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SunEdison Inc., the worst-performing clean-energy company, bought a minority stake in a portfolio of Dominion Resources Inc. solar power assets and then immediately sold the bundle to a partnership it formed last year with JPMorgan Chase & Co., its second such deal in a month.

* Industry's financial problems cause for safety concern (Adds Chevet comments, background)

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Venezuela has requested that OPEC hold an emergency meeting to discuss steps to prop up oil prices, which have fallen to their lowest since 2003, two OPEC sources said on Wednesday.

The price of solar PV systems installed on homes and small businesses spans a wide range, and researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have published a new study that reveals the key market and system drivers for low-priced PV systems.

Four renewable energy projects in developing countries have secured vital funding loans totalling $46 million.

BOCA DEL GRITA, Venezuela, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Clutching egg cartons on his shoulder, a young man wades precariously through a muddy river on Venezuela's western jungle border where a Colombian shopkeeper will happily buy them up.

WARSAW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Poland's energy minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski said on Wednesday he saw no need to change state-run energy companies' dividend policy in the near term.

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain's blue-chip equity index entered "bear market" territory on Wednesday after falling more than 20 percent from its record highs in April, with concerns about a slowdown in China triggering a sharp decline in commodities-related stocks.

The U.S. wind and solar markets in 2015 saw $11.5 billion in new tax equity deals, up from $10.1 billion in 2014, John Eber, managing director, head of energy investments for J.P.Morgan, said on Jan. 13.

YORKTOWN, Texas, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Across oil fields from Texas to North Dakota fears are growing that crude's plunge below $30 a barrel is more than just another market milestone and marks a countdown to an endgame for many shale producers that so far have braved the 18-month downturn.

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