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Russia envisaged Siemens turbines for Crimean plants
Russia has revealed for the first time it has envisaged to install equipment produced by German company Siemens in two new power plants in Crimea, a project that has been affected by difficulties due to European trade sanctions.
read more... 19/06/2017
Norway-Poland gas pipeline plan requires demand for 75% of capacity
A pipeline to provide Norwegian gas to Poland that will cost around 2 billion euros ($2.23 billion) will only be constructed if there is demand for minimum 75 percent of the gas it can convey, one of the associates in the project told Reuters.
read more... 19/06/2017
Greece, Israel and Cyprus move forward with a natural gas pipeline from Israel to Europe
Greece, Israel and Cyprus declared on Thursday they would accelerate plans for the development of a pipeline conveying gas to Europe from recently discovered east Mediterranean reserves.
read more... 16/06/2017
Daily (14.06.2017): EU carbon prices rose above €5 in a calm session on Tuesday
Oil prices slightly rose on Tuesday, after Saudi Arabia vowed to make real supply cuts and OPEC reported an increase in its output and as traders anticipate a drawdown in U.S. crude inventories.
read more... 14/06/2017
France will reduce its nuclear share, but wants better carbon tax threshold at EU level
French environment and energy minister Nicolas Hulot declared on Monday that the government plans to reduce the share of nuclear to 50% of the country’s power generation from the current 75%. As for the possibility of introducing a carbon tax, Hulot said that France already has a carbon tax which is increasing every year.
read more... 13/06/2017