Latest news
Italian state holding company Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to sell a 35% energy grid stake to China
The Italian state holding company Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) is close to strike a deal with China's State Grid Corp, including the sale of a 35 % stake in its electricity grid.
read more... 31/07/2014
Boralex to buy a 14 MW wind farm in France
Boralex Inc., through its branch Boralex Europe S.A., has bought Calmont 14 MW wind power farm in the Midi-Pyrenees region in France.
read more... 31/07/2014
Daily: European power prices fall as fears of Russia sanctions attenuate
Crude oil prices dropped on Wednesday, with Brent falling due to supplies glut in Europe and Asia, while U.S. crude followed the trend despite a larger-than-expected decline in national inventories. Brent crude tumbled $1.21 to settle at $106.51 a barrel. WTI crude fell 70 cents to close at $100.27 a barrel, after hitting a low of $99.90.
read more... 31/07/2014
Ofgem imposes new price controls for network operators
The UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem has imposed tougher price controls for five electricity network operators for duration of eight years, pledging to encourage investment in network upgrades and to drag down customers’ energy bills.
read more... 31/07/2014
Eni Italian workers face a strike over plants closure
Thousands of workers (about 90%) of the Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni joined to a strike call on Tuesday in an effort to save the jobs put at risk by the threatened closure or converting of some oil refiners owned by the Italian giant.
read more... 30/07/2014