General Electric Corp. said Monday it signed an agreement with Nigeria's government to potentially build and operate power plants in the electricity-starved nation...
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Faulty battery packs will cost A123 $55 million
The bad news continues for A123 Systems. The company announced this morning that a defect in some of its battery cells could affect all of the battery packs produced by...
White House: Oil companies don’t need 'wasteful' tax breaks
The White House officially endorsed a Democrat-backed bill to repeal billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks Monday, arguing that major oil companies don’t need...
Republicans setting up showdown over oil tax breaks on Senate floor
Senate GOP leaders are urging their members not to bottle up Democrat-backed legislation to repeal oil industry tax breaks, a move designed to allow a freewheeling floor...
Oil discovered in Kenya for first time
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The president of Kenya says that oil has been discovered for the first time in his East Africa nation.
Second-to-last reactor taken offline in Japan
TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima power plant, shut its last operating nuclear reactor on Monday for...
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GE buys up Irish power line monitoring company
One benefit of GE launching its smart grid challenge last year is that it's created a decent potential shopping list. This morning GE said it has acquired one of its...
A123 supplies 20 MW battery for 'hybrid power plant' in Chile
Lithium ion battery company A123 Systems today said that it will supply a 20-megawatt battery for grid storage in northern Chile, one of the larger projects to use...
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General Electric Co. plans to sink more than $2 billion into its efforts in China through 2012 as the conglomerate looks to tackle the country's pressing energy and...
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General Electric Co. is expanding its energy business by tapping into the growing reliance of utilities and factories on natural gas. The addition Wednesday of privately...
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