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Finland’s Kesko abandons Fennovoima nuclear consortium
Finnish retailer Kesko declared on Thursday it would give up the Fennovoima nuclear conglomerate, increasing worries over a project that is likely to engender confrontations in parliament between members of the ruling coalition, because of the ambiguity in the financial, contractual and timetable requirements.
read more... 28/03/2014
Poland: a coal-fired unit of about $1 billion to be built by Hitachi-led consortium
Hitachi-led consortium won a contract of about 3.25 billion zlotys ($1 billion dollars) from Poland’s main utility group PGE to build a coal-fired unit of a capacity of 430-450 MW, according to a member of the conglomerate. The unit is likely to be constructed at PGE’s Turow plant in south-eastern Poland.
read more... 19/03/2014
Italy: shutdown of 2 Vado Ligure coal units
Tirreno Power, an Italian electricity generation company, owned 50% by France’s GDF Suez, has received an order from an Italian judge to shutdown two coal-fired units at its Vado Ligure plant because of ecological concerns, as stated by a spokesman for the Italian firm.
read more... 12/03/2014
Latvia delays deregulation of the electricity market until 2015
The ruling coalition in Latvia decided to put off the liberalization of the power market until the elections, in order to have more time to set up a scheme of refund for poorer residents who are trying to find money to pay for increasing energy bills.
read more... 04/03/2014
Daily: European year-ahead coal prices at the lowest level in five years
U.S. oil futures settled higher on Wednesday following the publication of government data indicating an unexpected low increase in crude stockpiles and one more significant drawdown at the American benchmark's delivery hub, at Cushing, Oklahoma. Meanwhile, Brent prices were flat on concerns over slower growth in China, as its debt has reached record levels.
read more... 27/02/2014