Energy

Bloomberg China’s Trina Solar Ltd., one of largest panel manufacturers, says it’s well insulated from the growing trade dispute with the US. The reason: the last trade dispute with the US. When the US imposed anti-dumping penalties on solar panels imported from China under President Barack Obama, Trina built factories in Thailand and Vietnam to serve American customers, said Steven ...

Bloomberg Texas drillers may have found a solution to the stubborn natural gas glut that’s forced them to either burn it off into the air, or pay others to take it away. At least five producers, led by EOG Resources Inc., are experimenting with shooting highly-pressurised natural gas into past-their-prime wells that have seen their output slip. The wells are ...

Bloomberg Total SA is positioning itself as Angola’s top foreign operator in the country’s efforts to revive oil production from the lowest level in more than a decade. The French energy giant could one day operate about 40 percent of the nation’s production, and is considering an additional investment of as much as $10 billion, according to Chief Executive Officer ...

Bloomberg JinkoSolar Holding Co., the world’s biggest solar panel maker, sees China’s photovoltaic power additions slumping this year and a greater share of its revenue coming from overseas amid uncertainties over Beijing’s new policies. China may add 30 to 40 gigawatts of solar power in 2019, down from 44 gigawatts the previous year, Vice President Qian Jing said in an ...

Bloomberg The Ohio House of Representatives approved a measure that would subsidise the state’s struggling coal and nuclear plants after lobbying from a member of President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. Bob Paduchik, who also led the Ohio Trump campaign in 2016, called lawmakers urging them to support the legislation and stressing that the president was behind it as well, according ...

Bloomberg The US has a message for the rest of the world: Get ready for a lot more “freedom gas.” The country’s growing muscle as a natural gas exporter isn’t only seen by the Trump administration as an economic boon at home — it’s also viewed as a foreign policy tool. That view was articulated as the Department of Energy ...

Bloomberg Total SA, the only oil major exploring for crude in the Democratic Republic of Congo, indicated it’s pulling out of a block in the central African nation, one of its partners said. The French company has been searching for oil in Block 3 in eastern Congo since March 2011. Its license for the field, near the border with Uganda, ...

Bloomberg China is mobilising its vast state-run energy industry to prepare for an economic tussle with the US that could escalate further and might last for years. Top oil executives were busy this week touting the need for energy security, and even discussing the previously far-fetched notion that the nation could be cut off from overseas supplies. The public comments ...

Bloomberg Canadian Natural Resources Ltd has evacuated its Pelican Lake and Woodenhouse operations in northern Alberta in the first major shut-in of oil production triggered by wildfires this year. The producer removed all 240 people working in the two sites, halting a combined 65,000 barrels a day of heavy crude, according to a statement. Three years ago, blazes razed entire ...

Bloomberg India’s largest green energy company, ReNew Power Ltd, is considering raising funds through asset sales, after shelving plans for an initial public offering. Backed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the company has renewable assets of over 7 gigawatts, of which more than 4 gigawatts are operational. It makes sense to sell some assets when “the ability to execute and ...