Brazil's Centre-South sugar production in the first half of June is likely to have been capped by rains, according to estimates by analysts, but sugarcane agricultural yields are seen sharply up from last season.
Extending subsidies to coal-fired power plants, as proposed by the European Union's Swedish presidency, is "unacceptable", the Belgian Energy Minister Tinne Van Der Straeten said on Monday
Croatia is eyeing geothermal energy as a major source of sustainable power and has just closed an auction for six productive exploration sites to interested bidders, a top energy official said on Tuesday.
Oman's Hydrom has signed three deals to develop green hydrogen projects involving investments of over $20 billion, Oman's state news agency reported on Thursday.
T he grey skies were a welcome sight for drought-hit farmers in France's Nouvelle Aquitaine region. But rare rains earlier this month offered only brief respite for agricultural producers, whose weather woes are now being compounded by growing conflict over scarce water.