Buying renewable energy certificates (RECs) give companies a way to offset their carbon footprint while providing a market for renewable energy and allows the renewable developer to have a long-term REC revenue stream to justify the investment anywhere in the US and at different pricing options.

Brent was down 15 cents, or 0.4%, at $38.58 a barrel, WTI was down 49 cents, or 1.3%, at $35.77.

Российской Федерации потребуется ускоренный переход (модернизационный рывок) к более эффективной, гибкой и устойчивой энергетике,

Crude oil throughput at China's domestic refineries further recovered to 13.69 million b/d

Europe’s largest economy went into lockdown in March, with many firms halting production and shops closing. It is now facing its worst recession since World War Two after the economy contracted by 2.2% in the first quarter.

Spot gold was down 0.7% at $1,718.13 per ounce as of 0929 GMT. U.S. gold futures slipped 0.8% to $1,722.70.

The energy value chain is very complex, from generation, to transmission, distribution, energy trading, and energy sales.

“[Fossil] energy loans at the country’s six largest lenders jumped 23% to C$71.6 billion in their fiscal second quarter from the prior period,” Bloomberg reports, citing the banks’ financial disclosures. “Toronto-Dominion Bank had the largest increase at 29%, while Bank of Nova Scotia remained the biggest lender, with $21.6 billion in loans.”

U.S. Rig Count is down 5 rigs from last week to 279, Canada Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 21

Brent fell 3.4%, or $1.42, to $40.31 a barrel, WTI dropped 4%, or $1.60, to $38 a barrel,

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 5.7 million barrels from the previous week. At 538.1 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 14% above the five year average for this time of year.

The imbalance is forecast to reach 4.6 million bpd in July, 4.2 million bpd in August

A decisive close below 36.25$/barrel will prompt a seemingly BEARISH move towards the low price 30$/barrel range and a maximum test at 29.00$/barrel support zone.

the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent.

Japan’s Nikkei slid 2.1% in its largest daily loss in five weeks, while Chinese blue chips eased 1.0%.