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Germany's EnBW increases German retail electricity prices next year
Germany's third-largest utility EnBW declared on Monday it will increase retail power prices for the majority of the customers by 2.4 percent from Jan. 1, 2016, quoting higher network charges and a rising share of state-induced charges.
read more... 10/11/2015
Vattenfall to phase out two German lignite plants to meet climate change objectives
Swedish utility Vattenfall agreed on Monday to phase out two lignite coal power plants in Germany, corresponding to 8 million tonnes of CO2-emissions.
read more... 27/10/2015
Germany will begin the transfer to coal power reserve in winter 2016
German utilities RWE, Vattenfall and Mibrag will begin cutting their coal-fired electricity production at the start of winter 2016, transferring this capacity instead to the country's power reserve as part of a plan to reduce carbon emissions, as stated by the government.
read more... 26/10/2015
Gazprom choses Linde as associate for LPG exports terminal
Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom has chosen Germany's Linde as a partner to construct a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export terminal in the Russian Far East, as stated by a Linde representative.
read more... 26/10/2015
Germany: 4,600 of 6,500 MW offshore grid connection capacity finalized – offshore surcharge stable
The offshore transmission system operators 50Hertz and TenneT have finalized offshore grid connections with a capacity of more than 4,600 MW in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. That brings the offshore grid development closer to the EEG expansion objective of 6,500 MW for offshore wind by 2020.
read more... 23/10/2015