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General Electric Buys LM Wind Power
General Electric (GE) has unveiled it will acquire LM Wind Power, the world’s largest wind turbine blade supplier, for a total of $1.65 billion, boosting the renewable-energy business amid increasing needs for clean power.
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Turkish Stream gas pipeline construction will start in 2018
According to Alexei Miller, chairman of Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom, the construction work on the Turkish Stream project will start in 2018, in accordance with the latest intergovernmental agreement which has been signed on Monday.
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German energy watchdog to cut power, gas grid fees
German Federal Network Agency (BnetzA) cut fees for the country's power and gas grids for five years on Wednesday.
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Daily: British gas prices diverge, with day-ahead up due to tight supply
Crude oil prices settled down on Tuesday, retiring from one-year highs amid uncertainty how rapidly global oil supply could be reduced in line with demand even if OPEC and Russia agreed to a steep production limitation. On Tuesday, Brent crude lost 73 cents, or 1.4%, to settle at $52.41 a barrel, retreating from a one-year high of $53.73 reached on Monday. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude declined 56 cents, or 1%, to end at $50.79.
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Germany set to increase green energy levy by 8% in 2017
The green energy levy in Germany (EEG), a surcharge paid by power consumers to support the transition to renewables, is expected to rise by 8 percent in 2017, despite governments efforts to slash support for renewable power.
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