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German renewables levy to rise slightly in 2020 and peak the year after – think tank
Germany's renewables levy, the EEG surcharge, is expected to rise slightly from 6.41 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) this year to between 6.5 and 6.7 in 2020, according to calculations by think tank Agora Energiewende*. The main reasons for the expected rise are increasing wind power capacity and a declining balance in Germany’s “green energy account”, writes Agora Energiewende.
read more... 22/08/2019
Ukraine's DTEK to import 400,000 mt of coal from Colombia
Ukraine's largest producer of power from fossil fuels, DTEK, will import at least 400,000 mt of coal from Colombia within the next few months, Maksym Tymchenko, DTEK general manager, said Tuesday.
read more... 22/08/2019
Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear plant secures Russian financing
Sberbank, Russia's state-owned banking and financial services company will provide a $400 million loan for the construction of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power station, the bank announced on Wednesday.
read more... 22/08/2019
Daily (21.08.2019): NBP Sep19 price jumped by almost 5% due to an outage at the Culzean gas field
Crude oil prices were rather steady on Tuesday. Brent crude inched up by 0.5% to $60.03 as tensions between U.S. and China eased. However, WTI futures dropped by 0.1% to 56.13 amidst continued concerns over global demand.
read more... 21/08/2019
Moldova seeks importing Russian gas through the Turkish Stream gas pipeline
The Moldovan government is interested in importing Russian gas through the TurkStream pipeline and has discussed the issue with Gazprom officials, the country's Economy Minister Vadim Brinzan said today.
read more... 21/08/2019