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Global energy investment in 2017

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The electricity sector attracted the largest share of energy investments in 2017, sustained by robust spending on grids, exceeding the oil and gas industry for the second year in row, as the energy sector moves toward greater electrification, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest review of global energy spending. Global energy investment totalled USD 1.8 trillion …

New Brunswick should have second nuclear reactor: energy minister

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New Brunswick’s energy minister says he’d like to see another nuclear reactor built in the Maritime province. Rick Doucet said the development of small modular reactors could present a significant economic and export opportunity. “Canada and New Brunswick have an opportunity to become world leaders in the SMR technology and into bringing a clean, new …