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...The global EV crown is up for grabs as brand loyalty towards gas-powered cars fades....
...a supplier to Samsung, Siemens, Philips and General Electric....
...fact that they continue to fund oil and gas-powered projects....
...Our in-house IP [intellectual property] is one of the most valuable things we have.”...
...Pacific Gas & Electric, blamed for sparking wildfires in California, has brought in a new CEO and 10 new directors, or 77 per cent of its board....
...DD last month went deep on how an ill-conceived bet on bankrupt power utility Pacific Gas & Electric contributed heavily to BlueMountain Capital Management’s decision in October to shutter its $2.5bn flagship...
...PG&E and its subsidiary, Pacific Gas & Electric, already had their credit ratings downgraded by the three primary rating agencies in November....
...Pacific Gas and Electric Company led the declines on the S&P 500 after the utility said on Monday it expects a “significant liability for losses” associated with fatal October wildfires in California....
...vehicles and replace coal and gas....
...Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company said on Monday that they had ordered a halt to construction of their jointly-owned project, known as the VC Summer plant, in Jenkinsville with immediate...
...Electric motors and lithium batteries drive the turbo pumps in the engine, rather than the more complex and expensive gas generators used in traditional rockets....
...co-operation by companies with activists, rather than waging a costly, and very public, battle....
...But the downturn in the nuclear sector — coupled to increased use of gas in power generation — is increasing pressure for consolidation between reactor manufacturers....
...Shell and Eni are under investigation over OPL 245 in Nigeria, Italy and the Netherlands....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...But critics say nuclear is too expensive and believe a mix of renewables and natural gas could keep the lights on at a lower cost while still reducing carbon emissions....
...“But with the bad news out for now, it would be easier to aim for a V-shaped recovery.” Despite the writedown, Toshiba maintained there was no change to the potential of its nuclear business....
...The prospect of nuclear energy at relatively low cost is certainly appealing to a number of states,which are struggling to attract equity investors but keen to limit greenhouse gas emissions and enhance...
...The co-operation could lead to Westinghouse, SNPTC and China National Nuclear Corp teaming up to tender for a UK nuclear project, Mr Moniz said....
...Energy costs will remain high and the only winners will be those selling the Japanese natural gas at spot prices....
...launched a $1.5bn pipeline project designed to provide Iranian gas to the energy-starved consumers of Pakistan. http://on.ft.com/YTG6FG Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.52% at 1,058...
...Speculation over a sale had mounted since October when Toshiba announced that Shaw Group of the US would exercise an option to sell it a 20 per cent in Westinghouse Electric, bringing the Japanese group...
...China has restarted its nuclear programme after a year-and-a-half hiatus, but said it would build “only a few” new nuclear power plants between now and 2015 as it implemented radical new safety standards...
...Much of the work will be done by Toshiba and Hitachi, which built the four ruined reactors with General Electric in the 1970s....
...No wonder that the UK’s Energy Department, which is beginning to worry about future supply, has given approval to a set of new gas powered stations, which are cheaper and can be built quickly – even if they...
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