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Sonora Drives an Ambitious Renewable Energy Plan
Mexico On 2 February, Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard and Sonora Governor Alfonso Durazo (see our Personality of the Week) hosted 87 ambassadors and representatives from 25 international organizations for a tour of the Puerto Penasco solar plant, which is still under construction. This was…
Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar: Three Years in, Protecting His Team
Algeria This year, Algerian NOC Sonatrach celebrates 60 years of operations. More importantly, next month, CEO Toufik Hakkar (see our Personality of the Week) will mark three years in office. On 5 February 2020, Hakkar became the tenth man in the last two decades to…
Horizon Engage Announces Rebrand
New York, NY – January 3, 2023 – With global market volatility remaining high and key emerging market states undergoing rapid changes, the geopolitical environment is becoming more complex and the need to know and understand stakeholders is more critical than ever. Today, Horizon Engage launched…
La Rioja Province Declares Lithium a Strategic Resource
Argentina On 16 January, La Rioja Governor Ricardo Quintela (see our Personality of the Week) signed legislation that declares lithium “a strategic resource” in the context of the energy transition. Under the law, existing lithium permits – which the local government had given to at…
Europe in the Energy Crisis and Solutions How to Solve It
Rystad Talks Energy webinar
Panel Discussion: The United States’ Long-Term Role in Energy Production Amid Geopolitical Strife
Presented at Rystad Energy Week – Houston Texas
Canada-Nigeria Business & Investment Summit
Presented at the MineAfrica event
Brazil: The Politics of Energy in 2023 and Beyond
Partnered with Rystad to discuss the outcome of the Brazilian election
Alexander Zaslavsky Interviewed by Nikkei
Horizon Engage’s Co-Founder and Head of Research Alexander Zaslavsky discussed the Russia sanctions outlook in his interview with Nikkei, Japan’s top business daily newspaper. See the interview here (in Japanese)
Sechin’s Speech: Geopolitics, Regret and Nostalgia
RUSSIA Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin’s speech last week was notable for several reasons. This was Sechin’s second major public appearance after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine; the first had been in June at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. The two speeches were similar, featuring an…
Stalled Russian-made Nuclear Power Plant Divides Ankara
TURKEY On 1 November, the sole Turkish board member of the Rosatom-built Akkuyu nuclear power plant project, Cuneyd Zapsu (see our Personality of the Week), resigned in protest. Following his exit, Zapsu filed a legal action against the Russian SOE and its Turkish partner IC…
Nyusi Heads High-level Delegation to UAE Seeking Greater Investment
MOZAMBIQUE On 23 October, President Filipe Nyusi traveled to the UAE for a four-day official visit. He and his delegation met senior Emirati officials, including the president of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, vice president and prime minister and ruler of Dubai, and…