast, for the Polish Nuclear Power Plant programme. The FEED is partially funded by a grant from the US Trade and Development Agency.

The Ukraine regulatory body, the counterpart, has earlier informed the IAEA that it is maintaining communications with Ukraine’s operational nuclear power plants, which it said are operating safely and securely.

The TANAP is the central part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which connects the Shah Deniz gas field in Azerbaijan to Europe through the South Caucasus Pipeline (in Azerbaijan and Georgia) and Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP, from Greece to Albania and Italy).

Nigeria, Niger and Algeria have approved a roadmap to develop the 30 bcm/year Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) between Warri in Nigeria to Hassi R’Mel in Algeria, passing through Niger.

The country's installed capacity stood at 99,820 MW at the end of 2021, with 46% of thermal, 32% of hydro, 11% of wind, 8% of solar and 4% of biomass, geothermal, and waste heat.

Some 97% of Turkey's electricity generation capacity that came into operation last year was from renewable energy plants.

Halting the certification process means the 55 Bcm/year pipeline -- which was completed in September -- will be unable to begin commercial operations.

In 2021, a large share of Europe’s supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) originated in the United States, Qatar, and Russia.

In the situation that has obtained in recent months on energy markets, it has become clear that one of the foundations of stability of the modern global world is, in the first instance, reliable energy supply, which cannot be provided without observing a reasonable balance of energy sources and an absence of discrimination against traditional sectors of the fuel and energy complex.

"What we've seen over the last six months is that Gazprom has delivered always at the lowest level," she told the Munich Security Conference.

"With regards to gas, Russia is respecting its contractual obligations and is ready to provide additional quantities if they are required,"