Viridian Group, the holding company for Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) and the pan-Ireland competitive supply business Energia, said on Wednesday that its H1 2006/7 results are anticipated to be...

Bulgaria’s deputy minister of economy and energy, Galina Tosheva Grigorova, told The Heren Report the winner of the nuclear plant Belene tender was expected to be announced within the next fortnight....

The UK government is to invest £10 million in a scheme to develop onsite renewable energy projects with local authorities, hospitals, and other public sector bodies.The venture, Partnership for...

Dutch utility Delta has posted net profit after minority interests of EUR 50.9 million for the first half of 2006, down 28% year-on-year. The company said its first half results had been “seriously...

The iron lady of the European Union’s Competition Commission, Neelie Kroes, is adamant that further unbundling in Europe’s energy markets is essential to create the right investment climate and to...

The European Union (EU) will conclude public debates on its new energy Green Paper by the end of September, announced Massimo Lombardini from the Directorate-General for Energy and transport during...

The French parliament approved on Wednesday the amendment allowing the State to reduce its share in natural gas incumbent Gaz de France (GDF) below the current 70% legal threshold.The amendment now...

Swedish nuclear power company OKG, the operator of Oskarshamn 2, said in a statement posted on Nord Pool website on Wednesday it will now resume production on 1st October at the 630 MW plant, with a...

European energy watchdogs do not have the same legal powers across member states, which in some cases is hampering enforcement of the energy Directive, delegates at an industry seminar said on...

Germany’s second biggest inter-regional gas transport company, Ontras-VNG Gastransport GmbH, will offer network operators an interactive online service in time for the start of the new German network...

The IGI pipeline across Greece to Italy is scheduled to start up early in 2011, Edison’s project leader Elio Ruggeri said in Milan on Thursday. This is slightly later than the 2010 target given last...

Italian regulator AEEG denied on Thursday that the main contributing factor to Italy’s supply crisis for this winter is price. Speaking at the 6th Italian Energy Summit in Italy on Thursday, the...

Italy will be ready to submit its NAP II to the European Commission in 15 to 20 days, Raffaele Chiulli, c.e.o. of the energy company, Eurofuels told The Heren Report on the sidelines of an industry...

Norwegian reservoir levels were up 0.6 percentage points in Week 38, according to the latest data from the Nordic power exchange, Nord Pool. Norwegian reservoir levels increased week-on-week to 61.8%...

Regal Petroleum, the embattled, independent oil and gas producer, has won its appeal overturning an earlier legal ruling that its oil and gas licences in the former Soviet republic were...

Russia should be trading gas on an exchange before 1st November, Russia’s industry and energy minister Viktor Khristenko said on Wednesday.Trading is likely to take place on the Mezhregiongaz...

Spanish gas supplier Gas Natural will not be offering gas supply contracts to the Italian I&C sector next gas year, due to the unprofitable regulated tariffs, Assumpta Castelló Drudis from the...

Swiss hydropower reservoirs climbed by 0.9 percentage points to 90.6% fullness in Week 39 (19th-25th September), according to data from the country’s federal energy office, BFE. Swiss reservoir...

The UK remained a net exporter of gas in Q2 2006 but volumes were down 82% year-on-year, according to statistics published by the UK government on Thursday. According to the Department of Trade and...

UK E&P independent Dana Petroleum has posted a 21% drop in H1 2006 operating profits to £42.8 million (EUR 63.2 million), compared year-on-year, the company announced on Thursday.However, the...