The manager of German energy sector trade union BCE declared it would be "not unreasonable" for German electricity company Steag GmbH to manifest interest in acquiring lignite assets Swedish utility Vattenfall has put up for sale in Germany, less than two weeks after Steag stated it was not in negotiations.
read more... 02/03/2015
Italy plans to scrap the standard power and gas tariff regime for households and small companies from 2018 as part of efforts to liberalize the retail electricity market, as stated on Friday by the Industry Minister Federica Guidi.
read more... 23/02/2015
French and Spanish power grid operators have commissioned a long-awaited underground high-voltage cable across the Pyrenees that will enhance the supply security of both countries and will allow Spain to exports its excess of renewable electricity, easing one of the worst network bottlenecks in Europe.
read more... 16/02/2015
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) anticipates Italy's energy trading market to develop and intends to launch gas contracts there since more firms transfer from bi-lateral supply agreements to market alternatives, as stated by its chief executive on Wednesday.
read more... 12/02/2015
French power utility EDF declared on Thursday net income increased by 5.2 percent to 3.70 billion euros since production at its nuclear plants surpassed projections and despite a drop in electricity consumption because of mild weather.
read more... 12/02/2015