France is working on a plan to facilitate industrial consumers' access to power purchase agreements (PPAs) with renewable power plant developers, likely to be implemented next year.
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Crude oil prices climbed to a six-week high on Monday as a slow return of production in the U.S. Gulf outweighs some bearish notes set by the OPEC. The producer’s group recently cut their demand growth outlook for the fourth quarter due to the impact of the Delta variant. Hence, Brent crude increased by 0.8% to settle at $73.51 a barrel. U.S. WTI crude rose by 1% to close at $70.45 a barrel.
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German energy regulator Bnetza has until early January to reach and publish a draft decision on the 55bn m³/yr Nord Stream 2 project developer's application to act as the line's operator, with a final decision not likely until summer 2022.
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Future European battery maker Italvolt has signed a land purchasing agreement for an area of 1 million square meters in Italy's Scarmagno municipality for its planned 45 GWh gigafactory, taking it one step closer to starting battery production.
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Last week, Swiss company Climeworks launched Orca, the world’s largest direct air capture and storage plant that permanently removes CO2 from the air. The plant is located in proximity to the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant by ON Power near Reykjavik, Iceland.
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