RABAT Daniel Carlson Shirt , Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Angola and Burkina Faso settled for a barren 0-0 draw in their Group D opener at the 2018 African Nations Championship on Tuesday.
Held in the in the Moroccan city of Agadir, their first encounter in the tournament did not live up to expectations.
Angola had better possession and more initiative, but Burkina Faso had the best opportunity seven minutes before the final whistle when Youssouf Kabore failed to hit the target.
After the game, Burkina Faso's coach Drissa Traore said he was satisfied with his team's performance Mike Hughes Shirt , especially the defense.
"They did a great job, I'm hoping to have the players who missed the game due to injury for the next matches," he said.
Angola's coach, Srdan Vasiljevic was also happy with the result. "I'm happy with how the players played and also their work rate. They were very dynamic and I hope they will continue [that] for the next game Anthony Barr Shirt ," Vasiljevic said.
The biennial tournament is for African footballers based in their own domestic leagues.
HOUSTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A unit of Shell Oil Company announced Monday that it has signed an agreement to acquire nearly half of Silicon Ranch Corporation, a solar developer based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Shell will pay between 193 million and 217 million U.S. dollars if the deals meet regulatory approval Everson Griffen Shirt , and Shell will also be able to increase its ownership of the company after 2021. Initially, Shell hopes to acquire 43.83 percent of Silicon Ranch.
"Partnering with Silicon Ranch Corporation progresses our New Energies strategy and provides our U.S. customers with additional solar renewable options," said Marc van Gerven, Shell vice president of solar. "With this entry into the fast-growing solar sector Kyle Rudolph Shirt , Shell is able to leverage its expertise as one of the top three wholesale power sellers in the U.S., while expanding its global new energies footprint."
This investment is part of Shell's New Energies power portfolio, which prioritizes low carbon generation and storage. Shell's interest in Silicon Ranch includes an existing portfolio of approximately 880 megawatts of projects in operation or contracted.
Silicon Ranch Corporation, a developer Linval Joseph Shirt , owner, and operator of solar energy plants in the United States, has a project and development funnel portfolio of approximately 1.9 gigawatts of capacity.
Shell Oil Company is the United States-based wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational "oil major" of Anglo-Dutch origins Harrison Smith Shirt , which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Its U.S. headquarters are in Houston, Texas.
ROME, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The upper house of the Italian parliament on Wednesday