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Reaching a Feasible Utopia for Renewables in Latin America and the Caribbean

Since 1970 there has been great interest in using renewable energies in the 46 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where currently only three countries have no policies or strategies for the promotion and/or de

South Africa turns on Saudi-built solar to cut coal reliance

JOHANNESBURG, March 14 (Reuters) - South Africa and Saudi Arabian ACWA Power launched a $328 million solar power plant in the Northern Cape province on Monday, as Africa's most industrialised country rushes to expand its power supply and cut its coal reliance.

Growing Chinese debt leaves Angola with little spare oil

* Other nations which borrowed using crude also face problems

C&J Energy names CFO Randy McMullen as CEO

March 14 (Reuters) - Oil and gas services provider C&J Energy Services Ltd on Monday named Chief Financial Officer Randy McMullen as its chief executive officer, succeeding founder Josh Comstock who died on Friday.

Dry bulk sectors struggling due to excess vessel supply, low bunker prices

Market conditions have generally been very bearish across the entire dry bulk sector for the last six months, largely due to vessel oversupply and plummeting bunker prices.

Turning to frack tech, stricken U.S. oil drillers test new limits

NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - Fifty-stage frack jobs. Fifteen-foot cluster spacing. More than 2,000 pounds of proppant concentrate per foot.

Italian engineers need two months on Mosul dam before starting repairs-ministry

BAGHDAD, March 14 (Reuters) - Italian engineers hired to help prevent a catastrophic collapse of Iraq's largest hydro-electric dam will need at least two months to assess the structure before starting major maintenance work, a Water Resources Ministry spokesman told Reuters.

Sri Lanka military to guard key power stations after nationwide outage

COLOMBO, March 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will send troops to guard 100 key power transmission centres across the island nation, officials said on Monday, a day after the worst power outage in 20 years, as the head of the state-owned utility board refused to rule out sabotage.

Senior Saudi prince condemns Obama comments on Middle East

RIYADH, March 14 (Reuters) - A senior Saudi Arabian prince on Monday condemned comments attributed to U.S.

UPDATE 2-Saudi oil output steady in Feb after preliminary freeze deal

March 14 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia kept its crude oil production steady in February, pumping 10.22 million barrels per day (bpd), an industry source told Reuters on Monday, after the top oil exporter struck a preliminary deal with other producers to freeze output.

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