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Amazon wishes to transform Italy power stations into data centres
Amazon is in negotiations with utility Enel over the conversion of old electricity stations in north and central Italy into data centres since it tries to extend its profitable cloud services business in the country.
read more... 01/12/2016
First power generated from the largest tidal power project in the world - MeyGen
First power was generated from a 1.5 MW turbine in the MeyGen tidal power project in Scotland.
read more... 30/11/2016
Uniper wants to extend the operational life of its Ratcliffe coal plant in UK beyond 2025
German utility Uniper wants to run its Ratcliffe coal plant in UK beyond 2025, even if the British government envisages shutting all coal plants without technology to capture carbon emissions by 2025.
read more... 30/11/2016
UK-France electricity connection capacity halved to end of February
Electricity flows via the electricity link connecting Britain and France will be reduced by 50 percent until the end of February because of cable damage, National Grid declared on Tuesday.
read more... 30/11/2016
Daily: Crude oil plunges nearly 4% on doubts aver OPEC output reduction
Crude oil prices decreased by about 4 percent on Tuesday as OPEC’s top oil exporters struggled to agree on a deal to limit production in order to increase prices, with Iran and Iraq in dispute with Saudi Arabia a day ahead of the meeting. Brent futures lost $1.86, or 3.9 percent, to close at $46.38 a barrel, while U.S. crude shed $1.85, or 3.9 percent, to end at $45.23. That was the largest daily percentage decline for Brent since September.
read more... 30/11/2016