Sentences with phrase «investment by energy companies»

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The phrase was used by a former Shell CEO to describe the company's experimental strategy in an earlier round of investments in renewable energy.

In 2001, with an investment of $ 1 million, Army vet Hulburt co-founded Rex Energy, an independent energy outfit he grew into a $ 300 million company by buying up oil and gas fields before taking it public inEnergy, an independent energy outfit he grew into a $ 300 million company by buying up oil and gas fields before taking it public inenergy outfit he grew into a $ 300 million company by buying up oil and gas fields before taking it public in 2007.

The NOCs are being approached by lawyers and investment bankers not just from Calgary but from Houston and Melbourne too, seeking patient capital for long - timeline projects while equity prices for energy companies have been steadily sinking on stock markets despite the high price of oil.

The other three nominees are John Lipinski and Bob Alexander who have worked with refining company CVR Energy Inc, which is majority owned by Icahn, and Randolph Read, who has worked with investment fund Nevada Strategic Credit Iinvestment fund Nevada Strategic Credit InvestmentInvestment.

At these levels, Canadian energy companies are expected to reduce investment again, albeit by less than half 2015's drop in percentage terms.

The company, which plans to acquire energy companies, was formed by Carlyle Investment Management.

Investments by Chinese state - owned or state - directed companies have targeted sensitive industries such as nuclear energy, transport infrastructure, energy, telecommunications, and real estate.

Represented a manager of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainability investments in all aspects of its business, including a management company recapitalization, the continuous public offering of its fund client's interests, and an adviser examination by the SEC.

Low energy prices in early 2015 and shrinking long - term investments in energy infrastructure by many multinational companies may remove some of these barriers in order to foster new cross-border investments.

Any investments recommended by Energy & Resources Digest should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company.

Cation is led by Sandy Edmonstone, a former Macquarie Capital Markets investment banker who, along with others, played a pivotal role in ensuring debenture holders of Twin Butte Energy received full value when that company entered receivership in 2016.

New York landowners blocked from cashing in on the natural gas boom by the state's just - announced fracking ban may fight back in court, but experts say energy companies are unlikely to spend their money and time on lawsuits when they've already lost their investments.

Gibson has countered Eldridge's accusations of being under the influence of corporate money, especially in regards to his positions on energy, by pointing to his challengers» own investments in oil and gas companies and his acceptance of individual contributions from wealthy corporate executives.

With that model in mind, the following thoughts illustrate some of the promising ways in which a financial investment in the Center could be complemented by a synergistic investment in time, energy, and expertise by a cadre of highly motivated company staff: • Collaborating as a thought partner around two of our core principles.

The U.S. has more diversified industry sector profiles in both investment - grade and high - yield indices; besides Banks and Other Financial, the Service Company industry, including pharmaceuticals and retail stores, has a sizeable representation, followed by Manufacturing and Energy Company (see Exhibit 2).

Direct investments in MLPs could provide more favorable tax treatment than you'd get by investing in an energy fund or by buying a specific energy company's stock.

Investing in the energy sector can be riskier than other types of investment activities because of a range of factors, including price fluctuation caused by real and perceived inflationary trends and political developments, and the cost assumed by energy companies in complying with environmental safety regulations.

The continuing effect would be us becoming world leaders in these and other clean power technologies, many Americans finding permanent good employment, the US becoming a little more energy secure, and investment in the US stock market would also be assisted upward by the effect of American companies gearing up for the manufacturing, sales, and educational needs.

Take a hard look at T. Boone Pickens (wind and alternative), Soros (mining companies, by bribing international powers to close competing mines for polution), and Gore (alternative energy investment company).

Given the financial stakes, it is little wonder that alternative - energy companies, «green» investment firms, and biofuel producers are lobbying hard for more government largesse, and marketing their cause directly to the public by highlighting its supposed benefits for the environment, energy security, and even employment — none of which withstand scrutiny.

