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Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s government will invest nearly $1.7 billion in building projects and provide two billion pounds in energy efficiency grants in an effort to create jobs and rally the pandemic-hit UK economy. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said 300 “shovel-ready” projects will receive a share of a 900 million pound Getting Building Fund, and a further 360 million pounds will …

Bloomberg Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) is in talks with strategic investors to sell a minority stake in its fledgling gas unit. The largest electricity trading platform in India may sell as much as 49% in the venture in a series of deals, Rajiv Srivastava, chief executive officer of IEX said in an interview. The first accord may be signed in …

Bloomberg BP Plc slashed its dividend for the first time in a decade and set out new targets to accelerate its shift to greener energy after the coronavirus pandemic upended the oil business. The u-turn in its dividend policy was expected after European peer Royal Dutch Shell Plc slashed its own payout in April. Big Oil’s generous dividends have long …

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI) in Dubai Land Department (DLD) is organising the first virtual real estate conference titled ‘Real Estate post-Covid-19 – Challenges and Solutions,’ in cooperation with a number of entities in Saudi Arabia. The conference, which will be held on August 23-24, will witness the participation of a group of real estate speakers …

Bloomberg Chinese officials are considering a proposal to sell bonds to pay renewable energy subsidies owed to developers, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials have reached out to renewable industry representatives for input on the plan, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. State Grid Corp of China could be the …

Bloomberg Vitol Group paid a record $2.2 billion to its executives and staff through share buybacks last year, an unusually large payout that comes as the oil trader undergoes a generational transition in leadership. The buyback — Vitol’s main way of rewarding about 350 top employees who own the privately-held company — means the trading house has distributed a total …

Bloomberg An explosion at an Arizona energy storage facility last year was started by a defective battery cell that overheated and caused a buildup of flammable gas, according to a report. Firefighters unintentionally ignited the gas on April 19 last year when they opened a door to the facility located near Phoenix, Arizona, according to the report released by Pinnacle …

Bloomberg NRG Energy Inc is making its boldest push yet into the retail electricity business, cementing a strategy overhaul that started three years ago. The power supplier said it’s buying Centrica Plc’s Direct Energy unit in a $3.6 billion deal that will nearly double the number of homes and businesses it serves across North America. It’s NRG’s biggest acquisition in …

Bloomberg FirstEnergy Corp’s chief executive officer pushed to distance the company from its former unit that owns nuclear plants benefiting from an Ohio state law at the crux of an alleged racketeering and bribery conspiracy. CEO Charles Jones said the company hasn’t had control of decisions made by its former FirstEnergy Solutions unit, now Energy Harbor, since November 2016. And …

Bloomberg Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan said he’s in talks with the US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette about finding a path to move ahead with oil pipeline projects, the Globe & Mail reported. “He’s somebody who’s been in the energy business and with the energy department for quite some time. He does have that understanding so we do …