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COLUMN-Refinery wars: China, India win; S.Korea, Japan, Singapore lose: Russell

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Aug 29 (Reuters) - There is little
doubt that China's surging exports of refined fuels have cut
profit margins for Asia's refiners, but the pain is unlikely to
be shared equally across all the region's exporters of oil
products.

Compliance costs undermining the goal of the US Renewable Fuel Standard: Fuel for Thought

The system devised to force compliance with the US Renewable Fuel Standard appears to be backfiring, forcing refiners to spend more on buying increasingly expensive credits than actually blending renewables into the nation’s transportation fuel.

A Kansas Electric Cooperative Offers Energy Savings with $0 Down - Episode 32 of Local Energy Rules Podcast

It’s not sexy. But it can make you warmer. It can even make you cooler. On-bill financing provides loans for energy efficiency improvements through the local utility company.

District of Columbia raises renewable portfolio standard target to 50% by 2032

(Mon, 29 Aug 2016) The District of Columbia (DC) increased and extended its renewable portfolio standard (RPS) target from 20% by 2020 to 50% by 2032. The target includes a separate solar-specific target of 5% by 2032, an increase and extension from 2.5% by 2023.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices fall on rising Iraq output, doubt over producer talks

* But mid-term fundamentals point to higher prices

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Oil prices fall on rising Iraq output, doubt over producer talk prospects

SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell early on
Monday as output from Iraq rose and as Iran said it would only
cooperate in upcoming producer talks to freeze output if fellow
exporters recognised its right to fully regain market share.

D.E. Shaw set to enter race for SunEdison's TerraForm Power-sources

Aug 28 (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager D.E. Shaw & Co LP is
weighing a bid for SunEdison Inc's controlling stake
in TerraForm Power Inc, the bankrupt U.S. renewable
energy producer's most valuable asset, according to people
familiar with the matter.

Matador commissions cryogenic natural gas processing plant in New Mexico

Matador Resources Company (Matador Resources) announced the successful start-up last week of the Black River cryogenic natural gas processing plant Matador built in its Rustler Breaks prospect area in the Delaware Basin of Eddy County, New Mexico.

UPDATE 1-High toll for Libyan troops battling Islamic State in Sirte

SIRTE, Libya, Aug 28 (Reuters) - At least 34 Libyan fighters
were killed and more than 180 wounded on Sunday as they closed
in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal
city of Sirte, according to field hospitals.

UPDATE 1-Houthis say ready for fresh Yemen talks if attacks stop

SANAA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi-run governing
council said on Sunday it was ready to restart peace talks with
the country's exiled government provided a Saudi-led coalition
stopped attacking and besieging Houthi-held territories.

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