Oil cartel OPEC turns 60 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in 1960 by five countries. The founding countries were Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The oil cartel has 13 members today. In 1973, the cartel caused the first oil crisis when it imposed an embargo on the United…
Gas consumption dropped in the Czech Republic by 1.8 % in the first half of the year The Czech Energy Regulatory Office has published statistical reports on the…
Further delays in commissioning the Finnish NPP A consortium of companies Areva GmbH, Areva NP SAS and Siemens AG began the…
Turkish drilling ship discovers large natural gas reserve off Black Sea Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the drilling ship…
Wind and solar covered 10% of global electricity consumption in first half of 2020 Wind turbines and solar panels produced a record 10% of the world’s…
Fuel loading starts at first Belarusian nuclear power plant On 7 August, fuel loading began at VVER-1200-type unit 1 of the Belarusian…
UAE launches its first nuclear power plant On 1 August 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched the…
