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British coal-fired power drops 19% in the first half 2014
UK's coal-fired electricity generation plunged by 19% in the first six months of 2014 compared with the previous year, according to provisional figures published by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
read more... 29/08/2014
ERDF to select six suppliers to produce the new Linky meters
French electricity distribution company ERDF, a unit of state-controlled utility EDF, appointed six suppliers as a part of a tender to manufacture the first three million of its new Linky smart power meters, according to French daily Les Echos.
read more... 28/08/2014
Alstom wins electricity connection contracts in India, Korea, Canada
French electrical engineering conglomerate Alstom has won deals estimated at a total value of about 800 million euros to construct high-voltage direct current electricity transmission lines in India, South Korea and Canada, according to the firm.
read more... 26/08/2014
Romanian, Polish futures contracts to be launched by Prague power bourse
On September 1, Polish and Romanian futures contracts will be launched by the Power Exchange Central Europe in a move designed at increasing liquidity and turning into a regional trading centre for central and southeastern Europe.
read more... 26/08/2014
EDF Energy fined for mismanaging user complaints
EDF Energy, one of Britain's six most important energy suppliers, will pay 3 million pounds ($5 million) penalty to help vulnerable clients after regulator Ofgem found the firm blameworthy of violating complaint handling rules.
read more... 25/08/2014