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Germany urges Belgium to dismantle two nuclear reactors close to its border
German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks has asked Belgium to shut down two nuclear reactors temporarily because of concerns over safety.
read more... 21/04/2016
General Electric put the eye on German offshore wind
General Electric (GE), the world's third largest wind turbine manufacturer by market share after Denmark's Vestas and China's Goldwind is envisaging positioning itself in Germany’s flourish offshore wind sector and also is looking at nascent wind industries in Eastern Europe.
read more... 15/04/2016
Czech EPH will purchase Vattenfall's German lignite coal operations
Sweden's Vattenfall has decided in principle to sell its loss-making lignite coal mines and associated electricity plants in Germany to Czech investor EPH after two competitor bidders dropped out, as stated by three people familiar with the matter on Friday.
read more... 11/04/2016
Siemens ready to acquire Areva wind venture in Gamesa agreement
Siemens is prepared to purchase Spanish-French wind power joint venture Adwen as part of a scheduled fusion of its wind assets with those of Spain's Gamesa, as reported in the Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday.
read more... 23/03/2016
Vattenfall will construct 3.6 GW of offshore wind in UK
Sweden’s Vattenfall has begun plans for one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Norfolk Vanguard and bordering Norfolk Boreas will each have a capacity of 1.8 gigawatts. In the meantime, a new British study expects to reduce the cost of offshore wind to 12.8 cents, which would still lead to a quarter more expensive electricity than in Germany in spite of the better or equal conditions in the UK.
read more... 22/03/2016