Energy Update
SAO PAULO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Biofuel and climate experts
have questioned Brazil's commitment to a plan to cut carbon
emissions by raising ethanol use after the country's government
this week said it planned to scrap a tax break on the biofuel.
The Colorado Energy Office, Energy Resource Center, and Colorado Springs Utilities announce the installation of a 2kW rooftop solar power array as part of the state's Weatherization Assistance Program.
On a farming reservoir in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka prefecture, 1,200 photovoltaic (PV) modules cover the water surface to generate electricity and additional revenues for the city. Many floating solar systems have been developed in Japan, but this 300-kW system, which became operational this July, is a bit different.
CARACAS, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Venezuela has signed over $5.5
billion in mining deals with companies including Canada's
Barrick Gold Corp and China's Shandong Gold, President
Nicolas Maduro said on Friday.
The year is 1878. The city of Paris is hosting the third annual World Fair, featuring the latest in fine art and innovative machinery. For the first time in history, 64 electric street lamps, running the length of the Avenue de l’Opera from the Louvre to the Palais Garnier Opera House, are lit with the flick of a switch.
CARACAS, Aug 26 (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro said on
Friday that Venezuela had signed over $5.5 billion in mining
deals with companies including Canada's Barrick Gold Corp
and China's Shandong Gold.
Aging batteries from electric cars will soon find a second life as power-storage systems for homes and offices, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), in cooperation with the Government of Canada and the Clean Technology Fund, will invest $161 million in three biomass power plants in the Philippines.
SAO PAULO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Federal police in Brazil urged
prosecutors on Friday to bring corruption charges against former
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Marisa,
according to police documents seen by Reuters.
Aug 26 (Reuters) - The number of U.S. oil drilling rigs were
unchanged this week after eight weeks of consecutive rises,
according to a closely followed report on Friday, although
traders and analysts expect the rig count to keep rising given
the recovery in crude prices.
The rig count remained steady at 406 in the week to Aug. 26,
compared with 675 a year ago, energy services firm Baker Hughes
Inc said. .
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