Crude oil prices closed up for a third straight day in row on Wednesday as buyers neglected a record high in U.S. crude inventories to focus on an OPEC plan to freeze output. Brent futures rose 12 cents to close at $36.93 a barrel. They have climbed more than $1.80, or 5 percent, since Friday's settlement. U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures edged 26 cents higher at $34.66 a barrel. Only in mid-February, WTI plunged to a 2003 low of $26.05.
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GE was selected by Mechelen-based Belgian Eco Energy (BEE) to build a 215MW biomass-fired power plant in Ghent, Belgium.
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Finland’s government plans to allocate 80 million euros ($88 million) in aid to biofuel and new energy technology projects to meet its climate goals by 2030.
read more... 26/02/2016
Crude oil prices declined 4 percent on Friday, with Brent falling for a third consecutive week, as a record high in U.S. crude inventories aggravated worries that a plan to freeze output will have a low contribution in reducing massive oil supplies. A decrease in the U.S. equity market also weighed on crude. Brent crude lost $1.27, or 3.7 percent, to settle at $33.01 a barrel. U.S. crude fell $1.13, also ending 3.7 percent lower at $29.64.
read more... 22/02/2016
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will back the initiative of top producers to freeze output levels in case of a deal by OPEC members and Russia, helping to halt a slide in crude prices that has pushed them to their lowest point in more than a decade.
read more... 19/02/2016