Britain could become a net exporter of energy within 8 years due to increasing renewable energy production and the construction of new interconnectors that will contribute to provide more power to its neighbors.
read more... 27/09/2012
After three years of construction, the control of the final part of the plant was delivered to the station team last week. RWE npower presented the facility as one of Europe's largest and most efficient combined cycle gas turbine plant which will provide a highly flexible and reliable source of energy, besides it will power 3,5 million homes.
read more... 20/09/2012
RWE npower has announced that the two power stations in Oxfordshire and Hampshire which are 42 years old will be closed soon, as the EU rules required reducing greenhouse gasses emissions. The closures will occur at the end of March 2013, when the power stations will have exhausted their permitted hours of operation before they have to shut down, the energy company said.
read more... 19/09/2012
The Spanish Cabinet has approved new national energy reforms with the objective to reduce Spain’s 24 billion euros electricity tariff deficit created after years of selling energy below the cost price.
read more... 18/09/2012
According to the newspaper “Le Figaro”, GDF Suez has sent a request to the Regulatory Commission de l’Energie (CRE), to be allowed to increase its tariffs by 0.9 % to cover supply costs, with a further 6 % increase to offset a 2% cap imposed by the government in July.
read more... 13/09/2012