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Swiss hydropower utilities might benefit from 38% water fee reduction
The Swiss government proposed on Thursday to reduce the maximum fee that hydropower utilities pay for water use to mountainous cantons by almost 38%. For a transition period from 2020 to 2022, 80 utilities will pay for water use only 80 Swiss francs ($82.32) per gross kilowatt usage from existing 110 francs.
read more... 23/06/2017
Vattenfall will enter UK household energy market
Vattenfall might enter the UK domestic energy market as it acquires a Bournemouth-based supplier. iSupplyEnergy provides gas and electricity to over 120,000 users and employs 170 people.
read more... 22/06/2017
Record amount of green power capacity installed in 2016
A record amount of clean power capacity was installed worldwide last year as decreasing costs for wind and solar made them more competitive with fossil fuels, as shown in the research by renewables policy organization REN21 on Tuesday.
read more... 07/06/2017
Construction of new coal-fired power plants fell worldwide in 2016
The amount of new coal power plants tumbled dramatically last year due to policy shifts in China and India and subsequent declining investment prospects.
read more... 22/03/2017
Daily (07.02.2017): Brent and WTI crude at lowest level since Jan. 31
Crude oil prices tumbled on Monday as robust U.S. supplies and excess speculative length offset OPEC output reductions and mounting tensions between the United States and Iran.
read more... 07/02/2017