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Slovakia reaches agreement to convey limited gas volumes to Ukraine
The agreement between Slovakia and Ukraine concerning the opening up of limited capacity for reverse flow of natural gas from central Europe to Ukraine is expected to be signed in Bratislava on Monday, as stated by Tomas Malatinsky, the Slovak Economy Ministry on Saturday.
read more... 28/04/2014
Poland: agreement of $1.5 billion signed by Tauron for its new coal-fired unit
The No.2 utility Tauron in Poland inked a contract on Thursday with builders Rafako and Mostostal Warszawa to construct a hard coal-fired unit with a capacity of 910 megawatt at its Jaworzno plant, as stated by the companies.
read more... 18/04/2014
Poland: a coal-fired unit of about $1 billion to be built by Hitachi-led consortium
Hitachi-led consortium won a contract of about 3.25 billion zlotys ($1 billion dollars) from Poland’s main utility group PGE to build a coal-fired unit of a capacity of 430-450 MW, according to a member of the conglomerate. The unit is likely to be constructed at PGE’s Turow plant in south-eastern Poland.
read more... 19/03/2014
Dong Energy: wind capacity to be increased to 312MW at Riffgrund
Dong Energy decided to increase the total capacity of its turbines from 277 MW to 312 MW at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The turbines are likely to be upgraded from 3.6 MW to 4 MW.
read more... 17/03/2014
Britain: 12 GW of power plant capacity to be taken offline by the end of 2023
About 12 GW of power plant capacity might be taken offline in Britain by the end of 2023, because of tougher European Union pollution laws, according to Reuters estimates published on Wednesday. Britain’s main goal is to ascertain a varied, low-carbon and efficient energy mix so as to cut emissions and offer consumers the best transaction, as stated by a spokeswoman from the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change.
read more... 13/03/2014