ASM deals underline GT26's rehabilitation
Italian municipal utility ASM Brescia has entered a "key stage" in the development of two 800-MW gas-fired power plant projects, one in Abruzzo and the other in
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Albanian gas-power project to supply Italy
Martin Burdett
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Amsterdam Power Exchange weighted average prices April 19 – May 19, 2006
Amsterdam Power Exchange weighted average prices April 19 – May 19, 2006
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Austria joins rush to consolidate
Barely born, Austria's new national champion is having to justify its existence in the face of skepticism. As economic affairs minister Martin Bartenstein conceded, "this project has
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BKW plans SFr1.3 billion spend
BKW Energy plans to spend between SFr100 million and SFr130 million a year up to 2015 developing its grid infrastructure and substations. About SFr500 million will be
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Basel firms consider CCGT option
Three electric companies in the Basel region say they expect to import more electricity from abroad, and warn that this will put pressure on tariffs. The three
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Belgium's 8-GW price of competition
Marion Bywater
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Bersani recalled
New prime minister Romano Prodi has called on Pierluigi Bersani to resume his role as industry minister, following Prodi's swearing in on May 18. Bersani will head
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Blair lights blue touch paper
On fireworks it used to say 'Light Blue Touch Paper And Retire'. On May 16 UK Prime Minister Tony Blair did just that. Perhaps just a few
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Coal
Forward paper thermal coal prices into Europe appear to have touched bottom and are beginning to correct upwards, industry sources said mid-May. A first quarter 2007 15,000
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EDF EN extend UK wind interests
A 24-MW wind farm in Cambridgeshire being built by EDF Energies Nouvelles has reached financial completion, the French company said May 15. The facility, Red Tile, is
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EDF studies Provence CCGT project
Electricite de France is considering developing a combined cycle gas turbine project at its heavy fuel oil-fired plant in Martigues, Provence, for commissioning in 2010-11.
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EEX Phelix peak and base spot market April 19 – May 19, 2006
EEX Phelix peak and base spot market April 19 – May 19, 2006
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EEX in pursuit of further clarity
Sara Knight
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ETS – 'senseless robbery'
Large user fury greeted news from the European Commission May 15 that, despite last year's carbon-fuelled hikes in power prices, the EU's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme was
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EUA clawback to balance book
Germany's controversial ex-post arrangement for retrieving surplus EU CO2 allowances will ensure that the difference between German allocation and actual emissions in 2005 is less than 2%,
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European Coal, Power and CO2 prices
European Coal, Power and CO2 prices
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Forsmark contracts awarded
Siemens Power Generation is to supply a total of four new high-pressure steam turbines for Vattenfall's Forsmark 1 and 2 nuclear reactors, the German company said May
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Fortum lines up divestments
Fortum may have to sell two thermal power plants and lease its share in a third to gain approval from the Finnish Competition Authority for its takeover
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Fuel Oil for May 18 ($/mt)
Fuel Oil for May 18 ($/mt)
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GDF commits €400 million to Fos
The board of Gaz de France has agreed to invest €400 million into a 420-MW CCGT plant near its Fos-sur-Mer gas terminal near Marseille, a GDF spokeswoman
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GE takes Tynagh stake
GE Energy Financial Services has bought a 40% stake in Tynagh Energy, the 400-MW CCGT in County Galway built under central state tender, GE said May 18.
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Gas
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Gas Oil for May 18 ($/mt)
Gas Oil for May 18 ($/mt)
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Gas plants face Phase II squeeze
Companies building new gas power stations in Germany have sounded the alarm on proposed arrangements in Germany's CO2 National Allocation Plan 2, that they say could jeopardize
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Germany in brief . . .
• MVV Energie saw a 23% year-on-year rise in net profit to €92 million in the first-half (October 1, 2005-March 31, 2006), thanks to cost-saving measures and higher
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Holiday surge takes Poles by surprise
Warmer temperatures, good plant availability and the assumption that demand would reduce in early May due to holidays saw day-ahead prices ease off in the Polish power
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Hungary to limit Austrian grid use
Hungary's grid operator Mavir is planning to install a circuit breaker on its 380-kV link with Austria to protect its grid from overload.
