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Ofgem to upgrade the national gas and power grids
UK energy regulator Ofgem announced on Monday that it has allocated about 24.2 billion pounds to the improvements of the national gas and power grids. This move will add an average of about 12 pounds to annual household energy bills for the next eight years to come.
read more... 18/12/2012
Spain’s Garona shuts down
Spain’s oldest nuclear plant Garona, suffers shutdown due to a new energy tax imposed by the government. After years of selling power below costs, Spain’s government decided to introduce higher taxes on electricity generation as a measure to deal with a 24 billion euro energy tariff deficit.
read more... 17/12/2012
CEZ expects record nuclear power output in 2012, 2013
Czech Republic’s largest power producer announced on Tuesday that both of its nuclear power plants are on the way to hit new record power generation this year and next, as it cuts fossil fuel-generated power production.
read more... 11/12/2012
E.ON- the last of “the big six” to increase energy prices
E.ON, UK's second-largest energy supplier with six million customers, is planning to raise gas and electricity prices next week, blaming wholesale, transmission and social scheme costs.
read more... 11/12/2012
Russia to build two new reactors in China
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, signed a protocol, on Thursday, for the construction of what will be the third and fourth reactors at the Tianwan nuclear power plant, and discussed also the possibility of building floating nuclear power plants.
read more... 10/12/2012