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Verbund: gas and coal plants to be mothballed or closed
Gas and coal-fired plants in Austria and France would be mothballed or closed by the Austrian utility Verbund after a year spent analyzing its alternatives, due to their unprofitability.
read more... 15/05/2014
Britain: solar power subsidy scheme to be stopped earlier
Subsides for new solar power plants in Britain might be probably ended two years earlier than anticipated in order to avoid the costs increase, as stated by the government on Tuesday.
read more... 14/05/2014
Centrica decides to sell UK gas plants, lower 2014 earnings
Britain's Centrica anticipates the company will have lower than predicted earnings in 2014 and decided to vend its three major gas-fired power plants.
read more... 09/05/2014
Siemens strikes the second onshore wind deal in Peru
Siemens, the German multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate, has been awarded a contract by Spain-based Cobra Energia to supply 97MW of onshore wind turbines to the Tres Hermanas wind project in Peru. The new wind plant is the second project that Spanish developer Cobra is performing with Siemens in Peru.
read more... 06/05/2014
Germany: reserve power plan for 3 winters ahead
Germany's energy regulator Bundesnetzagentur defined on Friday plans for reserve power capacity for the next three winters in order to guarantee grids stability as a result of the shutdown of the nuclear plants and irregular renewable power raises.
read more... 05/05/2014