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Daily: German power spot prices dropped on high wind load
Oil markets decreased by more than 4 percent on Wednesday, cutting most of the previous session's gain, since a raft of bearish U.S. inventory data intensified worries about a global surplus.
read more... 15/07/2016
Daily: Crude oil prices decline 4% on U.S. pessimistic inventory data feeding glut
Crude oil prices declined over 4 percent on Wednesday, slashing most of the previous session’s gains, as a set of downbeat U.S. stockpiles data spurred fears about a global oversupply. U.S. crude inventories dropped less than expected last week, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Brent crude lost $2.21, or 4.6 percent, to settle at $46.26 a barrel. U.S. crude eased $2.05, or 4.4 percent, to end at $44.75.
read more... 14/07/2016
Daily: European spot power prices climb on weak wind supply outlook
Crude oil prices hiked 5 percent on Tuesday, the largest daily gain since April, as investors’ covering of short positions and a technical recovery helped to rebound the market from two-month lows. U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures rose $2.04, or 4.6 percent, to settle at $46.80 a barrel. Brent crude futures increased $2.22, or 4.8 percent, to close at $48.47.
read more... 13/07/2016
Nine offshore wind energy developers join forces to slash levelised cost of energy
Nine of the largest offshore wind developers in Europe: DONG Energy, EnBW, E.ON, Iberdrola, RWE, SSE, Statkraft, Statoil and Vattenfall have joined forces with independent company Carbon Trust to work on collaborative research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programme - the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) in order to slash the levelised cost of energy from offshore wind, improve efficiency and availability of existing and future offshore wind farms.
read more... 12/07/2016
Daily: Crude oil prices plunge at the lowest level in two-months on OPEC production rally
Crude oil prices plunged at their lowest level in two months on Monday after a study unveiled that crude oil output from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has attained the highest level since August 2008 at 32.73 million barrels a day. West Texas Intermediate crude for August delivery lost 65 cents, or 1.4%, to settle at $44.76 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The global benchmark Brent crude for September delivery declined 51 cents, or 1.1%, to end at $46.25 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
read more... 12/07/2016