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Solar Firm Seeks Backers for 600-MW Project in Chile

Valhalla Energia is seeking partners to build a 600-MW solar project in Chile that will incorporate hydropower to deliver energy 24 hours a day.

SolarWindow Gives Behind-the-Scenes Look at National Lab in New Video

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc., a developer of electricity-generating transparent coatings for glass and flexible plastics, released a behind-the-scenes video of its collaborative research and development taking place at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Oman to encourage household generation of solar power

MUSCAT, March 28 (Reuters) - Oman will encourage households to generate electricity with solar panels and feed it into the national grid, Qais al-Zakwani, executive director of the Authority for Electricity Regulation, said on Monday.

No bids for $2.7 bln Philippine infrastructure project ahead of May election

MANILA, March 28 (Reuters) - A major Philippine infrastructure project received no bids by a Monday deadline, underscoring worries about the viability of the project and concern that plans could be changed or even scrapped by a new administration after elections in May.

Olympics-China's polluted Hebei promises clean-up for 2022 Winter Games

BEIJING, March 28 (Reuters) - The top official in China's northern province of Hebei, one of the country's most polluted, has vowed to use the staging of the 2022 Winter Olympics to drive efforts to cut smog, promote clean energy and ease dependence on heavy industry.

UPDATE 2-Czechs roll out red carpet for first visit by Chinese president

* Unknown suspect defaces Chinese flags on eve of visit (Adds Chinese Foreign Ministry on flags)

UPDATE 1-Japan opens radar station close to disputed isles in move bound to rile China

YONAGUNI, March 28 (Reuters) - Japan on Monday switched on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a permanent intelligence gathering post close to Taiwan and a group of islands disputed by Japan and China, a move bound to rile Beijing.

Vietnam’s oil tax rules run counter to self-reliance policy: Fuel for Thought

Ironic and unusual aptly describe the conundrum facing Vietnam’s sole 130,000 b/d state-owned refinery located in the central province of Quang Ngai.

United Kingdom increases oil production in 2015, but new field development declines

(Mon, 28 Mar 2016) After many years of decline, production of petroleum and other liquids in the United Kingdom (U.K.) increased by about 100,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2015. The largest contribution to this increase came from fields that were brought online in the second half of 2014. Significant increases also came from fields that came online in 2015, and from improved performance of the U.K.'s largest producing field, the offshore Buzzard field.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices rise in thin Asian trade after break

* Some markets still out on Easter holiday (Adds comment, updates prices)

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