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Bulgaria reconnects nuclear unit, anticipates capacity restrictions
Bulgaria's nuclear power plant Kozloduy reconnected one of its two 1,000 megawatt units to the national electricity grid on Monday after yearly maintenance and refueling, as stated by the plant's representative.
read more... 19/05/2015
Poland: PGE and Gaz-System to develop a power-to-gas conversion plant
PGE, the largest power producer in Poland and gas grid operator Gaz-System will cooperate to jointly develop the country's first power-to-gas conversion facility, which will turn the electricity produced at wind farms into gas.
read more... 13/05/2015
Daily: German forward electricity price up from 3 1/2 month low
Crude oil fell on Monday as the multi-week hike was spurring revitalization in already bloated U.S. shale supplies, even as the government expected less output in June from the fastest-growing fields. Brent crude futures declined by 48 cents to settle at $64.91. WTI crude futures dropped 14 cents to close at $59.25 a barrel.
read more... 12/05/2015
UK‘s ageing electricity grid can’t take any more power from renewables
Britain’s ageing electricity grid is holding back renewable energy, dwarfing the growth of renewable energy in the U.K and threatening the country’s prospects for a low-carbon future, says the Solar Trade Association (STA).
read more... 11/05/2015
Italy: Geothermal, solar and wind farms supplied 19.2% of electricity in April
Geothermal, solar and wind power plants provided an amount of 19.2% in the Italian electricity mix in April 2015, according to statistics by Italy’s grid operator Terna SpA. This represents a 2% increase against April 2014.
read more... 11/05/2015