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Daily: European spot power prices decline on higher wind output expectations
Crude oil futures settled higher on Wednesday on bullish stockpiles report from the Department of Energy and after Dow Jones indicated that Saudi Arabia would retreat its production after the summer. U.S. crude for September delivery rose by 81 cents to close at $48.79 a barrel Wednesday after soaring as much as 2.5 percent from six-month lows earlier in the session. Front-month Brent futures increased by 6 cents at $53.36 a barrel, having recovered from an intraday low of $52.51.
read more... 30/07/2015
Germany’s renewable power hits a new record
Germany’s renewable electricity surpassed the old record of 74 percent on July 25, hitting 78 percent of the day’s energy demand, spurred by windy weather in the north where Germany has most of its wind turbines installed and by sunny weather in the south.
read more... 29/07/2015
SSE decides to acquire 20% stake in Total’s Shetland project
SSE has decided to buy a 20 percent stake in Total's Laggan-Tormore gas field and plant for 565 million pounds ($881 million), plus an estimated investment of 350 million pounds to 2018, as stated by the British utility on Wednesday.
read more... 29/07/2015
Russia hopes to settle on new gas route to China in September
Russia hopes to ink a deal on natural gas supplies to China from western Siberian fields, besides the previously settled supplies from an eastern route, during President Vladimir Putin's visit to China in September, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak declared on Tuesday.
read more... 29/07/2015
Polish opposition wishes to block railways’ sale of utility unit
Poland's most important opposition party, a frontrunner in pre-election polls, wishes to block the already settled 2-billion zloty ($537.1 million) sale of Polish state-run railways PKP's utility unit to global private equity fund CVC.
read more... 29/07/2015