Tag: Electric Power Generation
4 months ago
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Octopus Energy Has Texas-Size Ambitions

Britain’s biggest electricity retailer is using AI in its Uber-like approach to overcome the intermittence of wind an...

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5 months ago
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ProTake: What COP Means For Companies

Renewable-capacity targets and energy-efficiency goals are clear but more needs to be done to unlock finance, phase d...

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6 months ago
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Origin’s Largest Shareholder Turns Down Chance to Join Takeover Consortium

AustralianSuper says the offer remains substantially below its estimate of Origin’s long-term value

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7 months ago
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Origin’s Largest Shareholder to Vote Against Brookfield-Led Takeover

AustralianSuper, which holds a near 14% stake in Origin, said the $10 billion proposal significantly undervalues the ...

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7 months ago
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Why the Shine Has Come Off Clean-Energy Stocks

WM, North America’s largest landfill operator, plans to invest over $2 billion in new tech, from waste-to-energy plan...

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7 months ago
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Albemarle’s Liontown Deal the Latest Threatened by Assertive Shareholders

Volatile global markets could be making it hard for buyers and shareholders to agree on asset valuations

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12 months ago
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China’s Green Revolution is Quietly Succeeding

In the biggest climate commitment made by any nation, China pledged to go carbon neutral by 2060. While it will be ch...

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about 1 year ago
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Paolo Scaroni’s Russian Ties Cause Stir at Italian Energy Company Enel

Paolo Scaroni was appointed chairman of Enel by the company’s shareholders

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about 1 year ago
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Europe’s Green-Energy Push Struggles to Match U.S. Momentum

Money is a sticking point in climate-change negotiations around the world. As economists warn that limiting global wa...

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about 1 year ago
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For Taiwan, Energy Security Would Be More Perilous Than Ukraine

As Ukraine has discovered, energy security is essential in a dangerous neighborhood

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over 1 year ago
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Global Drought Saps Hydropower, Complicating Clean-Energy Push

Dry conditions in the U.S., Europe and China have raised questions about how hydropower fits into a changing energy mix.

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over 1 year ago
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EU’s Energy Plan Beats Inaction

A perfect storm has hit European energy markets, pushing leaders to intervene. It isn’t all bad news for investors.

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over 1 year ago
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There Is Still No Bottom for China’s Economy

Solutions to the most pressing problems for China’s economy—housing and Covid-19—appear to be out of reach until afte...

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over 1 year ago
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The Sun Will Keep Shining on Chinese Solar

China’s solar firms dominate the industry and look to benefit from the global energy crisis and higher U.S. spending.

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over 1 year ago
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U.N. Inspectors Head to Ukraine Nuclear Plant as Safety Fears Grow

The International Atomic Energy Agency said a team was heading to the facility to assess damage, check safety and sec...

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almost 2 years ago
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Wind Needs More Than the Inflation Reduction Act

The new U.S. legislation and similar European initiatives will encourage renewable projects but slow approvals are th...

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almost 2 years ago
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Australia Competition Watchdog to Investigate Energy Profits Amid Soaring Prices

Australia’s competition regulator will investigate the size of energy companies’ profits and margins amid soaring ele...

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almost 2 years ago
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Tech Billionaire Brings Down Breakup Plan by Australia’s Biggest Polluter

Mike Cannon-Brookes had opposed AGL Energy’s effort to spin off its coal-fired power plants. The scrapping of the pla...

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about 2 years ago
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Atlassian Co-Founder Wants to Buy Australia’s Biggest Polluter to Make it Greener

AGL Energy rejected a takeover proposal valued at more than $3.5 billion from Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canada’s Brookf...

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over 2 years ago
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Ocean Energy Needs a Lift to Go Mainstream

The technology to harvest energy from waves and tides works, but project costs will need to come down likely with gov...

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over 2 years ago
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Nuclear Power Has a Second Chance to Prove Itself

Governments are reconsidering nuclear power, given its ability to provide predictable carbon-free energy. Fission, sp...

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over 2 years ago
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High Gas and Coal Prices Keep Renewable-Energy Rollout on Track

Build-out of wind and solar farms is accelerating as rising power prices help offset input cost inflation.

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over 2 years ago
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Chinese Stimulus Goes Green

The contours of China’s countercyclical policy are starting to become clear—and include significantly more financial ...

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over 2 years ago
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China’s Power Crisis Has Solar and Wind Companies Seeing Green

The country’s power crunch may be darkening the sky for now. But it is already shaping up as an impetus for greener e...

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over 2 years ago
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China’s Electricity Curbs Risk Wider Damage This Time

Beijing may eventually capitulate and take a step back on its emission control measures, but skyrocketing coal prices...

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over 2 years ago
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Cost Inflation Is Blowing Through the Wind Turbine Industry

Wind turbine makers have lost some of the wind in their sails this year. Investors can blame Covid delays, rising com...

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almost 3 years ago
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China’s Corporate Crackdown Drives Investors to Industries Beijing Supports

Shares of Chinese semiconductor companies, electric-vehicle manufacturers and solar-panel makers climbed over the pas...

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almost 3 years ago
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Oil and Gas Subsidies Are Under Pressure

Oil and gas investors need to stop fretting about subsidies for green energy and start worrying about hanging on to t...

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almost 3 years ago
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Growth Blowback for Wind Turbines

Wind-turbine maker Siemens Gamesa warned investors about its profits, highlighting some of the risks of a rapidly gro...

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almost 3 years ago
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Higher Oil Prices Can Only Help Shell So Much

Supermajors have traditionally used their heft to ride out price volatility, paying steady dividends through the cycl...

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almost 3 years ago
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Cash Is Good for Green Energy but a Grid Authority Is Better

Power grids seem an obvious way to ride the renewable energy wave. Cash incentives announced on both sides of the Atl...

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almost 3 years ago
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The Green Hydrogen Puzzle Is Starting to Fall Into Place

Replacing fossil fuels with green hydrogen in the economy is a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle: Once a few early piece...

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about 3 years ago
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Wallflowers of the Green Energy Boom

Energy-efficiency projects may lack the excitement of wind turbines or hydrogen but offer solid paybacks for building...

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about 3 years ago
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Oil’s Rebound Greases the Way for Energy Giants’ Green Pitch

Higher cash flows and payouts are attracting investors back to Shell and BP, giving them much-needed time to better s...

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about 3 years ago
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How to Add Gas to U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

Both the U.S. and China want to capture the renewable energy market, but on gas there is a clearer—and rare, these da...

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about 3 years ago
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China’s Green-Power Funding Is Blowing in the Wind

After a renewable-energy investment binge last year, further progress depends partly on persuading skeptical power de...

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about 3 years ago
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Carbon Capture Is Key to Companies’ Net Zero Pledges

Many companies’ plans to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions to “net zero” rely heavily on technologies to capture ...

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about 3 years ago
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Big Oil Faces Off Against Clean-Energy Giants

Competition for renewable assets is heating up as BP, Shell and Total rush into a sector dominated by more experience...

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over 3 years ago
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All Aboard the Stock-Market Solar Coaster

Much of the climb in solar stocks looks justified by growth prospects, but buyers may still be in for a bumpy ride.

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