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Challenge ahead: Finding $132bn to keep UK’s lights on

  Bloomberg As if managing the Brexit crisis weren’t enough, the U.K. government also needs to find £100 bn ($132 bn) to keep the lights on nationwide after 2020. With more than a dozen power plants due to close in the next decade, PM David Cameron’s government has been working to lay out incentives that will draw in money for ...

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US, Mexico, Canada pledge 50% clean power by 2025

  Bloomberg The U.S. and Mexico will commit to joining Canada in boosting their use of wind, solar and other carbon-free sources of electricity, helping North America meet an ambitious goal of generating at least 50 percent of its energy from “clean” sources by 2025. The pledge is set to be made as part of a trilateral summit of North ...

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Venezuela’s oil output decline accelerates as drillers go unpaid

  Bloomberg Venezuela’s oil output, already the lowest since 2009, is set to slide further this year as contractors scale back drilling after the cash-strapped country fell more than $1 billion behind in payments. The Latin American nation’s oil production, which generates 95 percent of export revenue, will decline by about 11 percent to 2.1 million barrels a day by ...

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