Two 510-megawatt units at Czech CEZ's Dukovany nuclear power plant will be shut down for three to four weeks starting on Thursday and Friday, placing more than half of the country's nuclear capacity offline, as stated by a spokesman for the utility.
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EDF Energy received the go-ahead from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change(DECC) to build a 1800MW gas-fired power plant in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire in the east of England.
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Wind farms might provide a quarter of the European Union’s electricity requirements by 2030 if member states attain energy and climate targets, as stated by an industry report on Wednesday.
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The European Energy Exchange (EEX) on Monday registers its first trades in its new cap future product for renewable energy that performs as an insurance against green power price increases.
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Crude oil lost more than 3% on Monday, pressured by a decline in gasoline prices and fears about whether the United States will have its first interest rate increase in nearly a decade. WTI futures lost 63 cents, or 1.41 percent, to close at $44 a barrel. Front-month Brent crude futures eased $1.70, or 3.6 percent, to settle at $46.40 a barrel.
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