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German retail market
Here is the latest news on electricity and gas price changes and users switching suppliers in Germany, a market of 40 million households supplied by 1,100 power and 770 gas companies:
read more... 21/12/2011
TEPCO: Dismantling Fukushima will take about 40 years
Japan’s government announced today that it aims to decommission the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in up to 40 years, adding that it will take up to 25 years to gather the nuclear fuel that was dispersed inside the reactors.
read more... 21/12/2011
Daily – oil recovered on worries over oil supply
Crude oil futures recovered on Monday on emerged worries over oil supply after arising protest in oil-rich Kazakhstan, threatens of more sanctions against Iran and Libya facing some difficulties in restoring oil output to its pre-civil war levels.
read more... 20/12/2011
Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act introduced by the U.S. House of Representatives
The Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act (H.R. 3680) was recently introduced by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Diana DeGette in the U.S. House of Representatives. It comprises several amendments to be applied on small and conduit hydropower facilities, as well some changes to be made in the licensing process.
read more... 20/12/2011
Bergermeer gas storage project gets its three launch customers
The operator Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) announced that it has secured three launch customers for its Bergermeer Gas Storage facility in the Netherlands, set to become Europe’s largest open access gas storage facility.
read more... 20/12/2011