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Main aspects of British proposed power market reform
Britain proposed legislation for a major overhaul of its electricity market that will encourage investment in low-carbon types of energy to help meet legally binding emissions-reduction targets. The government faces the challenge of keeping bills affordable for consumers while ensuring intermittent renewable energy is backed up by stand-by power plants and safeguarding tax revenues from oil and gas exploration.
read more... 12/12/2012
EIA released their Energy Outlook Report for 2013
The Energy Information Administration has released this week its 2013 Energy Outlook Report which forecasts that by 2040 renewables will meet 16% of US energy demand in comparison to 13% in 2011.
read more... 07/12/2012
Verbund and E.ON. ink an asset swap deal
The biggest Austrian energy company Verbund signed a deal with the E.ON. Renewable in Germany to acquire eight German hydro power plants located on the Inn and Danube Rivers.
read more... 05/12/2012
Germany sets new legislation to avoid electricity blackouts
The German parliament adopted a law aimed to curb blackouts by easing 3 GW of capacity, as the country’s costly nuclear phase-out and fluctuating renewable are threatening its power grid.
read more... 04/12/2012
EC is investigating over Germany’s green energy law
The European Commission said it is investigating over German subsidies for renewable energy as a pressure group representing more than 13,000 households and small businesses in the country protested that present legislation illegally favors large industrial energy customers.
read more... 03/12/2012