Cheniere LNG Export Boost, Eni's Payments in Oil, Swiss Renewables: Your Daily Energy News

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News highlights gathered by Industrial Info and IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.

LNG
DOE Boosts Cheniere's Export Capacity from Corpus Christi LNG Plant - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said on Thursday it has approved a 12% increase in exports from Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi, Texas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. The approval allows additional exports of up to 0.47 billion cubic feet per day of LNG to non-Free Trade Agreement countries, as the department calls them. The expansion was approved for trains 8 and 9 of the Corpus Christi Stage III project. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Production Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report. (Reuters)

POWER
Switzerland Speeds Procedure for Renewables Development - Switzerland is introducing an accelerated procedure for the construction of large solar, hydropower and wind energy plants with effect from April 1, the government said this week. As part of the measures, the Swiss cantons will now carry out a consolidated planning approval procedure for solar and wind energy plants of national importance. The canton where a project is located will grant all required cantonal and previously municipal permits for the construction, expansion or renovation of these facilities. (Renewables Now)

VENEZUELA
Eni Can Now Receive Venezuelan Oil as Payment for Gas - Venezuela can now pay for gas received from Italian producer Eni with oil thanks to a recent easing of U.S. sanctions, unlocking a situation that had left the Latin American country with a large debt to the Italian firm, Eni's Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi said on Thursday. Descalzi confirmed that Venezuela owes the Italian group around US$3 billion. (Reuters)

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