Participants are yet to be fully sold on the assumed benefits of the new UK brokers’ month-ahead power index window, three months after its launch, according to feedback given to ICIS Heren.London...

The UK’s Centrica published details of its Venture takeover offer on Monday, saying that it has posted compulsory acquisition notices to those Venture shareholders who have not accepted its takeover...

The UK spark spread day-on-day differentials (D-1) for Summer ’10 and Winter ’10 shown in ESGM 15.187 published on 28 September 2009 were incorrect.The correct UK spark spread day-on-day differential...

Baseload import capacity to France from most neighbouring countries was once again priced higher than export capacity from France in October, according to data by French grid operator RTE. This...

The Czech competition authority ÚOHS may decide on the proposed agreement between the Czech incumbent CEZ and electricity supplier Lumius in the coming days, the ÚOHS told ICIS Heren on Tuesday....

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has approved a 2011 start-up proposal for the new balancing regime – the so-called Bid Price Ladder – in the Netherlands put forward by the country’s...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to lend Irish TSO EirGrid up to €300m towards construction of the 256km East–West Interconnector. This could cover almost half of the total cost of the 500MW...

The EU Commission has adopted a proposal for an optional and temporary application of the reverse charge mechanism in the CO2 market – so that buyers and sellers pay value-added tax (VAT) at the same...

The French Prime Minister’s office has chosen Veolia boss Henri Proglio to succeed Pierre Gadonneix as EDF chairman and chief executive. Proglio was hotly tipped in the local press to replace...

The French Prime Minister’s office has chosen Veolia boss Henri Proglio to succeed Pierre Gadonneix as EDF chairman and chief executive. Proglio was hotly tipped in the local press to replace...

Marchwood CCGT to start by NovemberUK generator Scottish and Southern Energy’s (SSE) 840MW Marchwood combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant remains on course to begin operations by November, the...

Rovigo set for thirdLNG cargo Italy’s Adriatic LNG terminal is due to take delivery of an LNG cargo on board the 152,000m3 RasGas vessel Al Daayen on 7 October, Lloyd’s Register Fairplay shipping...

Gazprom’s major European customers – in particular Germany, Italy and Turkey – are asking the Russian company not to impose penalties on the non-lifting of minimum volumes in their long-term...

Large industrial companies in the EU emissions trading scheme have to wait until summer 2010 to know their emission exposure over the 2008–2020 period, policy-makers and market participants said on...

Ireland’s Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) said that the supply of natural gas in Ireland was a “critical issue” in the 2008 annual report to the European regulator.The report focused on...

Italian power and gas market operators have called for the country’s legislative framework to take a ‘limp forward’ before the energy market can operate more efficiently. “Italy is only at the...

Italian power and gas market operators have called for the country’s legislative framework to take a ‘limp forward’ before the energy market can operate more efficiently. “Italy is only at the...

Italy needs more nuclear and renewable energy to meet its CO2 reductions, according to the country’s undersecretary to economic development Stefano Saglia.“Reducing carbon emissions is now becoming...

The Polish Power Exchange (PPX) on Tuesday will begin offering short-term financial contracts, which will be settled against the bourse’s Day-ahead index. The expansion for PPX into the financial...

A third version of the UK’s Modification Proposal 0263 – Enabling the Assignment of a Partial Quantity of Registered NTS Exit (Flat) Capacity – has been released by the Joint Office of Gas...

Participants are yet to be fully sold on the assumed benefits of the new UK brokers’ month-ahead power index window, three months after its launch, according to feedback given to ICIS Heren.London...

The UK plans to continue selling EU allowances (EUAs) from the Phase III cap in the same way it has sold them from the Phase II cap. However, auctions would be held more frequently, a senior official...