ACCRA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Ghana could become the fourth
biggest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020 once two new
offshore fields come on stream, to push total output above
240,000 barrels per day (bpd), pan-African bank Ecobank said on
Wednesday.
BRUSSELS/PRAGUE, Sept 21 (Reuters) - European Union
environment ministers will try next week to overcome an
embarrassing delay in the bloc's approval of the landmark Paris
accord on global warming that Europe has long championed,
Slovakia said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Drivers from Tennessee and
Georgia to New Jersey may soon breathe a collective sigh of
relief as service is restored on Colonial Pipeline, cutting
gasoline prices that have surged following a leak on the key
line.
CARACAS/HOUSTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil
company PDVSA said on Wednesday it has awarded $3.2 billion in
contracts to drill wells in the Orinoco Belt, although sources
close to the matter said some foreign partners are uncomfortable
with the rushed tender and structural problems that could hinder
projects.
Over the past decade solar costs have declined markedly, but they’re unlikely to continue falling. Thus, revenue from sales of solar electricity will become more important for business success. Revenue in turn depends on receipts per kWh, capacity factor, and tax benefits like accelerated depreciation and the investment tax credit (ITC).
NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities
regulator on Wednesday charged billionaire investor Leon
Cooperman with insider trading, making him the highest-profile
target in years in Washington's ongoing crackdown on illegal
trading at hedge funds.
The next wave of clean energy policy making will be more focused on energy storage, as evidenced by the release this week of the long-awaited Massachusetts energy storage report, titled “State of Charge.” The study was co-funded by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), and it represents a major new policy direction for the state on how to capture the economic and environmental benefits of emerging energy storage technologies.
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