The battery was charged and discharged 10 times, and the performance of the battery was almost unchanged, indicating relatively stable cycling characteristics.

There is also a larger nuclear-powered icebreaker under construction, the Rossiya, which will be the first of the proposed Project 10510 nuclear-powered icebreakers. It will feature two RITM-400 reactors for a propeller power of 120 MW. It will be able to penetrate ice up to 4.3 metres thick and clear a channel up to 50 metres wide. Its most recent reported construction target service date is 2030.

The Committee valued the additional voluntary production adjustments made by the 8 OPEC plus countries which were announced in April and November 2023 in supporting market stability.

Asia more than doubled its installed solar capacity, with 327 GW added in 2024, including 85% (278 GW) in China and 10% (24.5 GW) in India; in addition, over 38 GW of solar capacity was installed in the United States, while Brazil and Germany each added over 15 GW.

The Alaska energy project should be included in a trade package, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told parliament Monday, as he seeks to put together a sweeping agreement with Washington.

Beijing slapped a 15% tariff on US LNG shipments from Feb. 10 in retaliation to American levies, which was further exacerbated last week by another set of Chinese levies on all imports from the US.

These primarily impact China and India, who are the largest buyers of Russian oil. Both have begun turning away Russian tankers over the past few days in anticipation of the move.

Gazprom began supplying gas to Slovakia again at the beginning of February, using volumes given up by Hungary on the TurkStream pipeline, SPP said last month. Volumes were due to double from April, but no amounts were given.

The US, Japan and South Korea have committed to placing US LNG to bolster energy security and for mutual benefits, the countries said in a joint statement following a foreign ministerial trilateral meeting in Brussels on April 3.

Rosatom needs to hire around 57,000 graduates of specialized universities and colleges by 2030, it added, but this level appears increasingly challenging.

Brent were up 81 cents, or 1.26%, at $65.02 per barrel, WTI rose 92 cents, or 1.52%, to $61.61.

Brent lost $2.38, or 3.79%, to $60.44 a barrel, WTI fell $2.46, or 4.13%, to $57.12.

The IEA projects power demand from data centers to double by 2030. While renewable energy capacity is also set to increase, especially in Europe, the intermittent supplies provided by wind and solar won’t be sufficient.

The Trump administration has argued coal is a vital part of the mix to ensure sufficient energy supply to meet booming demand for AI data centers. The carve-out, which begins in July 2027, lasts until July 2029, according to the proclamation.

Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have all said they are considering investments in a long-delayed $44 billion LNG export project in Alaska backed by Trump.

Despite a strong start to the solar season in Europe, and record amounts of cheap new renewable capacity in Germany since the energy crisis, it’s natural gas that will increasingly decide how much households and factories in Europe’s biggest economy pay for electricity.

EU countries are expected to add 89 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity in 2025, including 70GW of solar and 19GW of wind, according to Commission projections shared with Reuters. The projections are based on industry data.

The growth of renewable power generation - including wind, hydro and solar - in the global electricity mix in 2024 beat the previous year's 30% record

China has announced the start of construction on three offshore wind projects totalling 3 GW off the coast of the Guangdong Province, southern China, namely the Fanshi-1, Qingzhou-5 and Qingzhou-7 projects.

Current Russia-India bilateral trade is running at US$66 billion with a target to increase this to US$100 billion by 2030.