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Emissions

CER issuance restarts but probe could cut future supply

Issuance of certified emission reduction (CERs) has restarted, with 2.4m credits arriving over the past two days, data on the UN website showed on Friday.These...

30 Jul 2010 17:26 | EDCM

Gas

Czech Bicorn plans to offer gas to residential clients

Czech electricity supplier Bicorn is planning to add gas supplies to its portfolio in the near future, the company confirmed on Friday."We are conducting...

30 Jul 2010 17:17 | ESGM

Power

E.ON joins push to cut offshore wind power costs

E.ON on Thursday joined five other UK energy giants in backing a research and development programme aimed at lowering the cost of offshore wind power production...

30 Jul 2010 16:41 | EDEM

Power

EDP’s power output falls 18% in H1

Energias de Portugal (EDP) saw its power generation output drop 18% in the first half of 2010 over the same period the year before to just below 8TWh, the...

30 Jul 2010 16:21 | EDEM

Emissions

EU sets out goals for Bonn climate talks

The EU delegation will push for agreement on how carbon markets can be used to finance climate action at the UN-led talks in Bonn, Germany, on 2 to 4 AugustBrussels...

30 Jul 2010 17:49 | EDCM

LNG

Focus: Queensland LNG set for shake up

The resolution of Australia's resource super tax issue and the completion of Shell and PetroChina's acquisition of Arrow Energy could open the window for a new round of consolidation in the...

30 Jul 2010 16:39 | GLM

Power

French regulator launches fourth biomass tender

French regulator CRE has launched its fourth call for tenders for the construction of biomass power plants. The tenders will amount to 200MW of capacity...

30 Jul 2010 17:15 | EDEM

Gas

German/Dutch review: Curve closes mainly firmer week on week after bounce

The TTF closed broadly higher week on week on Thursday, pumped up by a couple of days of gains. That was not to say that the market was overflowing with...

30 Jul 2010 17:35 | ESGM

Power

Germany EnBW warns against nuclear tax

German's energy policy may make running nuclear power plants unfeasible, EnBW said in a statement on Friday. "The tax proposed by the federal government...

30 Jul 2010 17:13 | EDEM

Power

Germany/France review: German Cal ‘11 Baseload in limbo between bulls and bears

Despite traders' claims that the sentiment behind the German Calendar Year 2011 Baseload is still bearish, the contract fought against further losses throughout...

30 Jul 2010 17:42 | EDEM

Power

Greek wholesale power prices to reflect cost of emissions

Proposals by the Greek energy regulator to overhaul the power system could push the entire market up by €10/MWh and help to break the grip of the state-controlled...

30 Jul 2010 17:25 | EDEM

Emissions

Interest grows in Romanian AAUs

The Romanian economy ministry has received interest to purchase assigned amount units (AAUs) from a number of trading houses, local media reported on Friday,...

30 Jul 2010 17:54 | EDCM

Gas

Polish gas major seals supply deal with E.ON Rhurgas

Polish gas incumbent PGNiG and E.ON Ruhrgas have finally struck an agreement on gas deliveries to Poland, E.ON Ruhrgas confirmed on Friday.PGNiG has...

30 Jul 2010 17:22 | ESGM

Gas

Portugal’s Galp sees gas volume sales rise in H1

Portugal's Galp Energia sold 4% more gas in the first half of 2010 compared with the same period last year, the company announced on Friday.Oil and...

30 Jul 2010 17:02 | ESGM

Power

Russia preparing renewables feed-in tariff

Russia is to become the latest country to jump on the feed-in tariff bandwagon in the renewables sector. The news was confirmed by German industrial giant...

30 Jul 2010 16:29 | EDEM

Power

Switzerland’s Leibstadt nuclear capacity boosted

Maintenance at the 1.2GW Leibstadt plant will increase capacity by 25-30MW by installing three new low-pressure turbines.The operator of Switzerland's...

30 Jul 2010 17:29 | EDEM

Gas

Total's global gas output up 18% in H1

French giant Total's gas production rose 18% year on year to 161 million cubic metres (Mm³)/day in the first half of 2010, the company announced on Friday.The...

30 Jul 2010 18:02 | ESGM

Power

UK review: Mid-week turn in sentiment boosts seasons; spot sluggish

Sentiment on the UK power market turned mid-week in Week 30, in the wake of a sustained bearish period, which pushed some seasonal contracts to fortnightly...

30 Jul 2010 16:32 | EDEM

Gas

UK Review: Mood flips amid supply woes and heavy bank interest

Trade was bearish at the start of the week, carrying on from the downward trajectory the previous Friday. Sentiment had turned on the back of an expected...

30 Jul 2010 17:15 | ESGM

Gas

UK stocks climb, Rough likely to reach 2009 level by October

Injections into long-range storage climbed to reach 2.85 billion cubic metres at the start of the gas day on Thursday.Fullness at the Rough storage...

30 Jul 2010 17:14 | ESGM

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