LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - U.S.
Because Florida remains one of only four states where current laws expressly deny citizens and businesses the freedom to buy solar power electricity directly from someone other than an electric utility, the Solar Choice ballot initiative is drawing support from business leaders and owners around the state, according to Floridians for Solar Choice.
The use of energy-storage systems is surging in the U.S. as power companies show increasing interest in the technology designed to backstop wind and solar farms and smooth out electricity flowing to the grid.
--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.
CHICAGO/NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The closure of two ethanol plants this week and proposed sale of a third highlight the growing challenges faced by small producers located far from cheap feedstock supplies in the U.S.
Sept 3 (Reuters) - Mining equipment maker Joy Global Inc , which gets about 60 percent of its revenue from coal miners, reported a 37 percent fall in quarterly profit and cut its full-year forecast as customers cut spending due to weak prices.
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