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Feb 2 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday reported its smallest quarterly profit in more than a decade and said it will cut 2016 spending by one-quarter and suspend share repurchases as it copes with a prolonged downturn in crude prices.

About seven months ago, a unit of Shenzhen Energy Group Co. started looking for ways to find new sources of capital for solar plants that wouldn’t compete for cash with its parent company’s hydro and coal projects. The answer was a new kind of security and a first for China.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures were trading down over 6 percent for a second day in a row early Tuesday on forecasts for warmer than normal weather for the rest of the winter that is expected to keep heating demand light. Front-month gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 14.5 cents, or 6.74 percent, to $2.007 per million British thermal units at 9:29 a.m. EST (1429 GMT).

PARIS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - French oil and gas company Total said on Tuesday that it had taken stakes in two solar power start-ups via its $100 million Total Energy Ventures venture capital fund as it expands in renewable energy.

Oregon-based crystalline-silicon solar manufacturer SolarWorld said on Jan. 29 that it has agreed to form a partnership with Germany’s sonnen Inc. to offer a solar + storage product.

* European stocks drop 1.5 percent as BP, UBS add to oil woes

Solar is not just for homeowners. The advent of community solar is now enabling those who don’t own a home to go solar and enjoy all of its benefits. But regardless of whether someone decides to own or rent, solar still seems to be for those who have a disposal income. That is, until now.

PRAGUE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - New World Resources'(NWR) main Czech business OKD plans to lay off more than half its workforce by 2018 in a restructuring to keep it going while coal prices are low, Chief Executive Dale Ekmark said on Tuesday.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday reported a 58 percent drop in quarterly profit as low oil prices hurt results at the world's largest publicly traded oil company.

ATHENS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Greece will decide soon on the awarding of three onshore natural gas exploration licences in the west of the country in its second licensing round, Energy Minister Panos Skourletis said on Tuesday.

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