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Iran says boosting oil exports depends on future demand

DUBAI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A rise in Iran's crude oil exports once sanctions against it are lifted depends on future global oil demand and that should not further weaken oil prices, a senior Iranian oil official was quoted as saying.

Iraq's Sadr calls for protests in Gulf, Iraq, after Nimr execution

BAGHDAD, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Prominent Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Saturday for demonstrations in Gulf countries and in Iraq to protest the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.

Venezuela delays gas exports to Colombia, citing climate

BOGOTA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, has delayed the export of natural gas to Colombia because of climate factors, the Colombian Mines and Energy Ministry said on Friday.

Harvesting More Energy from Photons

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have found a way to significantly boost the energy that can be harnessed from sunlight, a finding that could lead to better solar cells or light detectors.

Xcel Energy Doubles Wind Generation Capacity in Power Portfolio

Xcel Energy recently doubled the amount of wind power generating capacity in its portfolio.

China to Increase Wind, Solar Power Capacity by 21 Percent in 2016

China, the world’s biggest clean energy investor, plans to increase wind and solar power capacity by more than 21 percent next year as it works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cutting its reliance on coal.

Coal Glut, Renewables Make EU Power Cheapest in Decade

Record-low coal prices and increased wind and solar generation that pushed European power prices to their lowest in a decade may cause further declines in 2016.

UPDATE 1-Ghana minister resigns for "unsatisfactory handling" of electricity crisis

* Power ministry said a day earlier it had resolved power crisis

Ghana power minister resigns for "unsatisfactory handling" of electricity crisis

ACCRA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Ghana's power minister has resigned for unsatisfactory handling of a electricity crisis that caused years of frequent blackouts and hurt the West African economy, two government sources said.

FERC Rejects Permit for 1,000 MW Pumped Storage Project in Kentucky

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Dec. 23 rejected a July 1 application from Maysville Pumped Storage LLC for a successive preliminary permit for the proposed Maysville Pumped Storage Project, to be located on the Ohio River in Mason County, Kentucky.

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