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EDF to postpone the Flamanville reactor to 2018
French utility EDF announced on Thursday another delay for the EPR nuclear reactor it is building in Flamanville, Normandy to 2018 which should lead to additional costs of over 10 billion euros from an initial budget of 3 billion euros, according to the newspaper Le Figaro.
read more... 03/09/2015
China is approaching the smart power grid
China is envisaging investing at least CNY2 trillion ($313bn) to upgrade its power grid infrastructure over the 2015-2020 period, a report by a government newspaper said on Monday.
read more... 02/09/2015
Bulgaria authorizes electricity price cut deal with ContourGlobal
Bulgaria's energy regulator on Thursday approved the electricity acquirement deal between U.S. power firm ContourGlobal and the Balkan country's public electricity supplier NEK.
read more... 28/08/2015
Serbia’s Nikola Tesla power plant shuts down 344 MW unit
Serbia's largest coal-fired power plant complex Nikola Tesla (TENT) has closed a 344 megawatt (MW) unit for a programmed 60-day renovation, as stated by the power plant on Tuesday.
read more... 26/08/2015
German utilities intend to shut down 10 more power stations
German utilities have submitted requests to shut down 10 more power stations, or 2.34 gigawatt of capacity, as indicated by statistics from the network regulator, a result of record-low wholesale electricity prices hitting profits.
read more... 25/08/2015