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FILE PHOTO: Oil rigs are seen in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
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Record US heat, hurricanes could roil fuel prices as oil refiners sweat

Extreme weather events hit oil refineries and production capacities while peak travel season pushes demand higher.

FILE PHOTO: A Hurricane warning sign is pictured in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. July 7, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo
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Texas energy industry braces for Beryl as hurricane makes landfall

Hurricane Beryl threatens disruption to energy industry as key ports closed and production sites evacuated.

Owner Petroineos announced the oil refinery at Grangemouth would be shut after spring next year (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Grangemouth ‘should be home to energy industries of future’

Scottish politicians push for Grangemouth future to be secured as oil refinery faces closure next year.

FILE PHOTO: The Houston Ship Channel, part of the Port of Houston, is seen in Pasadena, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2019.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
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U.S. Coast Guard says Hurricane Beryl may shut oil ports

Port closures could bring to a temporary halt shipments of crude oil to refineries and motor fuels from those plants.

FILE PHOTO: Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., November 29, 2023. Noah Berger/AWS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Talen asks US regulators to reject challenge to Amazon data center deal

The deal is being opposed by a group of electric utilities that say the agreement could raise power bills for the general public.

Data centres, particularly those that power artificial intelligence programs, are driving surging demand for electricity (AFP)
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Is AI a major drain on the world’s energy supply?

When Google announced this week that its climate emissions had risen by 48 percent since 2019, it pointed the finger at artificial intelligence

Electrical pylons and power lines are seen in Yanqing district of Beijing, China December 17, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/ File Photo
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Analysis: China, struggling to make use of a boom in energy storage, calls for even more

To meet Beijing's 2030 energy targets, local governments have required renewable energy plants to build storage, driving rapid capacity growth

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Suncor oil sands site shut because of nearby wildfire: Alberta minister

Suncor Energy has shut down the 215,000 bpd project as a precaution due to a wildfire burning about eight kilometres away.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during a press conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Wilkinson says he expects between 20 and 25 commercial-scale carbon capture and storage projects to break ground in Canada within the next decade.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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More carbon capture projects to be green-lit soon: Canada’s Natural Resources Minister

Minister Wilkinson says he expects between 20 and 25 commercial-scale carbon capture and storage projects to break ground in Canada within the next...

FILE PHOTO: Electric vehicle chargers from Electrify America are shown in a shopping center parking lot in Oceanside, California, U.S.,October 19, 2023.     REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Industry groups target California’s electric car targets in Supreme Court showdown

Energy companies, corn growers and industry associations have long opposed strong environmental rules in California.

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