Swedish automotive battery maker Northvolt, which declared bankruptcy in March, plans to wind down its remaining battery cell production in the Nordic country by the end of June, its trustee said on Thursday.

At 2:52 a.m. on Thursday, the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a wind advisory valid from 3 p.m. until Friday 3 a.m. for Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range.

The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce, but it says nothing about impacts from storm surge, flooding rain and tornadoes.

Vietnam's state power utility has cut previously agreed subsidised prices it pays for electricity from some solar and wind farms which now risk defaulting on their debts with banks, according to an investors' petition seen by Reuters.

Denmark, a global leader in wind power, spent five months licking its wounds after a failed auction for offshore turbines delivered a blow to expand even further.

Several communities throughout Racine County will send public works crews to Wind Point Thursday to help with storm cleanup efforts.

The Storm Prediction Center has Broward County and the Miami-Dade metro area at a marginal risk for isolated strong storms on Thursday and Friday afternoons.

Colombia's Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) said Wednesday it agreed to acquire 10 solar and wind energy project development companies from Norway's Statkraft to supply its domestic energy needs; financial terms were not disclosed.