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Scotland to curb subsidies for biomass plants over 15MW
The Scottish government has decided to curb subsidies for biomass power plants that generate over 15MW of electricity as part of its Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme announced in October 2012 due to concerns that they will consume too much wood.
read more... 12/02/2013
Daily: European power prices soar on forecasts for colder weather
Brent crude oil futures dropped on Monday on worries about the euro zone economy, while U.S. crude climbed and reduced the spread between the two contracts. Brent March crude declined 77 cents, or 0.65 percent, to settle at $118.13 a barrel, having traded from $117.54 to $119.07. Meanwhile, U.S. March crude increased by $1.31, or 1.37 percent, to settle at $97.03 a barrel, having traded from $94.97 to $97.09.
read more... 12/02/2013
Enel contributes to Greece PV growth
Enel Green Power (EGP), the renewable energy developer which is part of the Italian group Enel, has unveiled that it has installed and brought online a total of 57MW of PV capacity in Greece.
read more... 08/02/2013
EWEA: Eastern Europe could power 9 million homes by the end of this decade
The European Wind Energy Association has launched a new report at Europe’s premier wind energy event held in Vienna- EWEA 2013 which studies the emerging wind power markets in Central and Eastern European countries, and other countries like Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.
read more... 06/02/2013
E.ON considers Europe plant closures
German utility E.ON presented the market with a table of European power stations under consideration for closure due to unprofitable generation margins. The list was published on the company's capital market day in slides for analysts.
read more... 06/02/2013