Alstom has been awarded with a contract from RheinEnergie for providing the combined-cycle heat and power plant (CHP) in Niehl, Germany, with a 560 MVA, 410/21kV transformer.
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Brent crude oil prices climbed on Tuesday on violent rapports in Crimea, while the American benchmark skyrocketed to its highest level in a week on strong build in U.S. equities. Brent crude oil rose by 55 cents to settle at $106.79 per barrel, after touching a six-week low on Monday. Meanwhile, its equivalent WTI oil benchmark closed $1.62 higher at $99.70 per barrel.
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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.
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An ultimatum has been given by Bulgaria to three foreign-owned energy distributors until Wednesday to reimburse the debt they have with state power supplier NEK, otherwise they may lose their licenses.
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The EDF’s first nuclear reactor in Britain might generate for the French utility and the investors two-decade profits, supported by government, expected to be much higher than returns from other projects, as stated in a report.
read more... 18/03/2014