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Poland’s Tauron to buy coal mine assets as a part of restructuring plan
Poland's second biggest power firm Tauron is envisaging assets swap with the state-run Brzeszcze coal mine in the southern Poland.
read more... 14/10/2015
Czech private conglomerates EPH and PPF join forces to make offers for Vattenfall's German electricity plants
Privately-owned Czech energy conglomerate EPH has associated with the country's major investment group PPF to bid for a portfolio of German lignite and hydro power stations being sold by Sweden's Vattenfall, as stated by EPH on Tuesday.
read more... 14/10/2015
Britain gives deadline for onshore wind subventions
Onshore wind farm projects qualified for British government supports will need to have gained planning approval before June 18, as stated by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on Thursday.
read more... 09/10/2015
Russia approves energy sector tax increases in 2016
Russia's government has approved plans to raise its mineral extraction tax (MET) on energy giant Gazprom and keep unchanged an oil export duty calculation mechanism next year, as declared by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov on Thursday.
read more... 09/10/2015
Chinese companies envisaging 30% or less in Hinkley Point
The two Chinese firms expected to aid fund the Hinkley Point nuclear plant in Britain are only ready to take a 30 percent stake in the project, as reported in the Times on Saturday, in a blow to the site's proprietor EDF.
read more... 05/10/2015