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IP, Drax ride price wave
International Power saw profits increase 49% to £149 million in the first quarter of 2006, mainly thanks to its business in the UK, the company said May
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Iberdrola denies EDP designs
Iberdrola wants to develop projects in partnership with Energias de Portugal, but the Spanish energy group has denied media reports that it is considering a takeover of
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Indaver waste plant nears operation
Phase-in of a sludge and waste-fuelled bed incineration plant in Flanders producing 34 MWe is due to be completed in the middle of this year, according to
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Investigators raid gas utilities
European Commission inspectors raided a number of utilities in Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria and Hungary in mid-May seeking evidence of alleged anti-competitive behaviour.
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Italy in brief . . .
• Edison's net profit in the first quarter of 2006 fell 32.4% to €67 million due to one-off costs, it said May 9. Sales in the quarter rose
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Linthal gets grid boost
The Linthal 2015 project to build a 1,200-MW pumped storage power station boosting the Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern (KLL) power station to 1,650 MW, has taken a step forward.
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Loos tinkers with competition
France continued to tinker with its electricity market in early May, with initiatives seeking to manage the relationship between supplier and consumer. On May 5 the government
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Meta masks Hera decline
Gruppo Hera saw a 22.0% year-on-year rise in net profit to €82.6 million in the first quarter of 2006, boosted by the inclusion of earnings from neighboring
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Mibel nears?
Spain is taking slow but sure steps towards to reduce its 'energy island' status and increase its interconnections to the north, west and south. The industry ministry
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Miranda refuses to compromise
Endesa managing director Rafael Miranda on May 16 rejected growing pressure for a negotiated solution to the nine-month saga of Gas Natural's bid for Endesa, at least
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Netherlands in brief . . .
• International Power has agreed to buy a 10% stake in Dutch renewable energy company Biox, with an option to buy the remainder in 2010. IP is to
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Nord Pool Elspot daily system price April 19 – May 19, 2006
Nord Pool Elspot daily system price April 19 – May 19, 2006
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Norway in brief . . .
• Norwegian environmentalists, politicians and fishermen expressed concern at the news, in mid-May, that Sellafield's nuclear waste reprocessing plant in the UK would probably be reopened later this
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Nuclear makes case for expansion
Spain's nuclear energy sector has called for the number of its nuclear plants to be doubled from the current eight, less than a month before the future
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OK for new transit line
The government has approved in principle an underground transmission line in an abandoned oil pipeline belonging to the Oleodotto del Reno company from Sils in Domleschg/Thusis to
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Olkiluto-3 update
The bottom of the stainless steel containment liner for TVO's Olkiluoto-3 new nuclear plant was set on the base slab May 11, and concreting for the containment
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Plan sets out 2050 vision
The Netherlands can realistically plan to obtain 30% of its primary energy from renewable and alternative sources by 2050, and cut CO2 emissions to half their 1990
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Platts Base Power Assessments (€/MWh)
Platts Base Power Assessments (€/MWh)
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Rush to buy EUAs revives Cal 07
UK prompt gas prices crashed and came back to their initial levels thanks to a warm spell of weather either side of May 11. The benchmark day-ahead
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SWB plans waste-fired unit at Hafen
Bremen energy company SWB is to build a small waste-fired co-generating unit at its Hafen coal station complex to raise capacity at the site and reduce coal
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Scant hydro boosts Statkraft
Statkraft achieved an after-tax profit of NKr 2,868 million in the first quarter of 2006, against NKr 1,739 million in January/March 2005. The state genco attributed the
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Spain in brief . . .
• Union Fenosa registered a Q1 net profit of €205.5 million, up 54.5% on the same period last year, thanks "especially to the contribution of gas and combined
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Spanish auctions set for June 1
France and Spain are to implement new capacity allocation rules at their border on June 1.
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Spanish final pool April 19 – May 19, 2006
Spanish final pool April 19 – May 19, 2006
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Steam Coal Prices for May 15 ($/mt)
Steam Coal Prices for May 15 ($/mt)
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Swiss ready for cross-border talks
The Swiss government has authorized a "negotiation mandate" for the conclusion of a bilateral agreement with the EU to determine common principles and rules for cross-border trade
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Switzerland in brief . . .
