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RWE rejects E.On-style split-business plan

  • 2014-12-01 21:57:05
  • Junior Isles

Rheinisch-Wesfallsches Elektrizitatswerk (RWE), Germany's second-largest utility provider, has declined to follow the lead of E.On and split its business operation.

Renewable energy becomes Scotland’s top power source

  • 2014-11-27 21:48:27
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Wind, hydro and other clean power sources accounted for the largest source of Scottish power in the first half of 2014. Scottish renewables, a trade body, stated that the renewable energy generated a record 10.3 TWh, whereas nuclear generation provided 7.8 TWh, coal 5.6 TWh and gas 1.4 TWh.

WEO 2014 says signs of stress must not be ignored

  • 2014-11-13 13:07:09
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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2014 (WEO-2014) launched in London yesterday has warned that current events could distract decision makers from recognising and tackling the longer-term signs of stress that are emerging in the energy system.

Japan approves restart of Sendai reactors

  • 2014-11-07 23:23:30
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Two reactors at Japan’s Sendai nuclear plant are due to become the first to be restarted in the country since the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi facility, after regional authorities approved the restart of the plant owned by Kyushu Electric Power Co.

EDF faces shake-up

  • 2014-10-17 17:36:27
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French state-owned utility Eléctricité de France (EDF) is facing a major shake-up. According to Dow Jones newswire, the French government is likely to sell shares in as part of a broader objective to raise several billion euros of the French state’s asset portfolio in the coming year and a half.

German energy ministry denies plans for coal-fired exit

  • 2014-10-12 22:34:55
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Germany has dismissed reports suggesting it is planning to phase out coal-fired power generation, for environmental reasons, as this would impose too great a burden on industry along with the nuclear phase-out.

EU approves state aid for Hinkley Point C

  • 2014-10-08 18:23:10
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The European Union has voted to back the UK’s plan to guarantee the price of power from Hinkley Point C, the country’s first new nuclear project in decades.

Bolivia set to kick off nuclear programme

  • 2014-10-03 22:31:07
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President Evo Morales has announced that Bolivia will launch its civilian nuclear energy programme this year with the construction of plants in the western province of La Paz and an investment outlay of more than $2 billion through 2025.

CEZ eyes nuclear following Hinkley CFD approval

  • 2014-10-01 17:09:31
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Daniel Benes, Chairman and Chief Executive of Czech utility CEZ AS, has said that Brussels’ approval of the contract for difference (CFD) at the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK “without question” establishes a European-wide precedent that could make other envisaged nuclear power projects profitable.

UK’s new nuclear deal gets a provisional green light from the EU

  • 2014-09-24 00:05:03
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The UK an EU negotiations on the funding of Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear plant in a generation, have made a breakthrough, with Europe’s competition chief satisfied that the revised deal is now in line with EU restrictions on state support.