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French power output down over 1.5 GW as workers start protest over restructuring
A strike by employees at French utility EDF in protest against a plan to restructure the state-controlled company cut power generation at two nuclear reactors and two gas-fired power plants on Wednesday evening, company data showed.
read more... 17/10/2019
Germany's EnBW takes FID on 180-MW zero-subsidy solar project
German utility EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG said today it would build what it says will be Germany’s largest subsidy-free solar park – an over 180-MW complex in the state of Brandenburg.
read more... 17/10/2019
Serbia's WBEG opens Western Balkans' largest wind farm
Serbian company Vetroelektrane Balkana (WBEG), a joint venture of UAE-based Masdar, Taaleri Energia and German development finance institution DEG, has officially opened Cibuk 1, the largest utility-scale commercial wind project in Serbia and the Western Balkans, Masdar said.
read more... 15/10/2019
Zimbabwe hikes average electricity tariff by 320% - energy regulator
Zimbabwe has increased the average electricity tariff by 320% to let the state power utility ramp up production and improve supplies at a time of daily rolling power cuts, the national energy regulator said on Wednesday.
read more... 09/10/2019
EDF nuclear power generation fell 8.6% in September
Electricity generation from French nuclear reactors operated by utility EDF fell 8.6% year-on-year in September to 27.5 terawatt hours (TWh) due to a high number of reactor outages, the company said on Monday.
read more... 08/10/2019