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WWF Scotland: “Huge year” for Scottish wind industry
Wind power generated the equivalent of 97% of Scotland's household electricity needs in 2015, being a “huge year” for renewable industry, according to figures released by WWF Scotland.
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Daily: Oil prices down for a fifth consecutive day, posting 10% decline on the week
Crude oil prices plunged for a fifth consecutive day on Friday, down 10% on the week, and Goldman Sachs argued more losses were needed to oblige producers to slash supplies enough to balance the oversupply and pessimistic outlook in the market. Brent eased 20 cents to settle at $33.55 a barrel. It attained a session low of $32.78, after decreasing on Thursday to $32.16, the weakest level since April 2004. For the week, Brent shed 10 percent, just behind the 11 percent decline in the opening week of 2015, which was a record loss for oil in the first full trading week of any year. WTI closed 11 cents lower at $33.16. It dropped to $32.64 earlier in the day, after slipping to $32.10 on Thursday, its lowest level since December 2003.
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Russia’s Gazprom Neft stops purchase in Vietnam’s Dung Quat refinery
Russia's Gazprom Neft, the oil division of major global gas producer Gazprom, has stopped negotiations to purchase a 49 percent stake in the operator of Vietnam's sole oil refinery, as indicated in a business report of the state-owned oil firm PetroVietnam seen by Reuters on Monday.
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Daily: European electricity curve at fresh 13-year lows since oil price drop
Oil prices increased over 2 percent on Friday, following China shares higher after Beijing neutralized a circuit breaker mechanism that was accused for aggravating equity market crashes, even though a persistent global crude surplus kept a cap on gains.
read more... 08/01/2016
Germany: RWE vends Lynemouth electricity plant to EPH
RWE, Germany's second-largest utility, has decided to vend its Lynemouth coal-fired power plant in Britain to Czech-Slovak energy investment group EPH, it declared on Thursday.
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