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South African state power utility Eskom sees an opportunity to emerge from years of crisis by shifting from coal-fired power generation towards natural gas and renewables, its chief executive told Reuters.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday that big greenhouse gas emitting countries like China, India, Russia and others must move faster to help the world avert the worst impacts of global warming.

Denmark will hold a lottery on Dec. 1 to pick the winner of a contest to build the 1 gigawatt Thor offshore wind farm, which will be the country's largest, after several bids were made at a minimum subsidy price close to zero, it said on Thursday.

South African state power company Eskom said it would implement more severe power cuts from 2 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) on Friday, citing the need to preserve diesel for backup generators after multiple faults at its coal fleet.

Germany's energy consumption in 2021 is likely to rise by nearly 3% and the country's carbon dioxide emissions are set to increase by at least 4% as more coal is burnt, industry statistics group AGEB said on Tuesday.

Spain has accumulated natural gas reserves equivalent to 43 days of consumption, Environment and Energy Minister Teresa Ribera said on Tuesday, one day after Algeria shut supply through one of the two pipelines linking Spain and the North African country.

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China's state planner has set an immediate price target for thermal coal in its most direct intervention yet to cool the market for the key power-generating fuel amid a severe power crunch, trading and power firm sources told Reuters.

A disruption at a gas well in Indonesia's Merakes gas field is likely to affect the project's production for as long as six months, an official at the country's oil and gas regulator said on Thursday.

Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , said on Thursday it had started commercial operations of a 500-megawatt natural gas turbine in Indonesia's Muara Karang Power Plant.