Bloomberg Suzlon Energy Ltd will offer to restructure debt at a steeper discount than Indian banks have been willing to consider so far, said people familiar with the matter, pushing the wind turbine maker closer towards bankruptcy. The Pune-based company proposes to swap its 113 billion rupees ($1.6 billion) of outstanding debt into 36 billion rupees of new debt, translating …

Bloomberg A wind turbine floating off the coast in northern Portugal began transmitting electricity to the grid, a crucial step for a technology that could vastly increase the potential for offshore wind power. The WindFloat Atlantic project is backed by European energy companies EDP Renovaveis SA, Engie SA and Repsol SA and uses the floating platform developed by Principle Power …

Bloomberg Former US Energy Secretary Rick Perry is joining the board of the general partner that controls Dallas-based pipeline giant Energy Transfer LP. The move puts Perry, who departed the Energy Department in December, back at the table of one of the biggest pipeline operators in the US Billionaire Kelcy Warren’s Energy Transfer has made headlines for pursuing large projects …