John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management has stated his confidence in energy investment growth for 2016. [CNBC]

MIT researchers have developed a simple procedure for making a promising type of solar cell using lead recovered from discarded lead-acid car batteries. [MIT News]

The French oil and gas multinational Total has been fined more than £1m for safety breaches that led to a potentially catastrophic leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea. [The Guardian]