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Costs for Germany’s nuclear exit might increase to 70 billion euros

The bill for closing Germany's nuclear power plants and constructing a secure disposal location for nuclear waste might increase to 70 billion euros, the manager of a government commission declared to daily Frankfurter Rundschau in an interview.

read more... 21/04/2015

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Europe to sketch out energy crisis emergency plans

The European Union is working on contingency plans to make member states better equipped for any kind of energy supply outages, as stated by Europe's energy and climate chief on Thursday.

read more... 17/04/2015

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Germany’s EWE purchases VNG shares from Gazprom

German utility EWE will acquire shares in eastern German gas transmission firm VNG from Russia's Gazprom to increase its stake to 74.2 percent, as it stated on Wednesday.

read more... 16/04/2015

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Norway suggests electricity utility unbundling

Norway wishes utilities to split their distribution and production operations, in a step towards grid consolidation, as stated by the oil and energy ministry on Wednesday.

read more... 16/04/2015

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Shell launches gas supplies to Ukraine

Royal Dutch Shell has started gas supplies to Ukraine and intends to pump minimum 120 to 130 million cubic metres this month, as stated by Ukrainian news agency Liga on Wednesday, citing a government source.

read more... 16/04/2015

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