Montessori school celebrates solar projects
Reno Gazette-Journal Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:43 AM PDT
Reno's High Desert Montessori School has completed two solar energy projects through NV Energy's Renewable Generations program that will ease the school's monthly power bills. |
Glimmer of hope for copper from Europe green energy target
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:40 AM PDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Expected growth in Europe's generation of renewable energy offers hope for copper demand, helping to offset a lack of appetite from builders and other traditional industrial users as economies slow. Green energy projects such as wind farms, which use large amounts of copper, are set to grow as countries aim to meet a European Union target to obtain 20 percent of power from ... |
Energy prices push up German inflation in August
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:37 AM PDT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Germany accelerated to 2.0 percent in August due to higher energy prices, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, posing a dilemma for the European Central Bank as it weighs an interest rate cut to help struggling southern states. The annual figure came in well above the consensus forecast in a Reuters poll of 31 economists for inflation of 1.8 percent in ... |
Hijacked Greek-run tanker located in Nigerian waters
Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:37 AM PDT
LOME (Reuters) - A Greek-operated oil tanker seized off Togo was tracked down on Wednesday off the coast of Nigeria under the control of pirates, the ship's operator and Togolese authorities said. The seizure early on Tuesday of the ship, which is operated by Golden Energy Management, underscored the growing risks to ships in the Gulf of Guinea, where piracy is rising but still not as common as ... |
Oil prices slip amid calls for increased output
Boston Globe Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:36 AM PDT
Crude prices slipped below $96 a barrel Wednesday after finance ministers from the world's leading industrialized economies called on oil producers to increase output and said were ready to ask the International Energy Agency to release strategic reserves. |
Cairn announces expansion in Morocco but slides 5% after figures
Guardian Unlimited Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:35 AM PDT
Oil group to pay $60m towards costs of exploration well, but investors take profits on in-line results Cairn Energy has signed a deal in Morocco as part of its move to diversify from its - so far disappointing - projects in Greenland. The company is paying $60m towards the costs of an exploration well at Foum Draa off southern Morocco in return for a 50% stake in a licence shared with a number ... |
Finding Dividend Stocks That Still Look Like Bargains
TheStreet.com Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:32 AM PDT
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Searching for yield, investors have been racing to buy dividend-paying stocks. Favorite choices include AT&T and Duke Energy, which both yield more than 4.6%, a rich payout at a time when 10-year Treasuries yield only 1.63%. Now some fund managers worry that high-yield stocks have become too rich. According to T. Rowe Price, a warning signal went off recently when ... |
Trunkline gas line proposal could hike Consumers Energy rates
Detroit Free Press Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:31 AM PDT
Gov. Rick Snyder has also filed an objection to plans by Trunkline Gas Co. to convert the natural gas line serving parts of Michigan to a line that instead transports crude oil. Snyder called the issue "vital to energy supply and reliability in Michigan, with major ramifications for the ability to heat Michigan's homes at an affordable price," Consumers Energy of Jackson said in a news release. |
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