Brent crude oil futures increased off sessions lows on Tuesday after bullish Chinese data strengthened the demand panorama from the world’s No.2 oil consumer. China's industrial output increased a forecast-beating 10.4 percent in August from a year ago, while retail sales boosted 13.4 percent.
read more... 11/09/2013
UK electricity prices could almost twice in the next three years because of the impact of a new tax intended at supporting renewable power production. The report showed that wholesale prices could increase in comparison to those in Germany by 85% in 2016-17 and would maintain the trend in general for the next 7- 10 years.
read more... 29/08/2013
E.ON and RWE have been stung by high prices of fuels such as gas, plummeting wholesale prices due to Europe's economic slowdown and policies supporting the expansion of renewable power, which erodes the need for conventional generation.
read more... 16/08/2013
Crude oil futures registered a slight increase on Monday in thin trade, reversing earlier losses, as the market assimilated mixed economic and industry data from the United States and China, the greatest oil consumers in the world. Brent crude front-month edged up 28 cents to settle at $109.09 a barrel, after earlier dropping below $108 a barrel. The August contract expires on Tuesday. Meanwhile, U.S. crude oil traded 37 cents up to close at $106.32 a barrel after slipping below $105 earlier in the session, following the publication of the U.S. retail sales data.
read more... 16/07/2013
Power grid operators in Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria had successfully launched intraday market on 26 June 2013 in a move to line up European energy wholesale markets.
read more... 28/06/2013