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India Boosts Rooftop Solar Subsidy Eightfold Through 2020

India increased the subsidy for fitting rooftop solar power systems eightfold to 50 billion rupees ($753 million) in a bid to expand installations by a similar amount by 2020.

Ukraine to investigate suspected computer attack on energy grid

KIEV, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Ukraine will investigate a suspected computer malware attack on its energy grid, the energy ministry said on Thursday, an incident the country's secret service has blamed on Russia.

COMMODITIES-Ending of China's super-boom spells pain with no end seen yet

SINGAPORE, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A decade-old commodity boom came crashing to an end in 2015, hurting energy and mining companies as China's industrial rise and appetite for raw materials slowed.

Drifting barge has missed Valhall North Sea platform -authorities

OSLO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A drifting barge has missed BP's Valhall platform in the North Sea by some two kilometres, a spokeswoman for the Rescue Coordination Centre for southern Norway told Reuters.

Drifting barge on course to hit Valhall oilfield platforms-BP

OSLO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A drifting barge was about an hour away from hitting BP's oil installations at the Valhall oilfield in the North Sea, a spokesman said on Thursday.

China processing graft case against security boss's ex-mistress - paper

BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Chinese judicial authorities are processing a corruption case against a one-time mistress of the country's disgraced top security boss, a state-run Beijing newspaper reported on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-India's energy muscle helps Petronet get better Qatar gas deal

* Govt expects cheaper gas to halve costs for local firms (Adds details, Oil minister's quotes)

Russia eyes trillion roubles from privatisation in 2016 - finance minister

MOSCOW, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Russia aims to raise 1 trillion roubles ($13.53 billion) from privatisation next year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview aired on Thursday, signalling a major acceleration of plans to sell state assets.

North Sea storm forces oil rig evacuations, kills worker

* ConocoPhillips shuts production (Adds BP incident, updates throughout)

ConocoPhillips evacuates staff from Eldfisk North Sea platform, production shut down

OSLO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips has shut down output at its Eldfisk and Embla fields in the North Sea and was evacuating staff from its Eldfisk platform due to the threat of a drifting barge hitting its installations, it said on Thursday.

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