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Poland: Russian gas supplies restart after break
Poland started on Friday accepting gas deliveries again from Russia through the Yamal pipeline which were stopped two days earlier because of poor quality of gas, as stated by the Polish state-operated gas transit company Gaz-System.
read more... 26/06/2017
Swiss hydropower utilities might benefit from 38% water fee reduction
The Swiss government proposed on Thursday to reduce the maximum fee that hydropower utilities pay for water use to mountainous cantons by almost 38%. For a transition period from 2020 to 2022, 80 utilities will pay for water use only 80 Swiss francs ($82.32) per gross kilowatt usage from existing 110 francs.
read more... 23/06/2017
Vattenfall will enter UK household energy market
Vattenfall might enter the UK domestic energy market as it acquires a Bournemouth-based supplier. iSupplyEnergy provides gas and electricity to over 120,000 users and employs 170 people.
read more... 22/06/2017
Netherlands: Extra measures required to meet 2020 greenhouse gas reduction targets
The government of Netherlands declared on Monday it would meet its objective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% in the year 2020 from 1990s level, only if extra measures will be taken.
read more... 21/06/2017
UK: Ofgem will reduce subsidies for small power generators
Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem declared on Tuesday it will cut subsidies to several small electricity producers that offer back-up during peak demand. According to Ofgem, this move would reduce household electricity bills by around 20 pounds a year, since the cost of the subsidies is included in overall network fees charged to power companies, which these pass on to consumers.
read more... 20/06/2017