EDF French group will shut down its oil-fired plants for half a year starting from April, taking offline a power capacity of 5,000 MW, because the plants turned out to be uncompetitive among huge overcapacities in the European electricity sector.
read more... 06/03/2014
Three power exchanges have been fined on Wednesday by EU antitrust regulators for approximately 6.9 million euros because of the anti-competitive practices impeding Europe’s plan to establish an integrated energy market.
read more... 06/03/2014
The ruling coalition in Latvia decided to put off the liberalization of the power market until the elections, in order to have more time to set up a scheme of refund for poorer residents who are trying to find money to pay for increasing energy bills.
read more... 04/03/2014
Siemens won a contract estimated at $253 million from Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA), aiming to construct nine substations, according to the declaration made on Sunday by German corporation.
read more... 03/03/2014
SunEdison, solar technology manufacturer based in US, declared that it has completed debt financing transaction with Deutsche Bank for the rebuilding of photovoltaic plants in the UK.
read more... 28/02/2014