Well, according to the latest results of United Nations Environment Programme's 9th «Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 Report», created by the Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre and the research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global investments in renewable energy have grown 17 %, resulting -LSEnergy Investment 2014 Report», created by the Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre and the research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global investments in renewable energy have grown 17 %, resulting -LSEnergy Finance, the global investments in renewable energy have grown 17 %, resulting -LSenergy have grown 17 %, resulting -LSB-...]

The agreement goes beyond just building the solar energy plants themselves, since Ferrostaal Ferrostaal is 70 per cent owned by Abu Dhabi's government - owned International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

Google is already well known for putting its significant power behind clean energy technologies, including their work in solar power, wind energy investments and their data centers being powered by hydro - electricity, which lead to the creation of Google Energy, a company that has federal support to sell and buy electrenergy technologies, including their work in solar power, wind energy investments and their data centers being powered by hydro - electricity, which lead to the creation of Google Energy, a company that has federal support to sell and buy electrenergy investments and their data centers being powered by hydro - electricity, which lead to the creation of Google Energy, a company that has federal support to sell and buy electrEnergy, a company that has federal support to sell and buy electricity.

Utilities and energy companies are realizing that coal is an increasingly bad investment — that was definitely the case with Brayton Point, which had just been purchased by new owners who quickly determined that keeping the plant running didn't make economic sense.

When a billion dollar investment by any of the major oil companies could make liquid fluoride thorium reactors a reality in a few years, you have to ask yourselves about whether they really care about producing energy or whether they only care about producing a certain kind of energy.

In recent years, other companies targeted by shareholder activists have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase investments in renewable energy, use more sustainable ingredients and packaging, or hold discussions on implementing take - back policies for electronics recycling.

He served as Director of Energy and Environment Programs at Vulcan, Inc, the investment and project - management company founded by Paul G. Allen.

Usual investment criteria may not deliver the super low - cost, clean, renewable energy soon enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change,» said Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, «Google.org's hope is that by funding research on promising technologies, investing in promising new companies, and doing a lot of R&D ourselves, we may help spark a green electricity revolution that will deliver breakthrough technologies priced lower than coal.»

Barclays is withdrawing its investments from fracking company Third Energy, according to a response by Chairman John McFarlane to a 70,000 - strong petition against fracking that was presented to him at the company's AGM in May.

These companies are benefiting from the huge investments needed to explore, produce, process and transport oil and gas unlocked from previously inaccessible dense rock formations through advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, according to the findings by Houston - based energy analyst firm IHS.

Both private and government - owned utility companies can leverage the recently - extended federal tax credits to encourage additional investments in renewable energy by their individual customers.

The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is being built 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast by E.ON, Canadian energy infrastructure company Enbridge and a consortium comprising of the Green Investment Group, Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 and the Universities Superannuation Scheme.

By late 2011, new solar farms began supplying clean and renewable power to Thailand, and the entrepreneur and her company have attracted over $ 800 million for their clean energy investments in the country.

Rather than engage the climate policy proposals I and others have put forward — like substituting prizes for subsidies, reducing regulatory barriers for alternative energies, increasing industry's carbon efficiency, and promoting efficiency gains in developing nations where such investments are most cost effective — they attack a straw man of «conservative orthodoxy that global warming can be overcome by private companies operating in free markets with little or no help from the government.»

A sizable portion of Klein's funds come from the IPOC Group, an international growth fund owned by Russian minister of telecommunications and Putin friend Leonid Reiman; Spectrum Partners, a Moscow - based energy investment firm with major assets in Russian oil and gas; Rosneft, the Russian - government - owned oil and gas giant that is one of Wakefield's largest clients; and other Russian companies.

A quote from a letter from a wind company to the Ontario MOE suggests that a «consistent position» be adopted by both parties: It might be easily inferred that health complaints needed to be «managed,» as part of the investment in the long goal of Green Energy Plans for Ontario.

Wind energy is set to expand rapidly, with the American Wind Energy Association projecting $ 10 billion in investments over the next decade, thanks to the RPS targeted by ALEC and its dirty companies through loyal politicians like Senator energy is set to expand rapidly, with the American Wind Energy Association projecting $ 10 billion in investments over the next decade, thanks to the RPS targeted by ALEC and its dirty companies through loyal politicians like Senator Energy Association projecting $ 10 billion in investments over the next decade, thanks to the RPS targeted by ALEC and its dirty companies through loyal politicians like Senator Seitz.

