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Sweden-Lithuania electricity connection out at least until April 8
An underwater electricity connection between Sweden and Lithuania will be out of service until April 8, longer than previously anticipated, Sweden's power grid operator declared on Thursday.
read more... 25/03/2016
Polish electricity companies could pay dividends for 2015
Poland's state-controlled power firms - PGE, Enea and Energa could pay out dividends this year in spite of their projected investment in troubled coal mining companies, as stated by a deputy energy minister on Thursday.
read more... 25/03/2016
Irish envisages €2.7 billion wind investment
Onshore wind developers will invest minimum €2.7 billion in Ireland in the next four years to guarantee that the country meets its 2020 renewable electricity objectives.
read more... 23/03/2016
Vattenfall will construct 3.6 GW of offshore wind in UK
Sweden’s Vattenfall has begun plans for one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Norfolk Vanguard and bordering Norfolk Boreas will each have a capacity of 1.8 gigawatts. In the meantime, a new British study expects to reduce the cost of offshore wind to 12.8 cents, which would still lead to a quarter more expensive electricity than in Germany in spite of the better or equal conditions in the UK.
read more... 22/03/2016
Japan's Marubeni might construct coal power plant in Egypt
Japan's Marubeni Corp and Egypt's El Sewedy Electric have settled with Egypt's state-run power utility to conduct a feasibility study into the building of a coal-fired electricity plant in Egypt.
read more... 03/03/2016