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Red Cross makes emergency appeal for Haiti

ZURICH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The Red Cross has launched an
emergency appeal to provide immediate relief to 50,000 Haitians
in the aftermath of the strongest hurricane to hit the Caribbean
since 2007.

UPDATE 1-Total sells Atotech chemicals unit to Carlyle for $3.2 bln

PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Total has agreed to sell
its speciality chemicals business Atotech to private equity firm
Carlyle Group for $3.2 billion, part of a $10 billion asset sale
programme the French oil firm hopes to complete by the end of
2017.

UK's FTSE 100 advances towards record high as pound drops

LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares index
advanced early on Friday to trade near a record high, with
concerns about a further fall in the sterling after a plunge to
a 31-year low seen as helping internationally-exposed stocks.

French spot power price for Monday delivery hits 100 euros/MWh

PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - France's spot power price for
Monday delivery jumped by 52 euros early on Friday to
hit 100 euros ($111) per megawatt hour (MWh), its highest since
February 2012, due to French nuclear power supply concerns and
strong demand forecast due to cold weather.

($1 = 0.9000 euros)

UPDATE 2-Oil curves move above $50 as financial confidence in crude rises

* Brent, WTI forward curves above $50/b: http://tmsnrt.rs/2dz0bQH

UPDATE 1-Hurricane Matthew batters Florida as Haiti death toll rises

* Storm could hit Florida directly or brush coast

(Updates with wind speeds and downgrade to Category 3 in
paragraphs 2, 5 and 6, location of storm in paragraph 29)

Australia to launch independent review into state-wide blackout

SYDNEY, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Australia will conduct an
independent review into a blackout last week across South
Australia state, although a meeting between state and federal
energy ministers failed to resolve their differences over
renewable energy targets.

Total sells Atotech speciality chemical arm to Carlyle for $3.2 bln

PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Total has agreed to sell
its speciality chemicals arm Atotech for $3.2 billion to private
equity firm Carlyle Group, part of a programme under which the
French oil company hopes to divest $10 billion worth of non-core
assets by 2017.

Top 5 Hybrid Energy News (Solar- and Wind-Diesel-Hybrid + Microgrids) – September 2016

The September edition of our “Top 5 Hybrid Energy News” features Carnegie Wave Energy, redT energy, Enercon, Vestas, ViZn Energy, Jabil Inala, Australian Vanadium, VSUN, Gildemeister, Siemens, and ENEL.

Hurricane Matthew may cause problems for East Coast energy infrastructure

(Fri, 07 Oct 2016) Hurricane Matthew is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm Friday morning. The storm is on track to move north along the East Coast as far as North Carolina this weekend, potentially bringing torrential rainfall, storm surges, and flooding to the region.

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