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Emissions

Carbon market snapshotsubscriber only

Carbon had a bullish start to the day on Thursday with support from a stronger energy complex pushing EUA Year 2011 up to €16.49/tCO2e within an hour of...

26 May 2011 19:02 | EDCM

Gas

Comment: The Greek gas sector is at a crossroadssubscriber only

The Greek gas sector is at a crossroads. The recession is undermining vital investment in energy infrastructure that is key to its future

26 May 2011 18:19 | EGM

Gas

Eni to sell TAG in coming weekssubscriber only

Italy's Eni expects to sell its 89% stake in the Trans Austria Gasleitung (TAG) pipeline in the next few weeks to state-run bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti...

26 May 2011 17:11 | ESGM

Gas

EU lawmaker relaxes insider trading rules in energy marketsubscriber only

A key committee in the European Parliament has voted to relax the proposal to ban insider trading in the energy market.The Parliament's energy committee...

26 May 2011 18:09 | EDEM ESGM

Power

EU wants EDF to sell nuclear electricity at a lower pricesubscriber only

The European Commission has challenged a key aspect of French electricity market reform. The Commission's competition directorate said on Wednesday evening...

26 May 2011 17:17 | EDEM

Emissions

European parliament wants CO2 transaction reportingsubscriber only

A key committee in the European Parliament has voted to mandate the reporting of all carbon transactions to the new EU energy regulator agency.Upcoming...

26 May 2011 18:14 | EDCM

Power

France sets up drought task force to deal with electricity supply/demandsubscriber only

The French government has set up an working group to monitor electricity demand and supply in light of a recent drought that has put reservoir and river...

26 May 2011 17:12 | EDEM

Gas

Greece's PPC Q1 ‘11 electricity sales down 3.8% year on yearsubscriber only

PPC's electricity sales in the Greek market have decreased by 3.8% to 477GWh in the first quarter of 2011 from the year-earlier period, the Greek incumbent...

26 May 2011 17:27 | ESGM

Power

Italy: Cal ‘12 power spread with Germany keeps growingsubscriber only

Italy's Calendar Year 2012 Baseload continued its bull run on Thursday, lengthening its lead to the German front-year contract and maintaining its recently...

26 May 2011 19:12 | EDEM

Gas

Italy’s GME seeks feedback on new balancing rulessubscriber only

Italian energy markets operator GME intends to organise and manage the country's new gas balancing platform, but will leave the role of balancing operator...

26 May 2011 15:48 | ESGM

Gas

Nabucco will need second gas source or face higher costssubscriber only

Organisers of the EU-backed Nabucco project will need to secure a second source of supply to complement Azerbaijan's 10 billion cubic metres/year (Gm³/year)...

26 May 2011 17:52 | ESGM

Power

Nuclear test compromise will safeguard supply, sources saysubscriber only

The final criteria for future stress tests of European nuclear power plants are a "good compromise" and will not pose a risk for future nuclear energy supply,...

26 May 2011 17:56 | EDEM

Gas

Oil & Gas UK survey predicts sharp dip in North Sea investmentssubscriber only

Oil & Gas UK has once again stated that North Sea oil and gas investment and production will suffer following the UK Treasury's decision to increase taxation...

26 May 2011 16:04 | ESGM

Power

Polish PGE eyes electricity imports from Kaliningradsubscriber only

Polish utility PGE is negotiating power imports from the Kaliningrad enclave with Russian electricity exporter Inter Rao, local media said on Thursday. "We...

26 May 2011 17:33 | EDEM

Gas

South Stream hopes to seal gas transportation agreement with EU soonsubscriber only

South Stream and the European Commission will hopefully come to an agreement in the third quarter, South Stream CEO Marcel Kramer said in a presentation...

26 May 2011 16:23 | ESGM

Gas

Sunset clause in natural gas transport contracts could trigger lawsuitssubscriber only

Phasing out long-term natural gas capacity contracts under a sunset clause is a legal grey area, shippers and transporters have said ahead of new, legally...

26 May 2011 15:52 | ESGM

Power

Swiss reservoir levels power ahead in week 21subscriber only

Switzerland's reservoir levels rose above the 2010 levels in week 21, accelerating the seasonal trend after weeks of depleting levels, the latest data from...

26 May 2011 15:29 | EDEM

Power

Switzerland scraps plan for new plants, decides on nuclear exitsubscriber only

Switzerland will no longer move forward with its plan to build new nuclear reactors, opting instead to completely phase-out of nuclear power by 2034.Although...

26 May 2011 15:29 | EDEM

Power

UK electricity market reform paper delayed until late Junesubscriber only

A UK government white paper on energy market reform has been delayed, a government spokesman for the Department of Energy and Climate Change confirmed on...

26 May 2011 17:01 | EDEM

Power

Vattenfall Poland plans to sell 1GW electricity assets before 2012subscriber only

Vattenfall Poland plans to sell its generation and distribution assets before year end, according to company CEO Jacek Piekacz. The investor will be announced...

26 May 2011 15:33 | EDEM

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