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COLUMN-Two-year degrees can really pay off

LOS ANGELES, April 20 (Reuters) - Steven Polasck of Corpus Christi, Texas, liked math and science in high school. He considered attending a four-year college but ultimately decided to use his strengths to get a two-year degree in instrumentation from Texas State Technical College.

As Petrobras scandal spreads, economic toll mounts for Brazil

ITABORAÍ, Brazil, April 20 (Reuters) - For the 20 men hanging on at the Pousada do Trabalhador, a 600-bed boarding house on the dusty outskirts of this boom town northeast of Rio de Janeiro, the dream that Brazil's oil wealth would bring a better life was over.

PDVSA says Venezuela oil exports at 2.4-2.5 million bpd

* Current crude output at 2.85 mln bpd, says PDVSA head Del Pino

China Adds Equivalent of France's Entire Solar Capacity in Three Months

China’s solar installations in the first quarter were almost equal to France’s entire supply of power from the sun.

UK decides to revoke DEA oil licences unless ownership changes

LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - The British government has decided to revoke North Sea oil field licences owned by DEA, RWE's oil and gas unit bought last month by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's LetterOne, unless the licences change ownership, the energy ministry said.

Hanwha to Sell NextEra Solar Panels in Record 1.5-Gigawatt Deal

Hanwha Q Cells Co., the Korean solar panel maker, will supply panels to a unit of U.S.-based NextEra Energy Inc. as part of the world’s largest single solar order.

Greece calls on Chinese firms to bid for oil quest

ATHENS, April 20 (Reuters) - Greece invited Chinese firms on Monday to bid in a Greek tender for deep-sea oil and gas exploration later this year after Athens extended the bidding process in March.

Venezuela receives new $5 billion loan from China

CARACAS, April 20 (Reuters) - Venezuela has received a new $5 billion loan from China, President Nicolas Maduro said, part of an oil-for-loans deal that has become a key source of financing for the cash-strapped OPEC nation that is struggling with low crude prices.

Japan Solar Boom Spurred by Low-Interest Loans from Local Banks, Credit Unions, Utilities

The U.S. residential solar photovoltaic (PV) market is on the rise. According to SEIA/GTM Research, in 2014 the residential market surpassed the non-residential market for the first time. "The past three years have now seen the residential market grow by at least 50 percent on an annual basis, buoyed by major strides to lower soft costs, in tandem with increased penetration of third party financing solutions,” commented Cory Honeyman, Solar Analyst at GTM Research.

Reinforcing homes in Dutch gas extraction quake zone estimated at 30 bln euros

AMSTERDAM, April 20 (Reuters) - The estimated cost to reinforce more than 150,000 Dutch homes to withstand earthquakes caused by extracting gas in the massive Groningen field was increased to at least 30 billion euros ($32 billion), the province said on Monday.

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