Bad News: Record Oil Imports into China in 2023

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:31:19 +0000

China is well known as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) market. More than half of the world’s EV sales have occurred there in recent years. It is a standard of the rapid, uplifting EV revolution. In 2023, 25% of auto sales in China were sales of full electric vehicles. … [continued]

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Multi-Gigawatt Solar from the Middle East

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:31:01 +0000

By Andries Wantenaar of Rethink Energy Azerbaijan has announced a partnership with UAE-based developer Masdar for 1 gigawatt (GW) each of solar and onshore wind, with 2 GW on integrated offshore wind plus green hydrogen production — marking the first offshore wind in the Caspian Sea. This first 4 GW can potentially scale to 10 […]

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Middle Eastern Oil Producers Worried More People Will Buy EVs As A Result Of High Oil Prices

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:38:45 +0000

Middle Eastern oil producers are worried that more people will buy EVs in light of the high oil prices. Iraq’s oil minister, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar, shared these thoughts with the New York Times, noting that members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are concerned about this possibility. Jabbar noted that OPEC plans […]

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UAE’s First Reactor Gets Go-Ahead

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:16:52 +0000

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to begin commercial operation of the Middle East’s first nuclear power plant, after the country’s regulatory agency on Feb. 17 gave its approval for the start-up of the first reactor at the Barakah site. The plant can now begin loading fuel, and Unit 1 is expected to come […]

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WRI: We Predicted Where Violent Conflicts Will Occur in 2020. Water Is Often a Factor

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:41:21 +0000

Thousands of people took to the streets of southern Iraq in July 2018. Their anger stemmed from a litany of problems, everything from poor public services to lack of job opportunities to widespread government corruption

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First batch of evacuated OFWs from Iraq coming home — DND

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 08:00:58 +0000

THE first batch of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were evacuated from Iraq would be coming home, the Department of the National Defense (DND) said on Saturday. DND spokesman Arsenio Andolong said the 14 would be transported to Doha, Qatar from the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad and flown to Manila on Sunday, January 12, he said. Andolong said the number […]

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