US sets new duties on solar imports from Southeast Asia
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday announced anti-subsidy countervailing duties on solar cells imported by companies in Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand that were lower than some expected for several major Chinese producers.
The announcement is the first of two preliminary decisions expected by the Commerce Department this year in a trade case brought by South Korea's Hanwha Qcells, Arizona-based First Solar and several smaller companies seeking to protect billions of dollars in investments in U.S. solar manufacturing.
Big oil's big payouts under strain as energy prices fall
Major energy companies are set to borrow billions to maintain shareholder payouts or cut the rate of share repurchases in the face of a drop in oil prices after more than two years of bumper profits, Ron Bousso in London reports.
The 2024 disinflation lesson: ignore oil at your peril
In today's digital and services-dominated economy, one might be forgiven for buying into the narrative that oil no longer has any real bearing on inflation.
That would be a mistake, argues colleague Jamie McGeever.
TotalEnergies touts low-cost oil, long-term LNG to investors
French oil major TotalEnergies told investors on Wednesday it would focus on low-cost upstream production and signing oil-linked gas contracts to operate profitably and reward shareholders through 2030 as prices fall.
Corrosion exceeds estimates at Michigan nuclear plant
Holtec, the company wanting to reopen the Palisades nuclear reactor in Michigan, found corrosion cracking in steam generators "far exceeded" estimates, the U.S. nuclear power regulator said in a document published on Wednesday.
Steam generators are sensitive components that require meticulous maintenance and are among the most expensive units at a nuclear power station. The findings raise questions about Holtec's plan to restore output from the facility as soon as next year.
UK's last coal plant shutdown bodes well for US LNG exports
United States exporters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are likely cheering the shutdown of the last coal-fired power plant in the United Kingdom, as the move locks in long-term gas demand by the world's sixth largest economy.
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