Global Sustainability

«Forpost» found out how to meet the growing demand for methanol and to keep the trend of enhancing coal production in Russia

According to the professor from the University of Stavanger, specific climatic conditions, lack of technologies and low oil extraction factor detain the improvement of oil recovery profitability.

Scientists are sure that construction of fast neutron NPPs will produce low cost power while operation of nuclear reactors will become majorly safer.

Bloomberg analysts claim that in 2025 electric cars will cost the same as ICE vehicles.

In Antarctica the scientific community ”practices” seeking life on other planets and making predictions about climate change.

After New Year holidays Minister-Counselor for energy and coal industry of Ukraine, Maksim Belyavskiy, declared that in 2018 Ukraine “will increase annual green energy output by 20%”.

For the first time, Russian private investors bought two small power plants to create a data center and a farm for mining cryptocurrency.

On January, 10th, head of FRG Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel put forward an initiative on a step-by-step lifting of anti-Russia sanctions if lasting truce in the south-east of Ukraine is maintained.

In 2017, Gazprom supplied 8.25 billion cubic meters of gas to Austria – by 40.7% more than in 2016. The historical record, settled in 2005 – 6.8 billion cubic meters, was broken in early November.

The EU countries have reached an integrated agreement on the development of renewable energy sources (RES). In December, they signed a directive on the intention to increase the share of renewable energy to 27% of the overall consumption by 2030.