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Japan’s solar installations are expected to peak this year with between 13.2 GW to 14.3 GW of panels expected to be added, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a report.

The development of Siemens’ offshore flagship wind power turbine has reached its final stage: the 7-MW offshore turbine has successfully passed final type certification. Field testing of the SWT-7.0-154 was recently extended with a second prototype. Grid performance, quality and safety are currently being tested on both machines.

TORONTO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index edged higher on Thursday, sustaining a six-week high, as consumer and telecom stocks made modest gains, while shares in energy companies pulled back despite a further rise in crude oil prices.

ALGIERS/TUNIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Libya's neighbours are again preparing for possible Western intervention in Libya, tightening border security and sending diplomatic warnings about the risk from hurried action against Islamic State that could force thousands refugees to flee.

Brazil’s renewable energy landscape has changed significantly over the last decade. Although Brazil is mostly known for biofuels production and conventional hydroelectric power — hydroelectric power by itself accounts for over 70 percent of the country’s electricity generation — investment in the wind and solar sectors has been increasing rapidly since 2009.

What could you do with the amount of energy produced by one solar panel in a year? How about the amount of energy produced by 350 solar panels in a year or even 6,500 solar panels?

* Sees 2016 earnings/shr $4.50-$4.70 vs est $4.66 (Adds CEO comments, details)

LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - As oil firms scrap dozens of billions worth of mega projects essential for supplies in decades ahead, fresh output from huge fields already being developed is set to weigh for many more months on an oil market struggling to shake off a glut.

WARSAW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Poland's fourth-biggest power company Energa will consider bidding for local heating plants owned by French utility EDF if they become available, industry website wnp.pl quoted Energa's chief executive as saying.

Feb 18 (Reuters) - SunEdison Inc said it closed a polysilicon factory in Texas after China imposed a 53.6 percent tariff on polysilicon manufactured in the United States, and planned to sell a silicon wafer factory in Malaysia.

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