Energy Update
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.
ABUJA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Nigeria's lower house opened an
investigation on Tuesday into an offshore oil field owned by
Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, the latest inquiry
into their acquisition of the OPL 245 licence block which could
hold up to 9.23 billion barrels of oil, according to industry
figures.
Ormat Technologies Inc. announced Nov. 29 that its subsidiary has entered into a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to deliver electricity from its Ormesa geothermal complex in Imperial Valley, California, beginning Nov. 30, 2017.
GENEVA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) stands ready to act as a neutral
intermediary in an evacuation from eastern Aleppo being
negotiated by various parties, a spokeswoman told Reuters on
Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald
Trump is considering U.S. Representatives Raul Labrador of Idaho
and Ryan Zinke of Montana for Interior secretary even as fellow
Republican lawmaker Cathy McMorris Rodgers remained the top
contender, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Lining up from dawn
with backpacks and plastic bags full of cash, Venezuelans
flocked to banks across the nation on Tuesday to ditch
100-bolivar bills after President Nicolas Maduro's surprise move
to pull them from circulation.
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department
said on Tuesday it will not comply with a request from
President-elect Donald Trump's Energy Department transition team
for the names of people who have worked on climate change and
the professional society memberships of lab workers.
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