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Germany plans to put idled coal plants on standby in case of gas supply disruption

Germany is planning to use coal-fired power stations which would have been idled this year and next as reserve facilities in case of disruption to gas supplies from Russia, economy ministry sources said on Tuesday.

read more... 25/05/2022

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Shell, Uniper partner on UK low-carbon hydrogen facility

German utility Uniper and Shell will team up to jointly produce low-carbon hydrogen at a Uniper power station in Britain in a bid to boost use of the fuel and cut greenhouse gas emissions, they said on Tuesday.

read more... 13/04/2022

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Prysmian and Siemens Energy win UK-Germany power link contract

The NeuConnect consortium has awarded contracts worth £1.5bn ($1.95bn) to Prysmian Group and Siemens Energy to deliver cabling works and converter stations for the first subsea power link between the UK and Germany.

read more... 13/04/2022

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TenneT launches tenders for 6GW BalWin grid complex

TenneT is inviting tenders for sea and land stations for the first three German 2GW grid connections in the North Sea off Lower Saxony.

read more... 24/02/2022

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Europe nuclear plants ‘need €500bn investment by 2050’

The European Union will need to invest €500 billion in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc’s internal market commissioner said in an interview published at the weekend.

read more... 11/01/2022

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