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Public backs move to green home heating but more government support is needed, research shows

Members of the public are open to using alternative green heating, and are willing to tolerate the inconvenience of having it installed. But...

FILE PHOTO: Xcel Energy's Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant is seen in Monticello, Minnesota, U.S. March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Adam Bettcher/File Photo
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Ban on Russian uranium helps US build nuclear fuel capacity

The U.S. has about three or four years to stand up new uranium conversion and enrichment capacity and replace Russian imports.

FILE PHOTO: Green foliage underneath Electricity Pylons divides two sections of burnt out forest in the aftermath of the Bootleg Fire, in Sycan Estates, Oregon, U.S., July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/File Photo
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Analysis: Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp utility singed by wildfires

PacifiCorp faces billions of dollars in potential liabilities from wildfires that have scorched thousands of acres in Oregon and California.

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US court lifts block on $655m clean-energy transmission line

The Cardinal-Hickory Creek high voltage transmission line will connect more than 160 renewable energy projects to the Midwestern energy grid.

FILE PHOTO: Macquarie Group's corporate logo is pictured on the wall of the Sydney headquarters after the Australian bank's full year results were announced, May 6, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
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Macquarie posts 32% fall in profit as energy markets stabilise

Australia's Macquarie Group annual profits down after years of blockbuster results due to volatile European energy markets and heightened fossil fuel demand in...

da's latest greenhouse gas emissions report shows progress toward meeting its next target in 2030 but there is still a very long way to go. A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto, on Monday, April 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Latest national emissions report shows signs of progress toward Canada’s 2030 goal

Canada's latest greenhouse-gas emissions report shows the country making progress toward meeting its next target in 2030, but there is still a very...

FILE PHOTO: China's President Xi Jinping speaks at the "Senior Chinese Leader Event" held by the National Committee on US-China Relations and the US-China Business Council on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 15, 2023.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool/File Photo
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Xi’s trip to Europe may lay bare West’s divisions over China strategy

Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe at a time when the EU is threatening to hammer China's EV and green energy industries...

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows the Argentine Modular Elements Power Plant (CAREM), which is the small modular reactor (SMR) project at the most advanced stage of construction worldwide, in Lima, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina August 1, 2023. CNEA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Argentina budget cuts hit nuclear energy ambitions, atomic body says

Argentina's small module reactor project under threat, says nuclear body, with no budget increase under President Javier Milei's cost-cutting measures.

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Quanta Services lifts annual forecasts on strong power demand

Construction engineers Quanta Services revenue grows as US pushes for better infrastructure to cope with EVs and data centers.

FILE PHOTO: A view of the turbines at Orsted's offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo
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Wind farm developer Ørsted confident after Q1 profit rises

Danish offshore specialists Ørsted Q1 profits boosted by higher earnings and ramping up efforts in Taiwan and New York.

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