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A look at Ethiopia's new mega-dam
Aljazeera   28 January 2020   Ethiopia  
<p>For Ethiopia, it holds the promise of much-needed electricity; for Egypt, the fear of a devastating water crisis.</p>
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Solar panels installed on 222 Dubai buildings
Solar panel (source: SHUTTERSTOCK)
<p>Hundreds of building owners have installed panels on rooftops under utility provider DEWA&rsquo;s initiative.</p> <p>More than 200 building owners in Dubai have installed rooftop solar panels under a pioneering initiative by the emirate&rsquo;s utility ...
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EU boasts of strides in renewable energy
UPI   10 February 2016   Europe   Europe  
European data show about a third of all member states have met their goals for renewable energy usage early. New benchmark said for years following 2020. File photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo
<p>The European Union said it nearly doubled its share of renewable energy from a 2004 benchmark and was close to meeting its target obligations for 2020.</p> <p>Eurostat, the European statistics office, said data from 2014, the last full year for which it ...
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Sheltered from biggest risks, green fuel to ride out oil crash
Reuters   08 February 2016   World   World  
Workers walk past solar panels and wind turbines (rear) at a newly-built power plant in Hami, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, September 17, 2015. REUTERS/STRINGER
<p>Green power is cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels and will buck the trend of falling investment in oil and gas as it can offer long-term returns sheltered from political risk, investors and industry analysts say.</p> <p>Oil prices have dropped by ...
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Developer of $20 million Australian-first solar thermal pilot plant predicts sunny future under Turnbull
An aerial photograph of the 3,500 mirrors of the $20 million pilot solar thermal plant on a farming property near Forbes, NSW. / Supplied: Vast Solar
<p>After hours of steady rain, there is not a ray of sunshine in sight and the mud is thick on the ground at the $20 million Jemalong pilot solar thermal plant near Forbes in central west New South Wales.</p> <p>But in a way, the fact it is overcast helps ...
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BP Expands Lower 48 Portfolio With Devon's Natural Gas-Rich Assets in San Juan Basin
NGI's Shale Daily   18 December 2015   USA   San Juan  
Annual NW New Mexico (San Juan Basin) Natural Gas Production 2003-2014
<p>BP plc's Lower 48 onshore business on Friday snapped up all of Devon Energy Corp.'s natural-gas rich San Juan Basin assets, including 480 wells spread across 33,000 gross acres, in the "first major acquisition" by the business in seven years.</p> <p>The ...
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In Utah, 'Possible Turning Point' in Fight to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
CommonDreams   17 November 2015   USA   Utah  
"Climate activists, Indigenous leaders and others are all coalescing around the need to keep fossil fuels in the ground in order to prevent catastrophic climate change," says 350.org's Jason Kowalski. (Photo: WildEarth Guardians/Twitter)
<p>Facing public uprising, the US Bureau of Land Management postpones auction of 73,000 acres of publicly owned oil and gas resources in Utah</p> <p>Where environmentalists and Indigenous activists expected to protest on Tuesday morning, they celebrated instead, ...
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‘Potential already there’ for global race to exploit Arctic resources – Kerry
Reuters   11 November 2015   Arctic   Arctic  
Russia nearly done building its biggest Arctic military base
<p>The global race for the Arctic&rsquo;s riches is already in progress and attracting military interests, according to US State Secretary John Kerry, who says Washington is keeping a close eye on China and Russia and adapting its &ldquo;national security&rdquo; ...
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Netanyahu to fast-track natural gas plan after minister resigns
in-cyprus   01 November 2015   Israel   Mediterranean coast  
Netanyahu to fast-track natural gas plan after minister resigns / in-cyprus
<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take control of the Economy Ministry to fast-track a plan to develop huge offshore natural gas deposits after a minister who had been holding up the plan stepped down.</p> <p>Economy Minister Aryeh Deri, who ...
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