Energy

Bloomberg Untapped offshore wind is luring Japan’s biggest commodity houses to invest in projects in Taiwan and at home, buoyed by favorable government policies that support development of the clean power. Mitsui & Co. this month bought a stake in the Taiwanese wind developer Yushan Energy Co. that gives the Tokyo-based company a 20 percent stake in a 300-megawatt offshore …

Bloomberg Embattled coal and nuclear power-plant operators stand to get a lot more money to provide capacity to the biggest US electricity grid — if they can hold on for another three years. Generators are going to make $140 a megawatt-day for the year starting in June 2021, 83 percent more than the prior year, according to the results of …

Bloomberg Generators that provide capacity to the largest US power grid are going to get paid a lot more for guaranteeing electricity when the market needs it.Suppliers to PJM Intercon nection LLC — which serves more than 65 million people from Chicago to Washington — will receive $140 a megawatt-day for the year starting in June 2021, up 83% from …

Bloomberg The Chinese government’s moves to ramp up renewable energy consumption have sparked optimism over the future of China Longyuan Power Group Corp, the country’s biggest wind power producer. Around half of the 29 analysts covering Longyuan have raised their price targets for its Hong Kong-listed stock over the past month, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Following a 29 …

Bloomberg Two of North America’s biggest pipeline companies and the top US natural gas exporter are all absorbing subsidiaries in moves aimed at curbing future tax obligations following a federal overhaul. Williams Cos. said it will buy the remaining stake in Williams Partners in a $10.5 billion all-stock deal. Cheniere Energy Inc. is buying up the partnership that holds units …

Bloomberg Just weeks after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission launched a sweeping review of its natural gas pipeline policy, its members are again split on the extent to which they should take climate change into account. In the latest clash, the commission’s Republican members voted to dismiss an environmental group’s challenge to Dominion Energy Inc.’s New Market gas pipeline in …

Bloomberg Mitsui & Co. Ltd. is buying a 50 percent stake in wind farm developer Yushan Energy Co., giving the Japanese trading house a stake in an offshore power project in Taiwan. Yushan is a unit of Enterprize Energy, which owns a 40 percent net interest in the Hai Long Offshore Wind development in the Taiwan Strait, according to an …

Bloomberg Repsol SA will no longer seek growth for its oil and gas business in preparation for the global transition to cleaner energy, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Spanish energy company is the first of its peers to make such a move. It illustrates how the industry’s strategic decisions are starting to be influenced by emissions …

Bloomberg Wildfire season in Alberta began with a blaze that cut power to a key pipeline in the oil sands, causing heavy crude prices to surge. Inter Pipeline Ltd. is in the process of restoring service to parts of its Polaris Pipeline system after power was cut to the line’s Lamont Station, the company said. The line, which carried 194,000 …

Bloomberg Ivory Coast is close to completing a deal with the local unit of France’s Eranove SA for the construction of a thermal-power plant that could expand the country’s generation capacity by almost a fifth, according to two people familiar with the matter. The 300 billion CFA franc ($530 million) gas-fired facility will be owned by Cie Ivoirienne de Production …