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This report analyses the environmental, social and governance (ESG) dynamics shaping Ghana’s mining sector. Large-scale mining has been adopting stricter environmental regulations to address widespread...

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Investment in Bahrain's oil and gas fields drives economic growth
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Bahrain, which was the first country in the Gulf where oil was discovered, is navigating the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition. While focusing on renewables production, energy efficiency and sustainability, new drilling projects in Bahrain’s offshore oil fields, combined with significant investment projects, indicate that hydrocarbons will continue to play an important role in the country’s economy. In terms of the domestic energy mix, electricity production is still solely reliant on gas, although Bahrain is building its...

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Green rush: Mohamed bin Mubarak Bin Daina, Minister of Oil and Environment
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On utilising sustainable practices

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Emerging markets navigating the rising cost of solar power
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With high energy prices and supply chain disruptions creating shortages of renewable energy components and materials, emerging markets are reassessing how to build out utility-scale solar power to accelerate their energy transitions. After more than a decade of decline, the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has risen around the world, due primarily to the increasing cost of solar-grade polysilicon in China. A key component in PV panels, polysilicon spot market prices rose from under $7 per kg in July 2020 to $39 in August 2022...

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Gas to cash: Somaya Al Radhi, Country Manager, Schlumberger Bahrain
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On mitigating carbon emissions through technological innovation

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Saudi Arabia working to diversify energy sources
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Saudi Arabia’s energy strategy focuses on maximising economic returns from its existing hydrocarbons reserves, while simultaneously increasing domestic renewable energy capacity. This involves investing in research, development and innovation to create clean energy solutions and minimise the environmental impact of fossil fuels...

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Marco Arcelli, CEO, ACWA Power
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On the role of the private sector in supporting diversification through renewable energy projects

The Report: Indonesia 2024
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Energy Sector Analysis

Indonesia is among the world’s largest and fastest-growing energy consumers. While natural gas and oil production have declined over the past decade, coal production has surged to meet both domestic...

How the energy sector can capitalise on renewables in support of Oman Vision 2040

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Capacity expansion supports Djibouti’s efforts to realise its green power potential
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Efforts in Djibouti to increase energy capacity and accelerate the shift from hydrocarbons to renewables moved forwards in September 2023 with the inauguration of the Ghoubet wind farm.

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Ahmed Al Shamsi, Managing Director and CEO, Abu Dhabi Sustainable Water Solutions Company (SWS)

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Musabbeh Al Kaabi, Executive Director, Low Carbon Solutions & International Growth, ADNOC

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How emerging markets are navigating the rising cost of solar power
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With high energy prices and supply chain disruptions creating shortages of key renewable energy components and materials, emerging markets are reassessing how to build out utility-scale solar power to accelerate their energy transitions. After more than a decade of decline, the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has risen around the world, due primarily to the increasing cost of solar-grade polysilicon in China. A key component in PV panels, polysilicon spot market prices rose from less than $7 per kg in July 2020 to $39 in August...

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Saltwater batteries and the emerging blue energy economy
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As emerging markets seek to accelerate their energy transitions by increasing solar and wind power capacity, recent technological advancements that harness the sodium from saltwater could provide a crucial breakthrough in battery storage. In recent months start-ups and researchers have debuted saltwater battery technologies that promise cheaper capacity to store variable solar and wind power at scale, a development that could help to reduce global dependence on lithium. In January US-based tech start-up Salgenx...

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How tech can unlock geothermal energy in emerging markets
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As countries around the world look to increase baseload power generation, reduce energy imports and decarbonise their economies, emerging markets are boosting geothermal power generation with the help of new technologies and expertise. A new drilling technology developed by Quaise Energy, a US geothermal start-up spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that uses gyrotron-powered millimetre waves to vaporize rock, could allow for producers to drill as far down as 20 km compared to the average drilling...

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African gas suppliers look to meet Europe’s future LNG demand
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As the EU works to rebalance its gas supply away from Russia, African countries are expected to gain a larger share of the bloc’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) market in the coming years. Last month the EU announced that it would launch the first tenders for joint gas purchases in April, with contracts expected to be signed by June. This novel approach seeks to leverage the bloc’s purchasing power to secure supplies at lower prices ahead of the summer when EU countries are expected to refill their underground gas storage...

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Shifting oil market creates export opportunities for emerging markets producers
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With EU bans on Russian oil and oil-product exports set to go into effect this year in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, emerging market producers are poised to gain larger shares of an evolving market. EU bans against Russian oil products such as diesel were rolled out earlier this month, following bans on Russian seaborne crude oil exports that began last December. Last week, Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of France’s TotalEnergies, said that there is...

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