Bloomberg The worst start to the year for Nordic electricity prices in more than a decade is delighting consumers, dividing central bankers and hurting utilities. Nordic futures have plunged by more than half this year, outpacing declines in everything from oil to US natural gas and agricultural commodities. The impact of that economic tailwind is likely to grow in the …

Bloomberg Vietnam may scale back a plan to boost coal’s role in its power generation as financial restrictions and local environmental concerns make it more difficult to build plants. The National Steering Committee for Power Development has recommended eliminating about 15 gigawatts of planned new coal plants by 2025 due to slow progress and the unwillingness of some regions to …

Bloomberg Sentiment in South Africa’s manufacturing industry fell to the lowest level in more than a decade in February as the prospect of continued power cuts and concern about the global economy weighed on confidence. That makes the recovery of an economy that the government estimates expanded at the slowest pace in 10 years in 2019 even more challenging. Absa …