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Germany needs €20 bn to upgrade its power transmission network
Germany must invest about €20 billion ($25 billion) over the next decade to upgrade its power transmission network, as the nation decided to quit nuclear power and to use more renewable energy, aftermath the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe in Japan.
read more... 04/06/2012
Germany power complex set to face a difficult winter in 2013
Germany's power grid faces a difficult job to prevent blackouts next winter, when demand is high and closure of nuclear plants still constrains supply, the country's new energy network regulator said last Friday.
read more... 08/05/2012
Gas prices to raise due to higher distribution costs
Gas networks companies announced that have increased their prospects of rising energy prices beyond 2020 following a forecast that distribution prices will increase by up to 27% by the beginning of the next decade.
read more... 10/04/2012
Germany confirms 7.5 GW of new solar installed in 2011
The earlier released reports by the German Federal Network Agency indicated that 3 GW of new solar power were installed in Germany in December alone, defining a monthly record in the Federal country. German Federal Network Agency confirmed earlier appraisal that in 2011, a 7.5GW capacity of solar was installed in Germany. This surpassed even the US total new installed capacity of 1,855 MW in 2011.
read more... 29/03/2012
National Grid and Petrofac to build a £1bn carbon capture and storage plant in UK
The British energy network National Grid and oil Services Company Petrofac have entered in an agreement with Summit Power Group, a Seattle-based developer of low-carbon electric power projects to seek funding for the development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the United Kingdom.
read more... 21/03/2012