Best in Energy – 14 December 2022

EU/UK diesel imports rise pre-sanctions ($BBG)

China braces for exit wave of infections ($WSJ)

China travel rises as quarantine controls end

G7/Vietnam deal on energy transition funds

India’s solar expansion mainly displaces gas

U.K. plans hydrogen-ready home heat ($FT)

Shanxi restarts coal mine production (trans.)

U.S. fusion experiment reaches milestone

U.S. SERVICE SECTOR prices rose at an annualised rate of 6.4% over the three months ending in November. Service sector output is more labour-intensive than manufacturing and prices tend to be more sticky. Services inflation has decelerated from 9.9% in the three months ending in June, but it is still three times faster than the central bank’s target of a little over 2%:

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John Kemp

Energy analyst, public policy specialist, amateur historian