Energy Update
CARACAS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Masked youths hurled stones and
petrol bombs at security forces who fired back teargas on a
highway in Caracas after massive protest rallies on Thursday
against President Nicolas Maduro's government, witnesses said.
QUITO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador's central bank said on
Thursday it expects the economy to shrink 1.7 percent this year,
switching its previous forecast for growth due to lower oil
prices and the devastating effects of a earthquake that shook
the country in April.
LAGOS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Nigeria's aviation authority on
Thursday rejected suggestions that some of the country's
airlines were set to close after two carriers suspended flights
indefinitely.
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Companies building a
multi-billion dollar bridge to link the Russian mainland with
annexed Crimea, a project close to the heart President Vladimir
Putin, were targeted by the United States in an updated
sanctions blacklist on Thursday.
It is very hard to put all the Sub-Saharan Africa countries into the same basket and define a regular, simple and straightforward mechanism to boost solar investments. However, I believe that the Zambia solar case could be applied to many other countries in the region — which would be a win-win deal for all the stakeholders.
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The United States on
Thursday added dozens of people and companies to its sanctions
blacklist over their actions in Ukraine, including separatists
and Russian firms operating in Crimea which was annexed by
Russia in 2014.
Abengoa SA plans to resume work in the next few months on Latin America’s first solar-thermal plant, as the Spanish renewable energy company comes back from the brink of bankruptcy, people with knowledge of the matter said.
There are many challenges associated with bringing renewables online, as well as empowering end users with the information and communication tools needed to help them better manage energy use.
A sustained seven-year effort by U.S. wind power firm Cordisons International Ltd. to put up a multimillion dollar 90-MW wind farm in Kenya may have come to an end after the country’s land custodian National Land Commission (NLC) declined to grant the company lease for some 11,000 acres of land it had sought, arguing that the firm had ignored procedures in applying for land.
Kenya plans to start exporting its first crude from mid-2017 as the country pushes ahead with a planned export pipeline.
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