Bloomberg Anyone following clean energy knew this could be a tough year for solar. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. just put a grim number on how bad. The pace of global installations will contract by 24 percent in 2018, Goldman analysts said in research note. That’s far more dire than 3 percent decline forecast by Bloomberg NEF in the bleakest of ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration’s decision to consider tariffs on uranium imports may raise the cost of fuel for nuclear reactors and undermine a separate initiative to shore up struggling electricity generators. The Commerce Department said it will probe whether uranium imports “threaten to impair” national security. US miners Energy Fuels Inc and Ur-Energy Inc, which requested the probe in January, ...

Bloomberg Israel’s air force carried out strikes against Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip after Palestinian snipers shot and killed an Israeli soldier at the border, amid warnings that the conflict was sliding towards war. Hamas, the group that rules the Gaza Strip, said that four of its members were killed in the air strikes. The Israel Defense Forces said ...