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Power flows with UK ‘less efficient’ since Brexit
Additional red tape and customs declarations means electricity will no longer flow as smoothly as it used to when the UK was a full member of the European Union, leading to “increased costs of energy trading,” an EU spokesperson told EURACTIV.
read more... 07/01/2021
Wind energy powers more than half of UK electricity for first time
The percentage of wind power in the country's energy mix hit a record 50.67 percent on Saturday, the company said over the weekend, beating the previous record of 50 percent in August.
read more... 30/12/2020
Enel Romania's E-Distributie Muntenia invests 230 mln lei (47 mln euro) in network upgrades in 2020
E-Distributie Muntenia, part of the Romanian arm of Italian energy group Enel, said on Monday it has invested 230 million lei ($58 million/47 million euro) in electricity grid upgrades in 2020.
read more... 29/12/2020
China secures coal, gas and power supplies ahead of another cold wave
China has taken measures to secure natural gas, electricity and coal supplies ahead of another expected cold snap in coming days, the country's top policy planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, said in a Dec. 28 press conference, according to a transcript on its website.
read more... 29/12/2020
Electricity, heat and lithium: geothermal offers new hope for old mining county
A project in Cornwall, England, is building on the county’s history of tin mining, looking to restore jobs and boost the local economy by developing a new geothermal plant that will produce electricity, heat and, hopefully, lithium.
read more... 21/12/2020