VIENNA / WAM The 2017 OPEC World Oil Outlook (WOO) has been launched at the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna, with expectations that total primary energy demand is set to increase by 35 percent in the period to 2040. First published in 2007, the WOO offers a thorough review and assessment of the medium- and long-term prospects to 2040 for the ...

Bloomberg NRG Energy Inc., the largest US independent power producer, is seeking to borrow about $350 million to build three solar farms in Hawaii it acquired from bankr-upt clean-energy giant SunEdison Inc., according to people familiar with the deal. CIT Group Inc. is leading the deal, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized ...

Bloomberg Tongwei Co. plans to spend 12 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) to build two solar-cell factories that would make the Chin- ese firm the world’s big- gest manufacturer of products that generate electricity from the sun. The company’s Tongwei Solar Energy (Hefei) unit will set up one plant in the eastern city of Hefei and a second in the southwestern ...