Russia is perhaps the world’s only country able to fully provide itself with natural resources, President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) on Wednesday.

As electricity prices surge on the back of dwindling gas supplies from Russia, calls are growing to bring relief to European households and businesses – some of which are being pushed to bankruptcy.

After securing five floating LNG terminals, Germany is doubling down on emergency energy infrastructure for the coming winter: floating power plants running on oil are expected to help balance the country’s electricity grid after Germany’s nuclear exit at the end of the year.

An important barrier to renewable source development in Slovakia is speculative capacity bookings and non-transparent grid connection processes from the distribution companies, EURACTIV Slovakia reported.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday (6 September) it has denied a request from leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Cheniere Energy Inc to exempt turbines at its two US Gulf Coast terminals from a hazardous pollution rule.

Germany is not convinced that a price cap on Russian gas imports would be a smart move, Politico has reported, citing a spokesman for the German economy ministry.

…a result of the UK’s higher level of liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) import capacity and domestic production from the North Sea. UK companies have…

…main gas trading markets would allow Asian buyers to attract supplies of LNG — the main substitute for diminishing Russian gas — away from Europe by offering…

Italian Eni has vowed to fully replace Russian gas by 2025 thanks to major developing LNG projects from Africa to the Middle East and major discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Denmark has emerged as a major investor in Vietnam this year.