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China connected 5.33 GW of wind capacity to the grid in Q1 2016
China’s newly installed wind power capacity hit 5.33 GW in the first quarter, up 13% year-on-year, according to figures released by the National Energy Administration (NEA).
read more... 27/04/2016
Daily: Crude oil rockets to 2016 high after API report release, gasoline hike
Crude oil prices attained 2016 highs on Tuesday, buoyed by a hike in the gasoline market and after API’s report showing an unexpected withdrawal in U.S. crude inventories. Brent and U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures closed the trading about 3 percent higher. Brent crude futures increased by $1.26 to settle at $45.74 a barrel. In post-settlement trade, it raised as much as $2.01 to a 2016 high of $46.49. U.S. crude futures edged $1.40 higher at $44.04. It added $2.19 in after-hours trade to hit a year-to-date high of $44.83.
read more... 27/04/2016
Polish state-controlled companies decide to invest $620 million in coal group
Six Polish state-controlled companies have decided to invest $620 million in a newly-established state coal mining conglomerate PGG, as they stated on Tuesday, as part of an effort to save the European Union's biggest coal miner Kompania Weglowa from insolvency.
read more... 27/04/2016
German wholesale electricity for 2017 rise by 7.5% attaining 26.5 eur/MWh
German baseload wholesale electricity price for delivery in 2017 touched 26.5 euros ($29.97) a megawatt hour in Tuesday trading, or an increase of 7.5 percent on the day and the most elevated level thus far in 2016.
read more... 27/04/2016
RWE to limit output at Aberthaw coal plant in Wales
RWE npower will downgrade its operating hours at its 1,600 megawatt Aberthaw coal-fired power plant, the largest in Wales from April 1 next year.
read more... 26/04/2016