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Qatar’s recent announcement that it would build the world’s largest LNG production facility did not prompt any applause from other LNG producers. Now, the tiny Gulf nation is also cutting its prices and expanding into the spot market to retain its number-one position in LNG exports. This could result in the death of some planned U.S. LNG projects. U.S. liquefied natural gas quickly became a threat for the world’s top exporter. While Qatar is still the cheapest LNG producer, the abundance of shale gas made it cheap and competitive in…

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A key selling point that made solar energy the fastest-growing power source in the world—rapidly decreasing costs—has hit a speed bump. Solar module prices have risen 18% since the start of the year after falling by 90% over the previous decade. The reversal, fueled by a quadrupling in the cost of the key raw material polysilicon, threatens to delay projects and slow uptake of solar power just as several major governments are finally throwing their weight behind it in an effort to slow climate change. “The disruption to solar hasn’t…

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The Power Division has claimed to have saved consumers from a burden of around Rs170 billion due to removal of the ‘fairness and equity’ clause from an arbitration deal between K-Electric and state-run power utilities. Sources told The Express Tribune that the issue of arbitration deal between K-Electric and state-run entities – National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) – was taken up in a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Friday. The ECC, chaired by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, decided not to…

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Moody’s said that the BCA of b3 reflects WAPDA’s dominant position in supplying hydropower and developing water resource infrastructure in the nation, and the recurring financial support from the Pakistani government, which is closely linked to the government’s fiscal budget. Moody’s Investment Service (Moody’s) has assigned a B3 corporate family rating to Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). Moody’s on Thursday in a statement said that it has completed a periodic review of the ratings of WAPDA and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. The…

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The world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas is ramping up production dramatically and undercutting competitors in a bid to squeeze them out the market. Qatar is dropping prices and pushing ahead with a $29 billion project to boost its exports of the fuel by more than 50%, stymieing the prospects of new plants elsewhere. It’s also established a trading team to compete in the nascent spot market and pushing into Asia more aggressively, according to people familiar with the matter. The strategy marks a shift for Qatar, which has…

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