Energy Update
BENGHAZI, Libya, July 29 (Reuters) - Libya's U.N.-backed
government signed a deal with an armed brigade controlling the
major Ras Lanuf and Es Sider oil ports to end a blockade and
restart exports from the major terminals shut down since
December 2014.
LUANDA, July 29 (Reuters) - Nine Angolan soldiers were
killed and 14 wounded in a flareup of fighting with rebels in
the country's oil-producing Cabinda enclave, the separatist
guerrilla group said on Friday.
July 29 (Reuters) - U.S. drillers this week added oil rigs
for a fifth consecutive week, Baker Hughes Inc said on
Friday, but the oilfield services provider and some analysts
cast doubts on a substantial recovery in drilling this year with
crude prices heading for their biggest monthly loss in a year.
What was once Britain’s biggest coal station is now powered mainly by wood pellets and its owner, Drax Group Plc, will learn in the next few months if can complete the conversion of another unit to run on renewable fuel.
BRASILIA, July 29 (Reuters) - Interim President Michel Temer
said on Friday that the end of the impeachment trial of
suspended President Dilma Rousseff, expected next month, will
boost investment in Brazil as his administration strives to
restore the country's credit standing.
Swaziland, a tiny landlocked monarchy, sandwiched between South Africa and Mozambique, and known for its wilderness reserves and festivals showcasing traditional Swazi culture, is planning a 35-MW biomass-powered plant to begin operations in three years.
In the near future, Russia may take advantage of production of renewable energy from wood pellets for the needs of remote towns and villages where such practice could cut the cost of energy nearly ten times, according to a recent study of National Research University — Higher School of Economics.
Renewables are coming to replace petroleum, predicted by self-proclaimed tech prognosticators everywhere. On the other end — inflated and unrealistic valuations, a shaky stock market, and a weak China, and as the oil prices fluctuate, they will take many smaller and un-mythical bio-based startups down. Why? Because you cannot have a successful bio-based company without a subsidy or an incentive from the government with the era of $44 crude oil! That is the usual reply from the unfamiliar!
Innovation takes teamwork. Sometimes that teamwork takes the form of companies, universities, or state and local governments collaborating together in novel ways. This can also occur through an “innovation cluster,” or a “regional center of innovation,” in which stakeholders come together to solve common problems. Recently, there has been increased focus on innovation clusters for energy projects.
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