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Swiss intraday power market successfully launched on 26 June
Power grid operators in Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria had successfully launched intraday market on 26 June 2013 in a move to line up European energy wholesale markets.
read more... 28/06/2013
Fluxys is considering taking a stake in TAP project
According to managing director at Fluxys, Walter Peeraer, the Belgian gas network operator is considering taking a share in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline Project. Fluxys may take part to the project if the Shah Deniz consortium decides whether it will carry gas to Italy (TAP) or to Austria (Nabucco WEST). In the case where TAP is selected, it is expected that Fluxys could join the project by August.
read more... 18/06/2013
Austrian OMV bought shares in Nabucco gas pipeline
Austrian OMV has acquired shares in the Nabucco West gas pipeline project from German RWE on 14 April. Both RWE and OMV have confirmed the deal but they didn’t provide any other information.
read more... 15/04/2013
Verbund and E.ON. ink an asset swap deal
The biggest Austrian energy company Verbund signed a deal with the E.ON. Renewable in Germany to acquire eight German hydro power plants located on the Inn and Danube Rivers.
read more... 05/12/2012
Austria seeks Europeans to sign a petition against nuclear power
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann expects petition drives to start in at least six European Union members this year with the goal of having the EU abandon nuclear power, he said in a newspaper interview.
read more... 16/03/2012