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Buffett Still Banking on Energy—BHE Announces Canadian Wind Farm
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The evolving landscape of power includes not only new types of generation, but also involves new investors, including some of the most well-known names in global business.
Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft with the late Paul Allen, formed Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) in 2016, a group that supports battery energy storage, nuclear power innovation, geothermal, and hydropower technology, among others. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, ranked as the world’s richest individual in Forbes magazine’s annual rankings of billionaires (Gates is second), also is an investor in BEV, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) topped 50% renewable energy usage in 2018. AWS operates several wind and solar farms.
Michael Bloomberg, the media mogul and former New York City mayor, is an investor in BEV. So is Virgin’s Richard Branson, and Alibaba’s Jack Ma.
Berkshire Hathaway a Big Energy Investor
Warren Buffett is ranked third on Forbes’ list.…
Facility to Make Coal Cleaner, More Efficient, Taking Shape in Wyoming
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Clean Coal Technologies Inc. (CCTI) has begun reassembling a test facility designed to produce a cleaner-burning and more-efficient coal. The coal beneficiation and byproducts extraction plant, first built in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for an initial test of the technology, and then moved to Gillette, Wyoming, is expected to be completely rebuilt in the next few months, a company official told POWER on Oct. 9.
CCTI in 2017 touted its process, saying it had developed “the world’s first commercially viable and scalable coal dehydration technology” designed to upgrade the Btu content of lower-ranking coal “through the extraction of volatile material in liquid form,” ultimately producing a “cleaner burning, dry coal.” The process of improving coal quality is known as beneficiation, a technique in which the quality of raw coal is improved, either by reducing the extraneous matter that is extracted with mined coal, or reducing the associated ash, or both.…
Judge: Court Will Consider Rival Proposal for PG&E Reorganization
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A federal bankruptcy judge on Oct. 9 ruled that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), California’s largest utility, does not have the sole right to determine the terms of its reorganization. Judge Dennis Montali said those who support a rival proposal, which was devised by a group of the utility’s creditors, can have their plan considered.
The decision could have major consequences for the utility’s customers. PG&E filed for bankruptcy protection in January, with the company saying it faced $ 30 billion or more in liabilities related to wildfires in California that caused massive property damage and left dozens dead.
Montali ruled that the court can look at a reorganization plan created by a group of PG&E creditors that includes prominent hedge funds. The plan also is backed by individuals who have claims against the utility for wildfire damage.
Montali’s ruling Wednesday came after a court hearing on Monday in San Francisco.…