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Abrupt Turn: BP Seeks to Focus on Core Business to Boost Investor Interest – Selling Its Onshore Wind Business

Energy major to sell its onshore wind business in the US Firm to divest part of gas-pipeline stake in $1 billion deal BP Plc on Monday announced plans to sell its onshore wind business in the US as the oil and gas giant scales back its exposure to renewables and focuses on its core business. Earlier in the …

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Offshore Wind Proponents Back Harris as Political Risk Mounts

Fundraiser in Midtown Manhattan draws clean-energy advocates Trump has vowed to target offshore wind development if elected Offshore wind proponents gathered in Manhattan on Monday evening to throw support — and dollars — behind Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, underscoring mounting concerns about the electoral risk hanging over the nascent US industry. About 70 to 80 …

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High Fossil Fuel Use Highlights U.S. Power Transition Challenge

(Reuters) – Fossil fuels continue to rule the roost in the United States’ power sector, despite clean energy sources being rolled out at the fastest pace in history. For the past decade, U.S. power generators have prioritized clean power sources over fossil fuels, and since 2014 they have lifted clean electricity generation capacity by over …

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U.S. to Spend $7.3 Billion on Rural Clean Energy Projects

(Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday said the U.S. will spend $7.3 billion from 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act to fund clean energy projects helmed by rural electric cooperatives. The 16 funded projects will reduce energy costs and increase reliability for rural Americans, who tend to pay more for energy, the White House said. …

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BP Stock Falls Behind Shell as Investors Shy Away From Green Energy

BP shares have slumped 12% since the end of March, while Shell has risen 3.4% Bloomberg News London’s old-school oil stocks are no longer moving in tandem, as BP Plc underperforms Shell Plc due to concerns over the former’s green-energy transition and the outlook for earnings and shareholder payouts. August is set to mark the fifth-straight month that BP …

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Trump Would Axe Biden Clean Power Rules, Speed Power Plant Approvals, Campaign Says

Donald Trump would rescind many of President Joe Biden’s clean energy rules while also speeding approvals of power plants to meet the nation’s rising electricity demands, the Republican’s presidential campaign said on Thursday. Should he win the Nov. 5 election, Trump would axe clean energy regulations of Biden and his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, …

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Global Solar Generation Overtakes Wind for Longest Ever Stretch

By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Global electricity generation from solar farms has exceeded generation from wind farms since May, marking the longest ever stretch when solar power has been the top source of utility-scale renewable electricity worldwide. Solar electricity generation exceeded wind generation in May by 1.65 terawatt hours (TWh), and …

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U.S. Clean Energy Jobs Growth Rate Double That of Overall Jobs, Report Says

(Reuters) – Jobs in the U.S. clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country’s overall jobs, and unionization in clean energy surpassed for the first time the rate in the wider energy industry, the Energy Department said on Wednesday. Employment in clean energy businesses – including wind, solar, …

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The Wind Power Industry Isn’t Over Its Gloom Loop Yet

Today, reporter Will Mathis examines the ongoing troubles facing the wind power industry.  Just when things were starting to look up for wind power, new troubles are pulling it back down. In recent years, soaring inflation, supply-chain chaos and rapidly rising interest rates shocked turbine manufacturers and their customers, upending a business model that depended on cheap …

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Denmark’s North Sea Energy Island Delayed Again by High Costs

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Denmark will delay by at least three more years construction of a planned North Sea energy island to supply renewable power to three million European households, a government minister said on Wednesday, citing rising costs and high interest rates. The projected investment exceeds 200 billion Danish crowns …

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