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Wind power capacity increased worldwide in 2013
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has recently released its 2013 market statistics according to which installed wind capacity increased to more than 318 gigawatts in 2013, up from nearly 283 GW a year before. Global wind energy capacity has tripled over the past five years to reach a total of 318,137 MW. At the same time as wind capacity increased 12.4% last year, wind installations slowed, reaching about 35.5 GW, almost 10 GW less in comparison to a year earlier, mostly due to a drop in the United States.
read more... 06/02/2014
Europe launches the coupling of the Northwest European day-ahead power markets
Europe took a further step towards a single power market by unifying electricity trading across 15 countries, a process called market coupling.
read more... 06/02/2014
Daily: European power prices firm alongside carbon prices
Brent crude oil registered at a three-month low on Tuesday, dragged down by the downturn in emerging markets, while U.S. crude settled higher, spurred by continued demand for heating fuels and the expectation of oil inventory figures to indicate a large draw from storage at the benchmark's delivery point, at Cushing, Oklahoma.
read more... 05/02/2014
Daily: European spot power prices deviate, widening the spread between contracts
Brent crude oil prices declined on Monday, but the losses were capped after traders started to purchase contracts to offset the spread between the European benchmark and its U.S. counterpart, West Texas Intermediate. Brent slipped 36 cents to settle at $106.04 a barrel, after declining during the session to a near three-month low of $105.40.
read more... 04/02/2014
UK and France agreed to develop safe nuclear energy
The UK and French Governments have pledged to beef up the two countries' cooperation regarding the defense, nuclear energy and climate policy as well as trading opportunities and skills. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande agreed to develop safe nuclear energy, to build new nuclear power stations, to cooperate on climate change action as well as pushing for European Commission's domestic emissions reduction agenda.
read more... 03/02/2014