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Spain to increase electricity bills by 10.5 % in January
Spanish electricity bills are expected to climb by at least 10.5 percent in January, after a new benchmark price for power being set in an auction, representing a major blow for already cash-strapped consumers.
read more... 20/12/2013
First Solar set to power four new solar energy plants in France
First Solar, the global provider of PV solar systems, will supply with its modules four solar energy plants in France for a total combined PV capacity of 48 MW. The projects will be developed by the independent renewable energy producer Photosol of Paris, France. Three of the plants, with a combined 37 MW share of the total, will be located in the Auvergne and Midi-Pyrenees regions, while the fourth, an 11 MW capacity installation, will be located in Sarrazac.
read more... 19/12/2013
Iran to restart nuclear talks at Geneva within days
Iran declared it will resume conducting nuclear negotiations with six world powers in Geneva on Thursday and Friday, after having blaming the United States blacklisting an additional 19 Iranian companies and individuals under existing sanctions.
read more... 19/12/2013
Bulgaria to build another nuclear power plant
Bulgaria's Government has approved the report presented by the Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev, regarding the need to build a new unit at the country's only nuclear power plant, Kozloduy NPP. The Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) intends to negotiate with US energy giant Westinghouse, which is to build the reactor with its technology.
read more... 18/12/2013
Power from the Hinkley C nuclear generator could be too expensive
Jim Ratcliffe, the boss of one of the UK's biggest energy consumers, the chemical company Ineos, which owns the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland has warned that nuclear power from the Hinkley C generator, will be too costly in comparison to energy from elsewhere.
read more... 17/12/2013