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News Archive

Carbon market snapshot

CO2 contracts started the session strongly, but had run out of steam by the end of the session, falling on the back of losses elsewhere in the energy complex....

27 Jan 2010 18:50 | EDCM

Power

Doubts over priority access in new Dutch green legislation

Dutch parliamentarians are considering new legislation designed to give priority access to the country's transmission network to renewable generation. But...

27 Jan 2010 15:16 | EDEM

Gas

Drilling to start at Denmark's deepest gas field

DONG Energy, Germany's Bayerngas and the Danish North Sea Fund will collaborate on an appraisal drilling in the Svane field, the companies said on Wednesday....

27 Jan 2010 16:45 | ESGM

Power

Dutch MPs agree three-month delay to CCS project

The Dutch parliament has given a provisional go-ahead to the Barendrecht carbon storage project, although a final decision will be delayed for three months...

27 Jan 2010 18:50 | EDEM

Gas

E.ON, Gazprom still negotiating underlifting

Negotiations are still ongoing between German E.ON Ruhrgas and Russia's Gazprom, concerning payment for the former's underlifting of Russian gas via take-or-pay...

27 Jan 2010 16:26 | ESGM

Emissions

French bank reshuffles carbon business

France's Caisse des Dépôts, the bank behind carbon traders Sagacarbon, is shaking up its internal structure.Caisse des Dépôts, a French state-owned...

27 Jan 2010 18:50 | EDCM

Gas

French stocks slip to 58% fullness; Spanish down to 69%

Fullness at France's storage sites fell 4.8 percentage points week on week to 58% in the seven-day period to 24 January (week 3), according to data released...

27 Jan 2010 14:52 | ESGM

Power

GDF SUEZ-Areva talks continue

Discussion between GDF SUEZ and Areva over cooperation in the French nuclear sector and sharing engineering expertise remain ongoing, the generator confirmed...

27 Jan 2010 17:55 | EDEM

Power

Germany MVV boosts power and gas turnovers

Mannheim, Germany-based energy distribution and service company MVV Energie has increased its electricity turnover by 7% year-on-year to 18.7GWh in its 2008/09...

27 Jan 2010 17:42 | EDEM ESGM

Power

Giant UK CCS scheme 'two years' ahead of competition

The UK's single largest power generation installation is at the centre of a carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) project that industry sources say is "at least...

27 Jan 2010 18:05 | EDEM

Power

Giant UK CCS scheme 'two years' ahead of competition

The UK's single largest power generation installation is at the centre of a carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) project that industry sources say is "at least...

27 Jan 2010 16:23 | EDEM

Emissions

Ireland has enough CO2 credits for Kyoto target

Ireland is placing on hold its state programme to buy carbon credits, environment minister John Gormley told Irish parliamentarians this week. A fall...

27 Jan 2010 18:50 | EDCM

Gas

Latest UK offshore licensing round aims to boost activity

The latest offshore licensing round offers blocks in all areas of the UK seas, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said on Wednesday.The...

27 Jan 2010 16:14 | ESGM

Power

Low Nordic reservoir levels impact generation

Reservoir levels across the combined Nordic area of Norway, Sweden and Finland, were 13.1 percentage points lower than the long-term median in Week 3, figures...

27 Jan 2010 18:50 | EDEM

Gas

PGNiG reduces gas to Polish fertilizer company

The Polish gas incumbent PGNiG reduced gas deliveries to a major fertilizer producer by 12% on Wednesday due to extreme cold in Poland, a company spokeswoman...

27 Jan 2010 17:24 | ESGM

Power

Swiss Alpiq recommissioned the Cleuson-Dixence power plant

Swiss power utility Alpiq has recommissioned its 1.2GW Cleuson-Dixence hydropower plant, the company said on Wednesday. The plant was taken off line in December...

27 Jan 2010 18:50 | EDEM

Power

Swiss reservoirs down again in Week 4

Switzerland's reservoir levels slipped a further 4 percentage points week on week to 49.1% fullness in the period to 25 January, according to federal energy...

27 Jan 2010 17:55 | EDEM

Gas

Total considers new LNG terminal in Dunkirk

France's Total is considering building an LNG terminal in Dunkirk, the minister of industry, Christian Estrosi, told MPs on Wednesday. Total told...

27 Jan 2010 17:30 | ESGM

Gas

Trac-x opens new long-term auction

The European platform for secondary gas transport capacity trading, trac-x, has published a new application for long-term capacities for the period running...

27 Jan 2010 16:42 | ESGM

Power

UK regulator kicks off interconnector debate

British energy regulator Ofgem is consulting on possible changes to the regulatory framework for power interconnectors in order to encourage more activity...

27 Jan 2010 16:03 | EDEM

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