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Nineteen EU nations distribute 500 million free 2015 CO2 permits
Nineteen countries, counting Germany, Britain and France, have thus far distributed a total of approximately 500 million free European Union carbon permits to industry to cover their 2015 emissions, as indicated by European Commission data on Tuesday.
read more... 04/03/2015
Netherlands distributes 46 million free carbon allowances to industry
The Netherlands has started to hand out this year's quota of free carbon permits to industry, as stated by the Dutch Emissions Authority (NEA) on Thursday.
read more... 27/02/2015
Italy intends to eliminate standard power pricing from 2018
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
Daily: Crude oil rebounds after two days of losses on sinking U.S dollar, investments cuts
Crude oil prices jumped on Thursday after two days of losses on news of sharper industry investments cuts following a near-halving of oil prices since June and on weakening U.S. dollar. Expiring March Brent futures boosted $2.39, or 4.37 percent to close at $57.05 a barrel after a 3 percent decline on Wednesday. U.S. March crude futures increased $2.37 or 4.85 percent to settle at $51.21.
read more... 13/02/2015
FEE: France reaches 1GW of new wind capacity in 2014
France was the latest European country to unveil a milestone in its wind industry during 2014, as it hit over 1GW of new wind capacity, according to data from France's wind energy trade body, France Énergie Éolienne (FEE).
read more... 20/01/2015