Bloomberg France plans to recoup part of windfall profits made by electricity producers to bolster aid to companies and local governments struggling to pay rising bills. The government will take any surplus made by power generators when they sell above 180 euros ($179) per megawatt-hour, as recently agreed at a European Union level, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said. ...

  Bloomberg BP Plc plans to triple its number of offshore wind-farm workers as it expands the business to reach its green goals. Scaling up wind power is key to the UK oil giant’s plans to produce more renewable energy in the coming years to hit net-zero emissions by the middle of the century. BP aims to next year reach ...

Officially, leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the first round of Brazil’s tense presidential race on Sunday, with 48% of votes. In fact, current leader Jair Bolsonaro was the one who emerged victorious, beating the predictions of pollsters and boosted by the success of several key congressional and gubernatorial allies, who demonstrated the resilient support for his ...