In 2018, China became the world's 2nd largest LNG importer in the world behind Japan. LNG imports amounted to 90.5 bcm in 2020 (+12%). Australia is the largest LNG supplier (44%), followed by Qatar (12%) and Malaysia (9%).

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), through its subsidiary Central Transmission Utility of India (CTU), had earlier filed a petition to execute power transmission infrastructures for up to 18.5 GW of renewables energy zones in southern India

Sweden has currently around 200 MW of operational offshore wind capacity, on top of 9.8 GW of onshore wind capacity

Rosneft and gas giant Gazprom were tasked with coming to an agreement on the implementation of a "pilot" project under which Rosneft would supply 10 Bcm of Russian gas to Europe.

Aramco Gas Pipelines Co. will lease usage rights in its parent company's gas pipelines network and lease them back to Aramco for a 20-year period.

Brent were up $1.49, or 2%, at $74.57 a barrel, WTI was up $1.71, or 2.5%, at $71.20.

A cold snap would be very grim, especially as the government sold off gas storage, and the country only has about three days worth in reserve, less than other European countries.

We expect Brent prices will average $71/b in December and $73/b in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22). For 2022 as a whole, we expect that growth in production from OPEC+, of U.S. tight oil, and from other non-OPEC countries will outpace slowing growth in global oil consumption, especially in light of renewed concerns about COVID-19 variants. We expect Brent prices will remain near current levels in 2022, averaging $70/b.

"According to the report, not only would the early closure of nuclear power plants trigger an increase in consumer costs, it will also result in negative environmental impacts," noted Foratom Director General Yves Desbazeille.

Обсуждалось сотрудничество в сфере водородной энергетики. Госкорпорация «Росатом» планирует в ближайшее время запустить проект по производству водорода на территории Сахалинской области.

По состоянию на 1 декабря 2021 г. объем ФНБ составил 13 886 331,2 млн. рублей, что эквивалентно 185 196,0 млн. долл. США,

China aims to reach more than 1,200 GW of installed wind and solar capacity by 2030.

OPEC's 13 countries pumped 27.85 million b/d, up 300,000 b/d from October, while Russia and eight other partners produced 13.86 million b/d, up 200,000 b/d

Brent were down 83 cents, or 1.1%, to $74.61 a barrel, WTI was at $71.07 a barrel, down 98 cents or 1.4%.

Polish national energy policy calls for the construction of 6 to 9 GWe of installed nuclear capacity based on large-scale pressurised water nuclear reactors, with the first of those units to come online around 2033.

Korea's National Fusion Research Institute announced in November that plasma operation at 100 million degrees Celsius, an essential requirement for nuclear fusion, successfully continued for 30 seconds during the latest tests at the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) facility.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced on 1 December that it has closed on more than $1.8 billion in Series B funding to commercialise fusion energy. This includes capital to construct, commission, and operate SPARC, the world’s first commercially relevant net energy fusion machine.

Storage facilities are now only 66% full, a level of depletion they would not normally reach until the middle of January in an average winter.

Brent rose 39 cents, or 0.5%, to $76.22 a barrel, WTI rose 48 cents, or 0.7%, to $72.84 a barrel.

Павел Сниккарс напомнил, что порядка 40% электроэнергии в России производятся на основе низкоуглеродных источников, в числе которых в основном АЭС и крупные ГЭС, доля ВИЭ пока относительно мала, но постепенно растёт.