Ukraine, Russia and the European Union inked an agreement on Thursday that will see Moscow restart crucial supplies of gas to its ex-Soviet neighbor over the winter in return for payments partly financed by Kiev's Western creditors.
read more... 31/10/2014
Austrian utility Verbund registered a decline of 86 percent in group profit for the first three quarters of 2014 to 63.8 million euros ($81.3 million) because of decreasing electricity prices, reduced water supply and impairment losses on its Romanian wind farms.
read more... 29/10/2014
Brent crude oil prices dropped on Friday, but posted a modest change on the week as traders took a break from months-long rout, despite of increasing worldwide supply signs and U.S. contango structure threatened sharper losses. Brent crude for December delivery closed at $86.13 per barrel, down 70 cents for the day and 3 cents below last Friday's settlement price. Meanwhile, U.S. crude oil futures, continued to decline, with contracts for December delivery dropping $1.08 at $81.01 per barrel.
read more... 27/10/2014
The Scottish government has given the green light for the development of the four offshore wind power plants, which could generate enough electricity to supply over 1.4 million of households.
read more... 21/10/2014
Brent crude dropped on Monday, falling below $86 a barrel as concerns about oversupply and weak demand dragged down worldwide oil benchmark back to last week’s four-year low. WTI crude hovered below $83 a barrel. Brent settled as low as $84.41, after having dropped 69 cents at $85.47 a barrel by 1945 GMT. U.S. crude declined 4 cents to close at $82.71 a barrel. The spread between Brent and U.S. crude extended at $3.39 a barrel.
read more... 21/10/2014