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EU establishes group to expand France-Iberia energy links
The European Commission has established a working group to expand the interconnection capacity of the French and Spanish electricity and gas markets, as it declared on Monday.
read more... 16/06/2015
Verbund CEO considers that electricity prices might double in long term
The chief executive of the utility Verbund focused on hydropower thinks that German-traded electricity tariffs might double to 60 euros ($67.08) per megawatt-hour (MWh) in the long term, as soon as German nuclear power plants go offline as scheduled.
read more... 15/06/2015
EU regulators consider GE’s Alstom power agreement would harm competition
General Electric Co might need to propose bigger concessions to win European Union support for its acquirement of Alstom SA's electricity unit since regulators intend to inform the U.S firm that the agreement would harm competition, as stated by two people familiar with the matter on Thursday.
read more... 12/06/2015
World’s first tidal lagoon power project approved by Britain
Britain has given planning authorization for a 1 billion pound ($1.5 billion) tidal lagoon project in Wales able to produce sufficient electricity to power approximately 155,000 households, as stated by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on Tuesday.
read more... 10/06/2015
Deutsche Boerse institutes European intraday electricity platform
Stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse on Tuesday declared it has inked an agreement with five European energy exchanges to establish and run a joint platform to trade within-day electricity from 2017.
read more... 10/06/2015