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Poland: Electricity grid at risk because of heatwave
Poland's electricity grid operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) declared on Friday that a heatwave was progressively restraining the country's power production and might put its operations at risk.
read more... 10/08/2015
RWE to cut back its units to restructure its business
The largest power generator in Germany RWE envisages slashing its middle-management and to trim by about more than half from its 100 local subsidiaries in order to deal more promptly to the country’s energy sector revolution.
read more... 05/08/2015
European wind energy capacity covers 8% of electricity needs
European wind power capacity grew to a total 129 GW in 2014, according to report recently released by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
read more... 04/08/2015
Daily: European power forward prices plunge to two-month lows due to low fuel prices
Crude oil prices declined 5 percent on Monday to hit their weakest level since January, dragging down global benchmark Brent below $50 a barrel as weak factory activity in China dipped a commodity-wide rout. Brent crude closed down $2.69, or 5.2 percent, to touch $49.52 a barrel. U.S. crude dropped $1.95, or 4.1 percent, to hit $45.17, just about $3 above its 2015 bottom.
read more... 04/08/2015
Daily: European spot power prices decline on higher wind output expectations
Crude oil futures settled higher on Wednesday on bullish stockpiles report from the Department of Energy and after Dow Jones indicated that Saudi Arabia would retreat its production after the summer. U.S. crude for September delivery rose by 81 cents to close at $48.79 a barrel Wednesday after soaring as much as 2.5 percent from six-month lows earlier in the session. Front-month Brent futures increased by 6 cents at $53.36 a barrel, having recovered from an intraday low of $52.51.
read more... 30/07/2015