13 Feb 2024 at 12:28 The netting scheme for solar panels will not be phased out in the coming years. The GroenLinks-PvdA senate faction, which has a decisive vote, does not support the outgoing cabinet’s plan. The netting scheme has been in place since 2004. It is intended to make the investment in solar panels … Read more
Direct: Gold futures prices fell at the close today, Friday, with investors focusing on the US Consumer Price Index data in January, scheduled to be released next Tuesday, to build expectations about when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. Gold futures prices for April delivery fell by 0.45%, or $9.2, at $2,038.7 per ounce, … Read more
Noha Makram – Live- The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, indicating underlying labor market strength despite a recent rise in layoffs. Initial unemployment claims fell by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 218,000 during the week ending February 3, the Labor Department announced Thursday. Economists in a Reuters … Read more
Live: Oil prices closed trading in global markets, today, Tuesday, at an increase in light of anticipation of geopolitical events. Nymex crude futures for March delivery rose 62 cents, or 0.85 percent, to reach $73.40 per barrel upon settlement, according to the Middle East News Agency. Brent crude futures for April delivery reached $78.61 per … Read more
Noha Makram – Live- Oil prices stabilized broadly on Tuesday, as investors awaited whether US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s tour of the Middle East would result in an end to the Gaza war, which has raised concerns about supplies from the main oil-producing region. Brent crude futures fell by 8 cents to $77.91 per … Read more
Here’s how wind farms affect our environment Here’s how wind farms affect our environment The United States, and the world, are in a race against time to shift from greenhouse gas producing energy sources to carbon free ones The United States, and the world, are in a race against time to shift from greenhouse gas … Read more
Across America, local bans, moratoriums and construction impediments are blocking wind and solar energy with increasing levels of red tape. Here’s what our analysis found. The U.S. aims to achieve 100% clean energy by 2035, but a nationwide analysis reveals that local governments are preventing green power faster than they are supporting it. At least … Read more
Opposition to Large Solar and Wind Farms Grows in Kansas Opposition to Large Solar and Wind Farms Grows in Kansas A sign reading No Industrial Solar in response to a proposed solar project in Johnson County, Kansas. (Image: Elizabeth Weise) Opposition to large solar and wind farms is on the rise in Kansas, with a … Read more
Mustafa Reda – Mubasher: American stock indices closed trading on Friday, on the rise, driven by strong gains from shares of major technology companies such as Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The Standard & Poor’s 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded new record closings, the seventh and ninth in a row for this year, … Read more
BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — A total of 510 gigawatts of newly added renewable energy capacity will be installed worldwide in 2023, with China contributing more than 50 percent of it, Pan Huimin, an official with the National Energy Commission, recently said. Pan added that China has grown into an indispensable force for driving the … Read more