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South Africa fights to keep phone networks up as lights go out

On a recent Friday morning north of Johannesburg, the head of South Africa's largest telecoms company surveyed the arsenal of backup systems keeping just one of his 15,000 network towers online amid the worst power cuts on record.

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Octopus Energy invests in Japanese solar power developer

Octopus Energy's generation arm has invested in Japanese solar power developer Yotsuya Capital to develop new solar farms in Japan over the next five years, in its first investment in Asian renewables generation since it entered the market in 2020.

United-kingdom , Japan , Tokyo , Yotsuya , Nagano , London , City-of , Japanese , British , Nina-chestney , Conor-humphries , Thomson-reuters-trust-principles

Acciona, Nordex team up for green hydrogen projects in US, Latin America, Africa

Spanish engineering firm Acciona and Germany's Nordex said on Friday they teamed up to develop green hydrogen projects within the next 10 years in the United States, Latin America and Africa.

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GE settles wind turbine patent disputes with Siemens Gamesa

General Electric Co has settled all its outstanding wind turbine technology patent disputes in the United States and Europe with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A , the companies said on Friday.

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PetroChina expects oil demand recovery after record 2022 profit

PetroChina , said on Thursday that it expects Chinese refined fuel demand to rise 3% this year from pre-COVID levels in 2019 and that of natural gas to be up 5.5% from last year, after reporting a record net profit for 2022.

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Exclusive: Canada budget to have tax credit for equipment used to produce EVs -sources

Canada will introduce in its budget next week a 30% investment tax credit to boost clean-tech manufacturing, especially in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, two government sources familiar with the document said on Thursday.

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SunPower launches home solar financing aimed at lower-income homeowners

Residential solar company SunPower Corp on Wednesday said it would launch a new financial services division aimed at making rooftop panels affordable for more U.S. homeowners.

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EXCLUSIVE SEC probes Tesla over whistleblower claims on solar panel defects

The U.S. securities regulator has opened an investigation into Tesla Inc over a whistleblower complaint that the company failed to properly notify its shareholders and the public of fire risks associated with solar panel system defects over several years, according to a letter from the agency.

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Tin surge worsens supply chain woes for electronics, solar and auto firms

Tin prices have nearly doubled from a year ago and are on course for their biggest annual rise in over 30 years, stinging big users of the soldering agent such as electronics firms, utilities, solar panel makers and appliance manufacturers.

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EFT, China's DEC sign $49 mln deal to build solar plant in Bosnia

Power trader and operator Energy Financing Team (EFT) has signed an agreement on the construction of a 60-megawatt (MW) solar plant in Bosnia with China's Dongfang Electric International Corporation (DEC), the EFT said in a statement on Friday.

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