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Major companies join alliance seeking 100 pct green electricity

OSLO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Companies including Goldman Sachs , Walmart and Starbucks joined an alliance on Wednesday that aims to get 100 percent of electricity from renewable sources to combat climate change.

UPDATE 1-No need to change RWE's strategy, CEO says

* No further asset sales planned -CEO (Recasts, adds CEO quotes, context)

Malaria deaths skyrocket in South Sudan as people continue to flee fighting

NAIROBI, Sept 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Malaria is killing three children each day in an overcrowded camp sheltering civilians in South Sudan, a medical charity said, as people continue to flee fighting despite an August peace deal that has yet to be felt on the ground.

COLUMN-U.S. gasoline sales surge at fastest for over a decade: Kemp

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Gasoline sales to U.S. motorists rose by more than 5 percent in July compared with the same month a year before, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

REFILE-India ready to invest over $15 bln in Iran; seeks cheaper gas

* Gas prices crucial for investment in Iran - Indian minister

US Senate Democrats Unveil Energy Bill That Restores PTC and Extends ITC

Senate Democrats unveiled a bill that would provide more tax credits for renewable energy while killing some tax incentives for oil and natural gas producers.
Senators Maria Cantwell of Washington, Harry Reid of Nevada, Charles Schumer of New York and Ron Wyden of Oregon announced the legislation at a press conference in Washington Tuesday.

US, China Solar PV Players Team Up, Invest $100MM in Chile, Uruguay and Japan

Private equity infrastructure specialist Hudson Clean Energy Partners and Hong Kong-based independent power producer Sky Solar Holdings on September 21 announced they are outting as much as $100 million of equity capital to work in developing an international portfolio of solar PV projects.

Sage Grouse Removed as Threat to Biggest Wind Farm in U.S.

Billionaire Phil Anschutz’s plans to build a $5 billion wind farm in southeast Wyoming will no longer be stymied by the mating dance of the greater sage grouse.

CEO Gilles: Challenge in Geothermal is to 'Level Playing Field' with Wind, Solar

The current challenge for the geothermal energy industry is what U.S. Geothermal CEO Dennis Gilles calls “leveling the playing field” with wind and solar.
“We’re competing with the wind and solar companies,” Gilles said during the Geothermal Resources Council 39th Annual Meeting opening session in Reno, Nev., on Sept. 21. “They have incentives, and as a result of their dramatic growth, they have seen their costs come down dramatically.”

Shutdown at North Sea Buzzard oilfield likely to be moved to November -source

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A planned shutdown of Britain's North Sea Buzzard oilfield is likely to be rescheduled to November from October, an industry source said, which would boost next month's supply of the crude that helps underpin the Brent benchmark.

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