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Investment of Petrom in Romanian wind power project
Petrom, the Romanian oil and gas group, intends to purchase a wind power project, looking for new opportunities for assessment of potential energy sources, insulating against the inefficiency of the existing refineries this way.
read more... 16/04/2010
RusHydro still restores Sayano-Shushenskaya plant
Before the fatal accident in August 2009 where 75 people were killed, the 6,400-MW-hydroelectric plant, Sayano-Shushenskaya, situated in southern Siberia, was the largest hydropower plant in Russia and the sixth largest in the world.
read more... 14/04/2010
Carbon-emitting power generation
According to a new study, in the coming years Europe has to make some changes to the energy system in order to succeed in eradicating carbon-emitting power generation. The measures will have as purpose the reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions by 80% until 2050.
read more... 14/04/2010
Power prices stable in the Nordic region
On Friday, the forward prices for Nordic electricity increased, because of the high German power prices, as well as fossil fuel increased prices for coal and oil, and another factor is the cold weather.
read more... 09/04/2010
Italian electricity prices sharply up, following suspension of Enel’s power plant
Enel has stopped for 15 days generation of electricity at one of its most important power plant in Italy, a coal-fired giant at Civitavecchia, after the death of a 34 year old employee during maintenance works on April, 3.
read more... 07/04/2010