SEOUL, Dec 14 (Reuters) - South Korea aims to vault from
laggard to leader in the renewable energy industry, as Seoul
prepares to hook the country's tech giants up to nearly $40
billion in public funds in a bold plan to become a new global
leader in green power.
CORONADO, Calif., Dec 13 (Reuters) - The governors of the
three U.S. West Coast states on Tuesday vowed to step up their
efforts to fight climate change in the face of the incoming
administration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has
dismissed global warming as a hoax.
Dozens of wineries in Australia’s premier wine state are harnessing the sun’s power for purposes beyond growing grapes. South Australian wineries are embracing solar energy at twice the rate of other business sectors, installers say.
TORONTO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose
to a fresh 19-month high on Tuesday, led by gains in heavyweight
energy and banking stocks, while materials stocks weighed.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories on Dec. 6 said it signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the government of Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) that will tap into the labs’ expertise in energy storage.
Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has
offered the job of interior secretary to first-term Republican
Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, Politico reported on
Tuesday, citing two transition officials and someone familiar
with the offer.
STOCKHOLM, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Sweden's government said on
Tuesday it would not stop two municipalities from leasing two
harbours to Russia's Gazprom to facilitate the
construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, despite concerns
about security.
Donald Trump has chosen Rick Perry to be Energy Secretary, putting the onetime presidential candidate and former oil-state governor atop the agency that helps chart the nation’s energy future, according to four people familiar with the president-elect’s selection process.
Trump offered the job to the former Texas governor on Monday evening and he accepted, according to the people, who asked not to be identified in advance of an announcement expected later this week.
On Tuesday during Power Generation Week, Troy Miller of S&C Electric and Don Harrod of the Village of Minster accepted the Renewable Energy Project of the Year on behalf of Half Moon Ventures, developer of the project.
HOUSTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Roughly a third of the more than
3,000 barrels of oil that spilled into a North Dakota creek
following a pipeline leak last week has been recovered, a local
official said on Tuesday.
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