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UPDATE 1-Petrobras chairman to take leave, to focus on job as Vale CEO

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Murilo Ferreira will take a leave of absence as chairman of state-run oil firm Petrobras, turning his full attention to his job as chief executive of Vale SA as the mining giant grapples with a downturn in the sector.

Microturbines Fuel Growth of the Biomass Industry

From pig farms to breweries, Capstone’s microturbines are making full circle cogeneration an economically and environmentally friendly reality for a diversity of industries.

China's SEPCO set to win gas booster project for Saudi Aramco

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, Sept 14 (Reuters) - China's Shandong Electric Power Construction Corp (SEPCO) will likely win a contract to help expand the capacity of the main gas pipeline across Saudi Arabia, industry sources said.

California Climate Law Boosts Solar Power and Building Retrofits

California lawmakers on Friday passed a watered-down version of what state Senate President Kevin de Leon had billed as part of the “most far-reaching effort to fight climate change in the history of our nation.”

UPDATE 1-Alcoa to stop production at Suriname refinery

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc said it would stop production at its Suralco alumina refinery in Suriname due to dwindling bauxite ore supply.

UK Rejects $8.3 Billion Offshore Wind Plan From EDF, Eneco

The U.K. government rejected a 5.4 billion-pound ($8.3 billion) proposal to build a giant offshore wind farm in Navitus Bay, saying it would harm protected views from a coast designated as a World Heritage Site.

REFILE-FEATURE-America's city rankings set for Texas-sized shake up; Houston to edge past Chicago

HOUSTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Hidden in the haze of the petrochemical plants and beyond the seemingly endless traffic jams, a Texas city has grown so large that it is poised to pass Chicago as the third biggest in the United States in the next decade.

Alcoa to cut remaining capacity at Suriname refinery

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc said it would cut remaining capacity at its Suralco alumina refinery in Suriname and take a related restructuring charge of $65 million-$75 million.

Measuring the Measurable: The Clean Power Plan and the Need for Open, Accurate Market Data

These developments, such as the Clean Power Plan (CPP) seem to be setting up another big boost to the renewable energy market, but they are going to both require and create huge amounts of data: data needed by the states to ensure CPP compliance, and market data on the clean energy deployed to meet the CPP’s goals.

RPT-COLUMN-Oil trading in Asia reaches inflection point: Russell

(Repeats item issued earlier, with no change to text) --Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.

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