Saudi Aramco oil workers. Photo credit: Saudi Aramco. By Anders Lorenzen One of the world’s largest oil producers and the biggest in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, is to use the upcoming UN climate conference, COP28, to argue for their own business and financial interests. This week, the CEO of the state-owned Saudi Arabian oil giant Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser, […]
Solar panels on the roof of a building in Gaza. By Anders Lorenzen This article is not going into nor is it taking sides in the rapidly and tragic escalating conflict in Israel and Palestine. Both Gaza and the West Bank, the Palestine territories, are incredibly energy-poor and have no energy production and thus rely 100% on energy imports. What […]
A wind farm in France, Photo credit: Reuters / Stephane Mahe. By Anders Lorenzen The oil and gas major, BP (British Petroleum) is one of the world’s oil and gas giants. BP has in the past downplayed the role of renewables, but the company has recently been more ambitious in efforts to accelerate the shift away from hydrocarbons and that […]