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Wind parks of Spain set a new daily generation record
On Tuesday, wind parks of Spain, the fourth largest in the world, hit a fresh daily generation high, representing 40 percent of the national power demand, according to the grid operator REE.
read more... 07/05/2010
Gas trading volume doubled in Germany last year
According to British consultancy Prospex, German gas trading volume increased more than twice in 2009, reaching 955.2 TWh, up from 407.8 TWh in 2008, mainly due to faster merging of gas transmission zones.
read more... 07/05/2010
Spanish water reserves to new 12-year highs
According to the Ministry of Environment and Rural Affairs data from Tuesday, hydroelectric reservoirs have risen to the highest levels since 1998, enough to generate 16.671 GWh, having risen 44 GWh since last week.
read more... 05/05/2010
The coal market in Europe
The coal prices decreased on Tuesday by 2 dollars as consequence of the sales made by several banks on Monday. According to traders and utilities, it was a necessity to reduce prices from the level of 100 dollars per ton for the punctual South African cargoes, because of the rapid increase.
read more... 29/04/2010
Romania wants to reduce its participation in Petrom
OMV, Austrian major oil and gas group, does not intend to increase its share in its Petrom division, even though the Romanian government would like to vend a part of its 21% stake in order to reduce its participation to 8%, according to OMV’s representative on Tuesday.
read more... 27/04/2010