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El Dorado County to get hydropower projectsThe El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors Monday approved two hydropower projects in the district's 2009-2013 capital improvement program, and authorized funding for the projects' design phases.
Biz Journal Tuesday, August 25, 2009More green IPOs forecastedTransAlta Corp.a s desire to scoop up Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. may do more than drive up the price of other
renewable energy companies.
Topix.net Tuesday, August 25, 2009The Gas Co. commits to renewable energyBiz Journal Tuesday, August 25, 2009Climate bill called blow to U.S. jobs, refiningProposed climate
change legislation would deal a particularly harsh blow to the U.S. refining industry, leading to less U.S. investment by the sector, a drop in production, lost jobs and more fuel imports from foreign refiners not subject to the same restrictions, an oil industry-backed study says.
Houston Chronicle Tuesday, August 25, 2009Things get hot at FPL rate-hike hearingState utility regulators have removed a top staffer from all cases because he attended a social function at the home of a Florida Power & Light Co.
Topix.net Tuesday, August 25, 2009Iraq: Opec to leave September oil output unchangedHussain al-Shahristani, Iraq's Oil Minister, does not believe Opec needs to raise oil production in September. Speaking to Reuters, he said he saw "absolutely no need" to increase output. While signs of a global economic recovery would lead to increased oil demand in the near future, current crude reserves are higher than they have been in the previous five years, he said.
AME Tuesday, August 25, 2009Kuwaiti crude exports to China riseAccording to figures by the Chinese government, Kuwait's crude oil exports to China rose 11.8% in July from a year earlier, to 609,500 tonnes. It is equivalent to around 144,000 barrels per day (bpd). Kuwait had provided 3.1% of China's total crude oil imports, compared with 4% in the same month of last year and 3.2% in June, the figures showed. Kuwait's exports in the first seven months of 2009 had totalled 4.67 million tonnes (161,000bpd), up 77.8% from the same period last year.
AME Tuesday, August 25, 2009Saudi gasoline imports remain highSaudi Arabia has imported 51,114 barrels per day (bpd) of gasoline this month, more than expected by traders, due to stockpiling ahead of Ramadan, Reuters has
reported. It was expected to reduce its gasoline imports to 15,000 barrels a day, but bought spot barrels because of start-up problems at the new residual fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) unit at Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical (PetroRabigh), industry sources said.
AME Tuesday, August 25, 2009Robert Scheer: UBS scandal may ensnare Phil GrammIN recent days, yet another wealthy private customer of the Swiss-based banking conglomerate UBS admitted to criminal fraud in a growing parade of perp walks that could extend into the thousands.
Topix.net Tuesday, August 25, 2009Australian Senate Passes Renewable Energy Target BillAustralia's upper house has passed a climate
change bill, effectively mandating a renewables portfolio standard that should establish a 20% contribution to electricity production from renewables by 2020.
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