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Germany may require electricity backup scheme beyond 2017
Germany is not developing electricity transport networks fast enough and may require to extend a backup power scheme beyond its planned expiry in 2017, as stated by the country's energy regulator on Monday.
read more... 10/02/2015
ContourGlobal might begin constructing Kosovo power plant in 2016
ContourGlobal might begin constructing coal-fired power plant in Kosovo in 18 months, in the first significant investment in the country's energy sector in decades designed for reducing electricity shortages and creating jobs, as stated by an official at the U.S. power firm.
read more... 05/02/2015
Germany: Siemens launches first most important direct current electricity link
Germany's Siemens declared on Friday it has transmitted network links for 800 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity to grid firm TenneT, the first important use of direct current transmission in the country.
read more... 02/02/2015
Italy: solar power sector incentives to be halted
Italy intends to stop incentives to solar electricity generators, as stated by a junior minister on Monday, after years in which huge public support to the sector has encouraged investor interest counting from abroad.
read more... 27/01/2015
EEX will start trading of Nordic, Swiss and Spanish power futures
The European Energy Bourse, EEX, declared on Monday it will start exchange trading of Nordic, Spanish and Swiss electricity futures on February 16, improving them from membership of its trade registration method.
read more... 27/01/2015