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Solar PV Provides 7.8 Percent of Italy’s Electricity in 2015

Solar PV systems in Italy in 2015 generated 24,676 GWh of electricity, covering 7.8 percent of the country’s electricity mix, according to Terna, Italy's electricity transmission grid operator. That total is significantly higher than the previous year, when PV systems in Italy had generated 21,838 GWh of electricity or 7 percent of Italy’s electricity mix. So, in clear GWh numbers, Italy’s electricity generation from PV in 2015 increased by 13 percent compared to 2014.

Cancellation of Iran oil contracts' presentation signals infighting

ANKARA/DUBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Iran's cancellation of a conference when it had been due to unveil investment contracts to international oil firms signals that political feuding is disrupting plans to revive its energy sector.

Kremlin critic Navalny files lawsuit against Putin

MOSCOW, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Russian anti-corruption campaigner and opposition figure Alexei Navalny said on Thursday he had filed a lawsuit against Vladimir Putin after a company in which the Russian leader's son-in-law is a shareholder received $1.75 billion in state support.

Iraqi PM discourages Kurdish independence referendum

BERLIN, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi urged the country's autonomous Kurdistan region not to go ahead with a proposed referendum on independence, saying it would be neither in its own interest nor Iraq's.

CANADA STOCKS-TSX falls as results from Manulife, others disappoint

TORONTO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell 1 percent on Thursday, hitting a three-week low as a string of disappointing corporate earnings reports added to broad investor unease about the global economy.

UPDATE 1-Germany offers 500 mln euros in credits to Iraq

BERLIN, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Germany will provide 500 million euros ($566 million) worth of credit to Iraq to help it weather the sharp downturn in global oil prices, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday after talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

Dong to Acquire Lease for Wind Project Off New Jersey Coast

Dong Energy A/S, the world’s largest offshore-wind developer, agreed to acquire a lease for a site off the coast of New Jersey with more than 1,000 MW of potential capacity, marking the company’s second push into U.S. waters.

 

Senegal to Add 200 MW of Solar Through IFC Program

Senegal plans to build as much as 200 MW of solar power, with at least half of that up and running within two years, after joining an International Finance Corp. (IFC) program designed to promote wider use of clean energy in sub-Saharan Africa.

U.S. forecaster sees chance La Nina to develop in 2016

NEW YORK, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said the El Nino weather phenomenon under way is likely to dissipate by late Northern Hemisphere spring or early summer, and possibly transition to La Nina conditions.

Venezuela proposes OPEC, non-OPEC producers "freeze" oil supply

DUBAI/LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Some OPEC countries are trying to achieve a consensus among the group and key non-members for an oil production "freeze", sources familiar with the discussions say, in an attempt to tackle the global glut without cutting supply.

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