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Daily: Europe Power-Cal '13 trades around year-lows

Brent and U.S. crude oil futures ended higher after thin and volatile trading on Wednesday, as late-day short-covering ahead of a US holiday counterbalanced earlier relief over a ceasefire that ended eight days of conflicts in the Gaza strip.

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Prince Charles opens a new biogas plant in Dorset

Last week Prince Charles has opened a new biogas plant near Poundbury, in Dorset. The plant, will inject gas into the National Grid to be sold on the market. It is owned and run by J V Energen, a joint venture between the Duchy of Cornwall and local farmers, which along with some nearby businesses will supply approximately 41,000 tons of maize, grass silage, manure, and food waste to be processed each year.

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Brent or WTI– which global benchmark?

It has been coming for years, but Brent looks set finally to overtake U.S. light crude as the preeminent oil benchmark next year as one of the top financial market indexes switches weightings.

read more... 22/11/2012

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China’s wind installations capacity to surpass 60GW by the end of the year

The capacity of China’s wind installations will surpass the 60GW by the end of the year and is on the way of being the country’s third largest power source in 2013, has announced the vice director of China’s National Energy Bureau (NEB), Liu Qi, speaking at China Wind Power 2012.

read more... 21/11/2012

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Daily: U.S. crude oil futures inch up 2.7% on US optimism, end of Mideast crisis

Brent crude oil futures declined 1.7 percent, or $1.87 a barrel, to settle at $109.83 on Tuesday following optimism for a ceasefire that would finish a week of violence between Palestinians and Israelis.

read more... 21/11/2012

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