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Didcot and Fawley power stations to be closed in 2013
RWE npower has announced that the two power stations in Oxfordshire and Hampshire which are 42 years old will be closed soon, as the EU rules required reducing greenhouse gasses emissions. The closures will occur at the end of March 2013, when the power stations will have exhausted their permitted hours of operation before they have to shut down, the energy company said.
read more... 19/09/2012
Spain approved new national energy reforms
The Spanish Cabinet has approved new national energy reforms with the objective to reduce Spain’s 24 billion euros electricity tariff deficit created after years of selling energy below the cost price.
read more... 18/09/2012
GDF Suez wants to increase gas prices by 7% from October 1
According to the newspaper “Le Figaro”, GDF Suez has sent a request to the Regulatory Commission de l’Energie (CRE), to be allowed to increase its tariffs by 0.9 % to cover supply costs, with a further 6 % increase to offset a 2% cap imposed by the government in July.
read more... 13/09/2012
Japan to phase out nuclear power by 2030
Japan is planning to phase out nuclear power during the next three decades under new government policy, aftermath Fukushima nuclear energy disaster.
read more... 12/09/2012
France to close its oldest Fessenheim nuclear reactor by 2017
French government is committed to closing Fessenheim nuclear reactor, the country’s oldest operational reactor, by 2017.
read more... 11/09/2012