Another interesting part of the Rex story is that they invest in alternative energy projects that provide substantial tax reductions, and currently have about $70 million in ethanol manufacturing projects.
Sinopec, for example, bought 40% of Repsol SA's Brazilian assets for $7.1 billion, giving Sinopec a substantial stake in one of the largest foreign-owned energy projects in Latin America, a region dominated by state-owned energy producers.
Even with the dash-to-gas, Britain desperately needs substantial investment in wind, solar, biomass, water and other renewable energy projects.
E.on and RWE are huge, blue-chip multinationals, yet see nuclear as too big a gamble and that's despite the substantial subsidy it would enjoy in the UK, alongside other low-carbon energy projects.
As well as holding substantial assets in oil and gas, Shaw is also an investor in solar energy projects and an ambitious offshore wind project in New England.
While Washington is in the midst of a lengthy transition period, any new US administration will have to step up its energy development plans in the Caspian region, throwing substantial diplomatic weight behind a trans-Caspian pipeline, as well as attendant western-oriented energy projects.
In a statement, CEO of ScottishPower Renewables Keith Anderson said: "The concept of generating electricity from the natural movement of the tide is still relatively new – and test projects like this are vital to help us understand how we can fully realize the potential of this substantial energy source.
More money for green energy projects.
Wind energy projects require even more land.
Though it has substantial energy resources, India has been chronically short of power for decades.
