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TenneT launches the second tranche Green Bonds for offshore wind connections
European electricity transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT successfully launched its second Green Bond worth €1bn for investing in the transmission of renewable electricity from offshore wind farms to the onshore electricity grid.
read more... 09/06/2016
EU clarifies DONG Energy and Danish operator’s electricity agreement
The European Commission established that a power agreement between the Danish transmission system operator and DONG Energy does not break state aid regulations.
read more... 24/05/2016
Closure of Longannet coal-fired power station brings the end of an era in Scotland
Scottish Power will on Thursday halt production at the country's last coal-fired power station, the 46 year old Longannet Power Station in Fife, blaming high carbon taxes and transmission charges made it “uneconomic”.
read more... 24/03/2016
TransCanada on track to create one of North America's largest regulated natural gas transmission businesses
TransCanada Corp, the Calgary-based energy giant, will buy Columbia Pipeline Group for $10.2 billion, creating one of the largest regulated natural gas transmission businesses in North America.
read more... 18/03/2016
Daily: British spot gas prices jump amid an undersupplied transmission system
Crude oil prices edged higher on Monday, prolonging an increase triggered last week by hopes that OPEC might agree to slash output to reduce oversupply that has dragged down prices to their weakest level in a decade. Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, rose 21 cents at $33.57 a barrel at 14:28 GMT. U.S. futures stood at $29.68 a barrel, up 24 cents on Friday's settlement. Trade was thinner than usual on Monday due to the U.S. Presidents Day holiday.
read more... 16/02/2016