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EU new regulations on energy backing phase out subventions for renewable
New EU rules have been published on Wednesday making harder funding renewable energy. The latest regulations are intended to substitute subventions with market-based systems, only when the Ukraine crisis has intensified the necessity for other options to imported fossil fuel.
read more... 10/04/2014
Latvia delays deregulation of the electricity market until 2015
The ruling coalition in Latvia decided to put off the liberalization of the power market until the elections, in order to have more time to set up a scheme of refund for poorer residents who are trying to find money to pay for increasing energy bills.
read more... 04/03/2014
Germany obtained the green light to issue free carbon permits for 2013
Germany, the strongest economy and biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in Europe, received on Wednesday the green light from the European Commission to begin the issuance of permits to industrial companies in the country, as part of the European Union's efforts to aid heavy industry compete with rivals in countries with less stringent environmental regulations.
read more... 18/02/2014
Eni to abandon shale gas projects in Poland
Italian energy firm Eni intends to abandon its shale gas projects in Poland due to unclear regulation and difficult geology, the same concerns that have already pushed other foreign firms as Marathon Oil, Talisman Energy and Exxon Mobil, to quit Polish shale. If Eni will leave as well, Chevron and ConocoPhillips would be the last two companies committed to a shale gas industry in Poland.
read more... 15/01/2014
Poland to adopt a new shale gas regulation by the end of the year
Poland’s environment ministry is ready to draft new regulation for the exploration and extraction of shale gas and send it to the government for approval before the end of the year, declared Poland's Minister of the Environment Maciej Grabowski.
read more... 27/11/2013