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German energy regulator abandons power area with Austria from 2018
Germany's energy regulator on Friday requested electricity transport firms to get ready for a separation of the German and Austrian power markets, which are currently joined, to allow for more traffic at reduced cost and less technical risks.
read more... 31/10/2016
Greece: PPC says China's State Grid top bidder for grid stake
Greece's power utility Public Power Corp. (PPC) declared on Wednesday that China's State Grid was the top bidder for a 24 percent stake in the nation's electricity grid operator ADMIE, offering 320 million euros ($349 million).
read more... 27/10/2016
EDF: French government says no to suspending ARENH mechanism
Bad news for EDF. The government will not allow utility EDF to suspend the ARENH mechanism under which it is required to sell part of the nuclear power it produces to its competitors.
read more... 26/10/2016
The longest Iceland-UK electricity cable plan seen confronting Brexit deferral
Plans to construct the world's longest electricity interconnector from Iceland to Britain might be deferred by Britain's decision to leave the European Union, as stated by the manager of Icelandic utility Landsvirkjun.
read more... 24/10/2016
Germany approves the controversial nuclear waste deal
The German cabinet has paved the way for a controversial nuclear waste deal, allowing the country's major utilities to pay €23.5bn ($26bn) for shifting responsibility of managing nuclear waste to the government.
read more... 21/10/2016