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Hydropower drives Vattenfall, Statkraft profits, Fortum hit by reduced prices
Sweden's Vattenfall and Norway's Statkraft registered higher first-quarter earnings on Thursday, sustained by higher hydropower production, while fossil-fuel reliant Finnish Fortum's profit dropped.
read more... 29/04/2016
Vattenfall demands Sweden to abolish nuclear tax to save reactors
State-owned Swedish utility Vattenfall called on Wednesday to end tax on nuclear power in Sweden to avoid early closure of its loss-making nuclear reactors and probable increase in electricity prices.
read more... 28/04/2016
ScottishPower Renewables and Siemens agree UK’s largest offshore wind power contract
ScottishPower Renewables and Siemens have unveiled a transaction that is poised to be largest offshore wind contract yet seen in Europe, after signing a deal that will see the German engineering major providing 102 turbines to East Anglia ONE project.
read more... 28/04/2016
Daily: European year-ahead power prices trade higher tracking fresh 2016 highs for oil
Crude oil climbed by about 3 percent on Wednesday, reaching fresh highs for 2016 as the dollar depreciated after the Federal Reserve unveiled it would leave U.S. interest rates unchanged. Front-month Brent rose by $1.44, to settle at $47.18, having touched a 2016 high of $47.45 earlier. WTI's front-month contract increased $1.29, percent, to close at $45.33 a barrel, after attaining a 2016 high at $45.62.
read more... 28/04/2016
China connected 5.33 GW of wind capacity to the grid in Q1 2016
China’s newly installed wind power capacity hit 5.33 GW in the first quarter, up 13% year-on-year, according to figures released by the National Energy Administration (NEA).
read more... 27/04/2016