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BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) - China aims to build a nuclear reactor in the heavily polluted province of Hebei, which surrounds the capital Beijing, in a bid to cut smog and promote cleaner energy, the head of the country's nuclear agency said on Friday.

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The United States has seen Chinese activity around a reef China seized from the Philippines nearly four years ago that could be a precursor to more land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea, the U.S. Navy chief said on Thursday.

MADRID, March 18 (Reuters) - Spanish energy and engineering firm Abengoa SA said late on Thursday it will ask its creditors for seven months' breathing space through a debt standstill to execute a restructuring plan if it manages to avoid bankruptcy.

* Some urge caution over market outlook (Adds comment, updates prices)

HONG KONG, March 18 (Reuters) - Bonds of property developer Kaisa Group, which last year became the first Chinese developer to default on offshore debt, rallied on Friday after it sweetened a debt-restructuring proposal, boosting hopes it would be implemented after months of wrangling.

The thermal coal market for China now has to contend with a rival: a low-cost source of power generation that is growing each year.

(Fri, 18 Mar 2016) EIA has released summary tables providing energy consumption estimates from the 2012 CBECS. The data show that despite a 14% increase in total buildings and a 22% increase in total floorspace since 2003, energy use in the estimated 5.6 million U.S. commercial buildings was up just 7% during the same period.

(Fri, 18 Mar 2016) The combination of slower electricity demand growth, low natural gas prices, and policies that encourage renewables-sourced electricity generation is changing the type and the amount of generating capacity added each year.

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