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2014
- 1 September 2014: Russia starts construction of the 4000-kilometer-long Power of Siberia natural gas pipeline from Yakutia to China.
- 27 August 2014: Gas transmission system operator Transgaz inaugurates Iasi–Ungheni gas pipeline between Romania and Moldova.
- 7 August 2014: Solar power capacity in China has increased by 3.3 GW in the first half of 2014, more than the entire solar capacity of Australia.
- 30 July 2014: France passes a law that sets a renewable energy target of 32% by 2030.
- 21 July 2014: Former Secretary General of the OPEC and Petroleum Minister of Nigeria Rilwanu Lukman has died in Vienna at the age 75.
- 19 June 2014: 22% of global electricity production in 2013 was from renewables.
- 15 June 2014: The third line of the Central Asia–China gas pipeline becomes operational.
- 12 May 2014: IRENA report shows 14% global employment growth in the renewables sector in 2013, led by China.
- 22 April 2014: Apple announces that 94% of its buildings and 100% of its data centres are now powered by renewable energy.
- 13 April 2014: According to the UN's Fifth IPCC Report the most realistic option for the future is to triple the use of renewable energy.
- 17 March 2014: The investment company L1 Energy of Mikhail Fridman agrees to buy RWE Dea oil and gas company.
- 6 March 2014: Estlink 2 submarine power cable between Estonia and Finland is inaugurated.
- 22 January 2014: Phase III of the Keystone Pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma, to Gulf Coast opens.