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BMW AG’s car-assembly plant in South Africa is doing its bit to help the German carmaker edge toward a global target to supply all its production with renewable energy: It’s getting some of its power from biogas made from cow manure.

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Canada, Oct 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C limate change is taking a heavy economic toll on Canada's far north, with buildings collapsing as melting permafrost destroys foundations, rivers running low and wildfires all a drain on the region's limited finances, senior government officials said.

WARSAW, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Shareholders holding 64.57 percent of Polish coal miner Bogdanka had agreed by a Oct. 15 deadline to sell their shares to Enea, the state-controlled utility said on Friday.

Southern California Edison has joined CalCharge as the first utility member, the independent public-private partnership said on Oct. 15 at the Energy Storage North America conference.

HAVANA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Low commodity prices, a drought at home and Venezuela's economic crisis have created a cash shortage for Cuba's Communist government, restricting its ability to trade just as it could be taking advantage of an economic opening with the United States.

* Utility is scrambling to keep lights on (Recasts with 10-year plan)

OSLO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A draft agreement that ditches cherished ideas of almost 200 nations about how to fight climate change could spark "fireworks" at a final round of negotiations to design a U.N.

Chinese tycoons Liang Wengen and Nan Cunhui plan to pour $5 billion into India’s renewable power sector as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a major expansion of clean energy in one of the world’s biggest polluters.

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - BP Plc and China's CNPC will next week unveil a strategic alliance to develop oil resources in Iraq and other regions, industry sources said on Friday.

* Says to ramp up 4G telecoms testing ahead of launch (Adds details)

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