The UK’s Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has given its strongest indication yet that it is prepared to kick start procedures to ensure new nuclear build in the UK,...

The UK’s Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has given its strongest indication yet that it is prepared to kick start procedures to ensure new nuclear build in the UK,...

Global carbon dioxide (CO2 ) levels are rising and the ability of oceans and forests to absorb the greenhouse gas is falling, according to data released by the Global Carbon Project on Friday....

Enel Trade has sold 49% of its storage subsidiary to investment fund company, F2i, for EUR 6.2 million, the Italian power incumbent announced on Friday. Enel Stoccaggi was established on 19th...

The LNG industry will be “unrecognisable” in three years time due to the arrival of floating production and storage vessel (FPSO) projects, Philip Fjeld, c.e.o. of floating liquefaction developer...

Iberdrola German CCGT gets initial approvalSpain’s Iberdrola has obtained the initial authorisation it requires from the Federal State of Hessen, Germany, for the construction of a 1,100 MW...

AU sets another October import auctionThe Italian single buyer Aquirente Unico held an auction on Friday to purchase Baseload and Peakload October power from Switzerland. The pay-as-you bid auction...

BBL Company puts pipeline date back to NovemberPipeline operator BBL Company has put back its projections for when its third compressor is due back on line. Initially BBL Company told ICIS Heren the...

BBL Company puts pipeline date back to NovemberPipeline operator BBL Company has put back its projections for when its third compressor is due back on line. Initially BBL Company told ICIS Heren the...

Gazprom subsidiaries Gazpromexport and ZMB signed an agreement with Italian utilities A2A and Iride on Thursday for a joint venture (JV) on the Italian gas market.Additionally, the group signed a...

International Power has pulled out of the bidding process for Irish utility Viridian, the Irish Times reported on Friday. During the sale of ESB’s assets, earlier in the year, International Power...

International Power has pulled out of the bidding process for Irish utility Viridian, the Irish Times reported on Friday. During the sale of ESB’s assets, earlier in the year, International Power...

Kitimat LNG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the energy infrastructure developer and trader Galveston LNG, plans to build an LNG liquefaction plant in British Columbia, on Canada’s west coast, aimed at...

The feed-in tariff in Spain for energy from photovoltaic (PV) generation will probably remain the same as initially predicted, but with production limits widened, in the opinion of one analyst...

Nigerian energy minister Emmanuel Odusina warned international oil and gas companies working in the country to prioritise domestic over overseas gas supply or face suspension of current LNG export...

No new Dutch nuclear plants are envisaged before 2011, according to the Dutch environment minister, after multi-utility Delta announced that it had kick started the licensing procedure in preparation...

No new Dutch nuclear plants are envisaged before 2011, according to the Dutch environment minister, after multi-utility Delta announced that it had kick started the licensing procedure in preparation...

Nordic power exchange operator Nord Pool announced on Friday it will suspend spot trading of EUAs from 6th October, as EU registries will be shut down temporarily for testing. The community...

A rising number of investors are using carbon assets to hedge against risk in the increasingly volatile bonds and equity markets, banks say. But they also warn that uncertainty over the next...

BulgariaThe Bulgarian government this week has decided to re-launch two hydro projects on the Danube. The announcement was made by economy minister Petar Dimitriov, who plans to chair a working group...

International oil and gas major Shell has signed an agreement with Iraq to establish a joint venture (JV) with South Gas Company, the state-operated gas producer in southern Iraq, for processing and...

Submissions of interest to invest in Total’s plan to develop infrastructure to develop its Laggan and Tormore gas discoveries to the west of the Shetland Islands are expected to close at the end of...

International Power’s coal-fired 1,000 MW Rugeley plant has finally extended its derogation of the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD). The power station has been allocated a further 662 hours of...