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Enel Green Power profits up by over 20% in the first semester

Italy's biggest renewable energy company Enel Green Power (EGP), controlled by Italian utility Enel, has announced yesterday that in the first six month of 2013 its earnings increased by 21.7% to 269 million euros in comparison to 221 million euros in the same period of 2012.

read more... 01/08/2013

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France: EDF envisages a 5% increase in power tariffs in August

The French government has allowed French state-controlled power utility Electricite de France (EDF) to increase its electricity tariffs for residential consumers by 5% in August, and by the same share in August next year, citing recent increases of the company's production costs.

read more... 09/07/2013

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End of Gazprom’s Russian gas export monopoly approaches

Russian President Vladimir Putin signalled the gradual end of state-controlled Gazprom's monopoly on exports of natural gas, opening the way for rivals Novatek and Rosneft to compete for huge new Asian markets.

read more... 25/06/2013

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EDF may erase hopes of new nuclear power plants in UK

The U.K. government is seeking to restore nuclear energy as part of a program to limit its carbon emissions and has been in talks with French state-controlled EDF, the world's largest nuclear operator, to build as many as four new reactors.

read more... 19/04/2013

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Daily: UK spot gas prices increase on Troll field trouble

Brent and U.S. crude oil futures climbed on Monday in choppy trading, which were supported by optimistic durable goods data and by strong gasoline futures, which added 2 cents on Hess Corp's plans to halt a refinery in the Northeast.

read more... 29/01/2013

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