«New York has been a national solar leader, eliciting over a billion dollars in investments by solar companies to help create a cleaner more reliable energy system for New York,» said Valessa Souter - Kline, Policy Coordinator at the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYenergy system for New York,» said Valessa Souter - Kline, Policy Coordinator at the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYEnergy Industries Association (NYSEIA).

According to the company's framework document, in its own operations Goldman Sachs expects to become carbon neutral during this year, and 100 % powered by renewable energy by 2020 - also «targeting» US$ 2 billion of investment into its operations by that year.

Chevron and other giant energy companies are demanding a TTIP investment chapter that will allow them to sue governments if environmental or other regulations interfere with their expected future profits by, for example, restricting oil and gas drilling, imposing pollution and oil spill controls or constraining the use of hydraulic fracking techniques to extract natural gas and oil from shale formations.

The Feed in Tariff is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in Renewable Energy, the California FiT allows eligible customers generators to enter into 10 - 15 - 20 - year contracts with their utility company to sell the electricity produced by renewable energy, and guarantees that anyone who generates electricity from R E source, whether Homeowner, small business, or large utility, is able to sell that electrEnergy, the California FiT allows eligible customers generators to enter into 10 - 15 - 20 - year contracts with their utility company to sell the electricity produced by renewable energy, and guarantees that anyone who generates electricity from R E source, whether Homeowner, small business, or large utility, is able to sell that electrenergy, and guarantees that anyone who generates electricity from R E source, whether Homeowner, small business, or large utility, is able to sell that electricity.

Though Wall Street and investment banks have been getting hit hard by public criticism over the last few months, most wind farm projects and solar panel companies will look for private investment to generate an upswing of output — and if investors aren't willing to invest, the equity side of renewable energy deals could find itself in a complete standstill.

The company's environmental policy is also nothing to sneeze at: It is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative Energy & Climate Change Working Group and has trimmed carbon dioxide emissions by over 10 percent since 2006, with an investment of over a cool $ 2 million.

Responsible action by the fossil energy companies would also have included vigorous investments to assess the feasibility of carbon capture and storage technologies.

Among them, about $ 3 trillion in global investments — including enormous funds like the California state pension fund — could find themselves busted by «stranded assets,» as the fuel reserves that energy companies calculate into their net worth would need to stay unused to avert the worst of climate change.

Reciprocating the praise lavished by Apple, Ibiden's Managing Director for Environment Group Kyoichi Yamanaka noted that the investments in new and innovative clean energy are an example of the company's commitment to doing business responsibly and economically.

Unlike other renewable energy sources in Germany, most of which are owned by citizens, cooperatives, and smaller operators, offshore wind, which requires high investment, is largely owned by major energy companies (see → The Big Four).

Italian law firm Picciau Sagramoso has advised Austep, an Italian engineering company specialized in Water & Wastewater Treatment (Wwt) and Waste to Energy (WTE), in the investment of the company by the private equity fund White Cloud Capital.

Covington & Burling will open a new office in South Africa, to be led by Ben Donovan, a project finance partner with experience in representing a wide range of infrastructure clients, including oil and gas companies, government and parastatal entities, independent power producers, investment funds, and lenders in, and to, the development, acquisition, financing, restructuring, and divestiture of energy and infrastructure projects worldwide.

Investment firm Advanced Equities — which has raised money for cleantech companies like Bloom Energy, Fisker Automotive and SolFocus — has agreed to pay $ 1 million to settle charges by the Security and Exchange Commission that the firm misled investors around a fund raise for a Valley alternative energy company back in 2009 andEnergy, Fisker Automotive and SolFocus — has agreed to pay $ 1 million to settle charges by the Security and Exchange Commission that the firm misled investors around a fund raise for a Valley alternative energy company back in 2009 andenergy company back in 2009 and 2010.