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Italy: local utility reforms likely to be included in October stability pact
The Italian government is trying to incorporate a series of measures designed at encouraging consolidation of the country's local utilities in the stability pact programme it intends to launch in October, as stated by the deputy industry minister on Monday.
read more... 07/10/2014
EU utilities to be negatively affected by low energy prices until 2020
Low wholesale power prices will make Europe's utilities suffer, corroding their revenues until the end of the decade since increasing renewable production and low demand integrate, according to the rating agency Moody on Wednesday.
read more... 03/07/2014
German utilities might get 2.2 billion euros tax reimbursements
The German government might refund country’s utilities in nuclear fuel taxes estimated at over 2.2 billion euro ($3.06 billion), according to the preliminary decision of the Hamburg court.
read more... 15/04/2014
Spain government considers increasing subsidies for gas-fired power plants to prevent further closure of facilities
The Spanish government aims to increase the aid for under-used gas-fired power plants in order to avoid utilities’ closures around the country.
read more... 26/03/2014
European utilities gave up €6bn of modern gas-fired power plants in 2013
European utilities are progressively giving up on gas power generation and have shelved or closed more than 21 gigawatts (GW) of capacity last year, worth an estimated €6bn, according to a research showed on Friday, following the impact of weak coal prices and slowed economies.
read more... 17/01/2014