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The European Commission approves Belgian offshore renewables support scheme
The European Commission authorized on Thursday Belgium's plans to support electricity generation from offshore renewable energy, stating that they comply with EU state aid rules.
read more... 09/12/2016
Daily: Electricity curve prices in Europe decline on French nuclear restart, higher wind, thermal output in Germany
Crude oil prices settled lower on Tuesday for the first time since OPEC agreed on November 30 to curb output, as data showed record output in producer group fed skepticism that it would be able to curtail supplies. Brent futures shed $1.01 to settle at $53.93 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures eased 86 cents to end at $50.93 per barrel. Crude had soared over 15 percent in the four sessions since the November 30 OPEC meeting.
read more... 07/12/2016
France: EDF receives the approval to restart some nuclear reactors
French winter electricity supply concerns could alleviate after nuclear safety regulator ASN allowed EDF to restart some nuclear reactors involved in a safety investigation.
read more... 06/12/2016
Amazon wishes to transform Italy power stations into data centres
Amazon is in negotiations with utility Enel over the conversion of old electricity stations in north and central Italy into data centres since it tries to extend its profitable cloud services business in the country.
read more... 01/12/2016
UK-France electricity connection capacity halved to end of February
Electricity flows via the electricity link connecting Britain and France will be reduced by 50 percent until the end of February because of cable damage, National Grid declared on Tuesday.
read more... 30/11/2016