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Serbia: investment of 400 million euros on power grid upgrade
Serbia's grid operator EMS intends to invest 400 million euros ($507.5 million) over the next six years to improve its old electricity network and construct new connections to nations in the European Union, an EMS representative declared on Monday.
read more... 14/10/2014
Ofgem imposes new price controls for network operators
The UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem has imposed tougher price controls for five electricity network operators for duration of eight years, pledging to encourage investment in network upgrades and to drag down customers’ energy bills.
read more... 31/07/2014
Ofgem gives the go- ahead to a £1.2bn subsea electricity link in Scotland
Scottish Hydro Electricity Transmission (SHE Transmission), the electricity transmission subsidiary of SSE, has got the green light from the UK Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem ) for a £1.2bn subsea link and transmission charging upgrade. It represents the greatest investment in the region’s electricity network since the 1950s.
read more... 15/07/2014
Greenpeace: French nuclear power becomes more expensive than renewables by 2020
A report released by environmental activist group Greenpeace unveils that the electricity generated by onshore wind and solar installations could be more financially competitive by 2020 than the power from upgraded nuclear facilities in France.
read more... 16/06/2014
Dong Energy: wind capacity to be increased to 312MW at Riffgrund
Dong Energy decided to increase the total capacity of its turbines from 277 MW to 312 MW at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The turbines are likely to be upgraded from 3.6 MW to 4 MW.
read more... 17/03/2014