The Russian Economy Ministry has finalised the legal framework for development of Joint Implementation projects in Russia, in line with the Kyoto Protocol, paving the way for a selection of the first...

More emissions exchanges are gearing up to start offering Certified Emission Reduction (CER) contracts in Q2 and Q3 this year. ECX remains in talks with the clearing house of its parent company ICE,...

EnBW and Dow Deutschland (a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company) have teamed up to develop an integrated energy concept for the Dow site in Stade, northern Germany. The companies signed an...

EnBW and Dow Deutschland (a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company) have teamed up to develop an integrated energy concept for the Dow site in Stade, northern Germany. The companies signed an...

Around 700,000 Italian households – equivalent to about 3% of the total domestic market – have switched to Enel since July 2007, Ingmar Wilhelm, executive vice president of marketing and supply at...

Around thirty companies from the European Union have opened accounts in the Swiss emissions registry in a bid to kick start their Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) trading portfolio, the registry...

The European Commission (EC) has imposed a fine of EUR 38 million on Eon Energie for breach of an EC seal at the company’s offices. The seal had been made to secure documents collected during a raid...

The European Council is set to approve on Friday a watered-down version of the third energy directive that the European Commission (EC) proposed in September last year, Heren Energy understands....

New Spanish CCGT under constructionSpanish gas incumbent Gas Natural has started construction on a 400 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station in Málaga, southern Spain, which is expected...

New Spanish CCGT under constructionSpanish gas incumbent Gas Natural has started construction on a 400 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station in Málaga, southern Spain, and is expected on...

French reservoir levels remained unchanged in Week 5 compared with Week 4, at 67% fullness, according to data published by French TSO RTE on Tuesday.Levels were 8 percentage points below the same...

Nord Pool Clearing has cut the clearing fee for Phase I EUAs and CERs to EUR 0.001/tCO2e, it said on its website. The offer is open to all approved members in the emission market.

French construction company Areva has selected Polish firm Elektrobudowa to install electrical equipment at the beleaguered Finnish Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant.Speaking to Heren Energy,...

French exchange Powernext said on Tuesday it thought loose coupling would be the best way to link the Spanish and French power markets. Its priority now is coupling with the more liquid German...

The Czech and Lithuanian emissions registries will be offline due to maintenance on Thursday 31st January, according to a posting on the Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL). The Czech...

A staggering £73 billion (EUR 98 billion) is needed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to clean up the UK’s first generation of nuclear power stations, a figure 18% higher than initial...

RWE has signed an agreement with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) for the acquisition of concession 58 in the Cyrenaica plateau (northeastern Libya) as part of the latest licensing round in...

Available hydro-power stocks in Spain were estimated at 7,567 GWh in Week 5 of 2008, up around 0.9% week-on-week, according to the latest data released by the Spanish Ministry of Environment.This...

As the UK’s biggest energy suppliers announce another round of price increases to the household sector, Jeremy Nicholson, director of the national Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG), spoke to Heren...

As the UK’s biggest energy suppliers announce another round of price increases to the household sector, Jeremy Nicholson, director of the national Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG), spoke to Heren...