Changes in the global energy market: Korea withdraws from nuclear, China cuts itself off from Russian oil, and Trump promotes coal.

The global energy landscape is undergoing rapid change. South Korea’s KHNP is pulling out of European nuclear projects, China is cutting back on Russian oil imports, and the United States, under Donald Trump, is once again promoting coal as a key energy source. Meanwhile, Brussels has unexpectedly lifted sanctions against a Russian oligarch with links to Polish business. Will these decisions influence the direction of the global energy transition?

Nuclear reactor domes at dusk

Author. KHNP / press materials

Is KHNP pulling out of Europe? The Koreans are scrapping further nuclear projects

More good news from Russia. China is limiting its oil imports.

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin

Author: The Presidential Press and Information Office

Panel discussion, four men in armchairs, one speaking into a microphone

Author. eu2018at/Flickr

Brussels has lifted sanctions against an oligarch with links to Polish business

Beautiful, clean coal. Trump kicks off coal offensive against China

Fortune cookies, US and Chinese flags and dollar banknotes

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