Sentences with phrase «over energy prices»

His warning to energy firms follows regulator Ofgem's launch of a consultation into changing elements of the rules over energy prices.

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Sukrit Vijayakar energy consultancy Trifecta said the rising options to sell were a result of huge amounts of long positions that have been built up over the past months of rising prices.

The plummeting price of clean energy has allowed the US to decrease its carbon emissions over the last three years while the country's GDP has increased.

The price of oil dropped Tuesday after a big jump a day earlier over jitters that Russia's military advance into Ukraine could result in economic sanctions against one of the world's major energy suppliers.

In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.

Even with a system efficiency of 80 % the 1.4 GW array would generate about 7.28 GWh of electricity daily (or 2,657.2 GWh annually)-- worth over $ 106 million per year via a competitive utility - scale Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at $ 40 / MWh (i.e. a contract between the electricity seller and buyer that sets the price of the solar energy from the grid).

If you put those two story - lines together, a mine which costs $ 20,000 per barrel per day to build and $ 10 per barrel to operate would pay an average of $ 42.50 per barrel in royalties and taxes (again, today's dollars) over the life of the project if the U.S. Energy Information Administration price forecast proves accurate.

The growth of solar power over the next decade could cut the price of energy in WA, according to a man involved in one of the latest projects to take a step forward.

On Friday the Labor Department announced that the core consumer price index (CPI)-- which strips out volatile food and energy costs — rose 2.3 % over the past 12 months, up from 1.8 % one year ago.

Strike Energy's share price has been on a white knuckle ride over the last few weeks as investors desperately try to work out if it is going to be the next large cap gas producer in Australia, or fail whilst daring to create a new technical frontier in the search for coal seam gas riches.

Crude oil futures are at just over $ 44 / barrel, after the International Energy Agency forecast prices would stay in the doldrums through 2020.

Energy East will serve as a link between Eastern Canadian refineries and the western crude oil market, where crude oil had been discounted significantly since mid-2010 until these price differentials converged rapidly over the last couple of months.

Conversely, in light of weak oil prices, firms in energy - related regions and sectors plan to further curtail investment over the next 12 months.

Over the coming year, lower energy costs (and other comodity costs) will benefit consumers and as oil prices rise, 80 % of U.S. oil production will move to breakeven then substantial profit.

The fact that core inflation has been broadly stable over recent months in the face of the earlier declines in energy and non-energy import prices is notable.

Over the last year, wholesale prices (excluding food and energy) are only up 1.9 %, while the consumer price index was up 1.5 %.

But with energy prices falling, Vladimir Putin's Russia has essentially been in a recession over the past four years.

Numbers may decrease over the next few years though, particularly in Alberta as energy firms continue to lay off staff because of the 2014 oil price decline.

Over the last year, consumer prices are up 2.0 percent — nicely within the Fed's target range — but in recent months, food and energy prices have increased strongly.

Overall inflation has risen over the past two years, pushed up primarily by higher prices for energy and other commodities and industrial inputs.

While the up - front price for its Solar Roof looks high, SolarCity asserts that tax credits and the estimated value of energy created over the product's 30 - year power warranty will save customers money in the long run.

Higher prices give businesses and consumers the incentive to modify energy use and make wise investments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over time.

Energy prices contributed to the increase in the headline measure of consumer inflation, climbing 6.9 percent over... Read More»

Low oil prices, increased competition and regulatory pressure weighed on the energy and telecoms sectors respectively which collectively make up over 20pc of the value index.

When the year began, many investors anticipated strong earnings growth mostly coming from the energy sector, and many oil analysts had targeted crude prices in the upper US$ 50s to low US$ 60 / barrel range over the course of 2017.

Euro area consumer prices rose by 2.4 per cent over the year to December, with higher energy prices making a significant contribution, along with hikes in prices of administered items, such as health care and tobacco.

As of 2:17 pm EDT on Thursday, WTI Crude was up 0.73 percent at US$ 49.43, while Brent Crude was trading up 0.82 percent at US$ 52.64, after earlier in the day the price of oil was down as investors» enthusiasm waned over yesterday's Energy Information Administration (EIA) draw.

Excluding fresh food, consumer prices fell by 0.2 per cent over 2004, with a boost from higher energy prices.

Concerns over energy - induced weakness in headline PCE, as well as non-oil import prices» pass - through impacts on Core PCE had dominated recent Federal Reserve policy deliberations.

On the other hand, pricing pressures remains largely absent — save for energy costs — with inflation on personal consumption expenditures, the Fed's preferred gauge for pricing, up just 1.7 % in the quarter over the past year.

All in all, the Fed continues to expect inflation to rise gradually toward 2 % over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of energy price declines and other factors dissipate, but the pace for hikes in interest rates could well be moderate, as the Fed has been indicating.

Apart from energy prices, consumer price inflation has edged lower, to be 2 per cent over the year to September.

But even as the energy sector rebounds from a three - year downturn, the Conference Board does not expect the Canadian oil sector to post the record $ 116 billion in revenue it did in 2014 — when oil prices were over US$ 100 per barrel — until 2021, when it is expected to pull in $ 119 billion.

ENERGY: Oil prices fell back from spikes last week on fears over an escalation of strife in the Middle East.

Over the month of December, energy prices fell and subtracted.02 percentage point from the growth of headline CPI.

The Houston Chronicle's Collin Eaton, reporting from the energy hub of the world, found that oil companies and equipment supplies cut an estimated 440,000 jobs worldwide over the last three years as crude oil prices dropped.

According to Friday's report, energy prices fell 2.4 % in April from March, and were down 25.2 % over the last 12 months.

Energy prices fell by 3 percent over the month as gasoline prices were 4.9 percent lower than their level in February.

While we don't know anything about Linda Cook's political affiliations, it would be a safe bet that the Harbour Energy principal would be backing President Donald Trump in his Twitter war with the Saudi oil minister over just what the appropriate direction of oil prices should be.

The decline in the energy sector seen in the second half of 2014 and into 2015 has caused Fluor's stock price to drop 26 % over the past year.

A lot of that has to do with energy pricing over the past few months and when you approach $ 65.00 to $ 70.00 a barrel of oil, there's going to be some headline pressure, so to speak.

Crude oil prices edged up on Friday boosted by stronger than expected U.S. economic data though the longer - term outlook for energy markets remains weak due to a global oil supply glut and uncertainty over economic growth prospects in Asia.

Strong demand for crude oil and the entire energy sector continues to push prices higher as I still think we will trade above the $ 70 level in the weeks ahead as global supplies have dwindled over the last year due to the fact that worldwide economies are improving which is a terrific thing to see in my opinion.

High oil prices may well lead to a collapse in demand over the long term, resulting in a speeding up of the energy transition that most experts see on the horizon

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Consumer price inflation in the euro area increased to 2.1 per cent over the year to October, primarily due to higher food and energy prices; the core measure of inflation is lower at 1.7 per cent (Graph 9).

Consumer price inflation edged up to 2.3 per cent over the year to September, largely reflecting higher energy costs; the core measure has eased further to a year - ended rate of 1.2 per cent.

Oil commodity prices also weakened in March, which hurt the performance of our energy holdings during the quarter, but we believe supply - and - demand dynamics will lead to higher commodity price trends over the long term.

The revelation that Quebec was chosen over other provinces to play host to Amazon's data cluster comes at a time when Kathleen Wynne's Ontario Liberal government is reeling from an energy policy that has sent electricity prices skyrocketing in recent years.

Russia and Belarus are close allies and trading partners but ties have become strained as veteran strongman Alexander Lukashenko, increasingly wary of Moscow since its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, has argued over border controls and energy prices.