Environment News
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LDK Solar Co.’s plan to buy Germany’s Sunways AG provides China’s second-largest solar-panel maker with access to new technology and a distribution network in the world’s biggest photovoltaic market.
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Vestas Wind Systems A/S cut its forecast for revenue in 2011 for the second time since October citing delays in connecting turbines it manufactures to electric grids.
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Total SA, France’s largest oil company, acquired a $2.32 billion holding in Ohio’s Utica shale region from Chesapeake Energy Corp. and EnerVest Ltd.
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Edinburgh Airport was closed to incoming flights today as winds of more than 100 miles per hour battered the Scottish capital. Elsewhere in the country, gales forced the closure of the busiest road bridges as well as the cancellation of several train and ferry services.