National Grid, operator of the British electricity network, has lowered its forecast for the 2006/07 peak winter plant margin from 21.1% to 20.9% in its 2006 Seven Year Statement, published on...

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), the energy trading platform operator, is to launch two new coal contracts. The contracts, which will be launched pending regulatory approval, are based on Rotterdam in...

Regulators in Central and Eastern Europe are bowing to pressure and easing the regulations that discourage new entrants into their power trading markets. Slovenia has led the way to deregulation with...

The Polish subsidiary of Belgium’s Electrabel will offer a choice market to the Polish power market to encourage liquidity from September this year.Grzegorz Gorski, managing director of Electrabel...

The Polish subsidiary of Belgium’s Electrabel will offer a choice market to the Polish power market to encourage liquidity from September this year.Grzegorz Gorski, managing director of Electrabel...

An end to the ongoing takeover battle for Endesa receded further into the future on Wednesday, as Spanish energy regulator Comisión Nacional de la Energie (CNE) asked bidding company E.ON for more...

The European Commission confirmed on Wednesday it has extended the deadline by ten days for its decision on the first phase enquiry into the planned merger between French gas incumbent GDF and...

The German association of industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie) believes the country will require 522 million tonnes (mt) of emissions allowances for the second phase National Allocation...

Germany’s federal regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, on Wednesday said there had been “no change” in its position regarding the publication of data relating to companies’ network charges. “We have said we...

Germany’s energy industry lacks competition, has a high level of market concentration, costly retail gas and power prices and lacks powerful regulatory authorities, the Organisation for Economic...

Germany’s energy industry lacks competition, has a high level of market concentration, costly retail gas and power prices and lacks powerful regulatory authorities, the Organisation for Economic...

Norwegian reservoir levels climbed by 3.4 percentage points in Week 21, according to latest data from the Nordic power exchange, Nord Pool. The increase put reservoir levels at their highest point...

German utility RWE said on Wednesday it expected to submit an application for approval to extend the operational life of its 1,225 MW Biblis A nuclear power plant in the middle of this year. “We are...

Spanish construction firm ACS is planning to expand in the Spanish wind power market, it said in its annual report on Wednesday. ACS, the majority stakeholder in third-ranking power generator Union...

The Spanish government is asking energy watchdog CNE to investigate why power prices are shooting up in the wholesale market (the pool). On Tuesday, energy secretary Antonio Fernandez Segura sent a...

Spanish power demand increased by 5.9% month-on-month in May, according to data released by grid operator REE on Wednesday. Although a heat wave in central Spain drove up demand from air...

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has announced plans to construct a 500 MW cleaner coal plant at its Ferrybridge power station in West Yorkshire. The company has signed an agreement with engineers...

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has reported a 19.2% increase in pre-tax adjusted profits for 2005/6, to £858.2 million (EUR 1.25 billion). Operating profit from the company’s Generation and...

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), the UK multi-utility, is to acquire two wind farm developments, with a combined capacity of 98 MW, from engineering group I&H Brown Ltd for an undisclosed sum. The...

Swiss power producer, Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (NOK), registered record power imports last winter, the company said on Wednesday.NOK was forced to import 15% of its power requirement in...