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Romania: cogeneration tax to be cut by approximately half as of July
Romania's energy regulator ANRE will reduce the tax for cogeneration, or combined heat and power, by approximately half, attaining 0.00996 lei per kilowatt from July, according to a statement on Monday.
read more... 01/07/2014
Croatia wants to ratify law to stop energy firms’ sale to non-EU purchasers
CCroatia intends to implement a law authorizing the government to impede the sale of a stake in its energy firms to purchasers outside the European Union, as stated on Friday by the Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.
read more... 30/06/2014
Germany: renewable energy law passed by Bundestag
The lower house of Germany’s parliament, Bundestag, ratified on Friday a law to restructure the system of renewable energy subsidies, clarifying the first problem for a plan that could still be stopped by the European Union after a conflict over its legitimacy.
read more... 30/06/2014
UK: National Audit Office blames DECC for generous renewable energy subsidies
A British parliament watchdog accuses the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) having granted in April too generous subsidies, valued at 16.6 billion pounds, to eight renewable energy projects, without price competition, meaning that households could be forced to pay higher energy bills.
read more... 27/06/2014
Total: First Danish shale gas exploration authorized
French energy major Total received the green light from a town in northern Denmark to start drilling first shale gas test wells in the Northern country where conventional gas production is depleting.
read more... 27/06/2014