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UK wind energy injects a record amount of electricity into National Grid
Wind energy generated a record amount of electricity in Great Britain, according to information released by National Grid.
read more... 07/02/2013
Daily: Brent and U.S. crude settle higher on optimistic economic data
Brent and U.S. crude oil futures settled higher on Tuesday in choppy trading, pushed up by optimistic economic data from Europe and the United States which encouraged equities and oil prices to regain momentum.
read more... 06/02/2013
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
2012 record year for new PV installations in Germany
The Federal Network Agency has recently published Germany’s photovoltaic installation data and the latest feed-in-tariff reduction figures for December and the whole last year. At the same time as December saw just 330 MW of new plants added, 2012 registered a new installation record, while FITs will decrease by 2.2% over the next three months.
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