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Sweden: Vattenfall to put on standby its nuclear plans
Swedish power group Vattenfall, will give up its plans to build new nuclear power reactors because of a new government, including Green Party, which is not supporting them, setting up an energy commission tasked with achieving a 100% renewable electricity system.
read more... 01/12/2014
Renewable energy beats nuclear as Scotland’s main power source
Renewable energy in Scotland from wind farms, hydro power plants and other green sources has exceeded nuclear, becoming the top source of electricity in the nation in the first months of 2014, according to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
read more... 01/12/2014
Italy: final agreement to vend grid asset stakes to China
Italy has closed a final agreement to vend minority stakes in power grid company Terna and gas network operator Snam to a Chinese state-owned electricity group and Italian investors for 2.4 billion euros ($3 billion).
read more... 28/11/2014
Bosnia: EPBIH vends 2015 electricity surplus for $87 million
Bosnia's major electricity utility EPBiH has chosen five companies to purchase 1,600 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of its 2015 power excess for approximately 70 million euros ($87 million), as stated by an official of EPBiH on Thursday.
read more... 28/11/2014
Serbia secures more coal, electricity imports – winter deficit
Serbia has guaranteed extra coal and power supplies to aid compensate a predictable shortfall this winter after floods earlier this year hit its energy sector, power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) said on Wednesday.
read more... 27/11/2014