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Conglomerate including EDF and fund PGGM purchase Spanish gas distributor
A conglomerate run by PGGM, the Dutch pension fund manager, declared on Wednesday it will buy Spanish gas distributor Madrilena Red de Gas (MRG) for an unrevealed sum.
read more... 23/04/2015
Daily: European prompt power prices mixed with German spot up on lower wind output
Crude oil prices were mixed on Wednesday with European benchmark Brent ending up on continuing unrest in Yemen, while WTI crude closed down after the release of EIA ‘s report showing stockpiles have increased much more than expected last week. Brent crude rose 65 cents to settle at $62.73 a barrel after the White House declared the situation in Yemen remained precarious and more effort is needed to be done in the region. U.S. crude slipped 45 cents to close at $56.16 a barrel.
read more... 23/04/2015
Bulgaria inks deal with Nord Pool Spot for power exchange
Bulgaria's state-owned Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) has inked a cooperation deal with Europe's main power market Nord Pool Spot intended at establishing the Balkan country's first day-ahead power exchange, as it declared on Wednesday.
read more... 23/04/2015
Argentina will ink energy agreement memorandum with Gazprom
Argentine state oil firm YPF is on the point of signing a memorandum of understanding this week in Moscow for Russia's Gazprom to make energy investments in the South American country, as stated by sources familiar with the situation on Tuesday.
read more... 22/04/2015
EU consents rescue assistance for Romanian coal power producer
The European Commission declared on Tuesday it would permit Romania's leftist government to offer a rescue help estimated at 167 million lei ($40.3 million) to indebted state-owned coal power producer CE Hunedoara to keep it operating for the next six months.
read more... 22/04/2015