• A Task Force Switzerland established by the European Federation of Energy Traders has begun promoting liberalization. Led by Bruno Gaillard (Avenis Trading of western Switzerland) and Jonas
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Tarbert set to close by 2010
State utility ESB has decided not to invest any further funds in its 620-MW oil fuelled power station at Tarbert, County Kerry, the company said on May
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UK NBP Gas for May 18 (pence/th)
UK NBP Gas for May 18 (pence/th)
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UK firm plans aquifer unit
UK upstream company Independent Resources is planning to generate carbon-free electricity at its planned 3.2 billion cubic meter aquifer gas storage site in Italy, it said May
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UK in brief . . .
• Gazprom Marketing & Trading, the wholly-owned UK subsidiary of Russian energy giant Gazprom, has signed up to the UK Balancing and Settlement Code, it said mid-May. "The
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VE tenders for coal plants
Vattenfall Europe has called for bids to build coal-fired power stations at Boxberg in Saxony and at Moorburg in Hamburg, according to a note published May 12
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VEMW attacks grid costs
Dutch users' organization VEMW called May 11 for a reduction in the amount grid operators can charge for power transport costs. A study by consultancy Gupta showed
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Wind repowering wins for Siemens
Siemens Power Generation has won orders to supply 17 wind turbines for three repowering projects in Germany, it said May 17. Seven 3.6-MW machines have been ordered
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A breath of fresh air in Greece
Manos Bardis, Alpha Bank
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Alstom chalks up hydro wins
French engineer Alstom has recently won three orders from utilities in Sweden and Norway for modernisation of hydro power plants. In Sweden, Alstom in consortium with Waplan,
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Amsterdam Power Exchange weighted average prices April 5 – May 5, 2006
Amsterdam Power Exchange weighted average prices April 5 – May 5, 2006
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Bürgi calls for replacement nuclear
The outgoing chairman of Atel Walter Bürgi says Switzerland needs to expand its power station capacities and modernize or replace old plant.
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BNA draft prompts protest
If the howl of protest from electricity federation VDEW is anything to go by, federal regulator Bundesnetzagentur (BNA) seems to be on the right track, for consumers
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BP, Santander launch solar project
BP Solar and Banco Santander are to invest €160 million in a solar project that is set to double Spain's current solar energy capacity. Santander Investment director
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Barrow completed, online June
Centrica and DONG's 90-MW Barrow offshore windfarm in the Irish Sea is "weeks away from full operation" after completion of construction on the project, the company said
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Belgium in brief . . .
• Electrabel recorded 22.9% and 39.3% year-on-year rises in its sale of electricity and gas respectively in the first quarter of 2006, the Belgian utility said May 4.
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Boltz works on bill uniformity
E-control regulator Walter Boltz is working toward a uniform electricity billing form which would give households more information about their supplier and the tariffs. Rate transparency, argues
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CARBON EXPO
Global Carbon Market Fair & Conference, Cologne, Germany
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CEZ lines up Bulgarian plant
Bulgaria's privatisation agency announced in mid-April the signing of a draft contract with CEZ, under which the Czech giant is to buy a 100% stake in the
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CoRWM recommends deep burial
The UK's Committee on Radioactive Waste Management has recommended that the country's intermediate and high level radioactive waste be buried deep underground, an option known as geological
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Coal
Physical coal prices resumed their drift downwards in late April, after a short pause, as European demand became patchy–but a collapse in CO2 prices could aid coal
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Competition restricted to margins
The group resulting from a Suez/Gaz de France merger – if not diluted by the competition authorities – would have more than 90% of the Belgian market
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Consortium wins Rodsand II
A consortium consisting of Energy E2, E.ON Sweden and DONG VIND has won the state capacity tender to develop a second offshore wind farm at Rodsand, the
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DTe consults on auctions
Dutch regulator, DTe, has given interested parties until May 19 to comment on TSO Tennet's plans to introduce more flexibility into cross-border power auctions from September 2006.
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Delta tenders Sloecentrale
A judicial review of the construction permit for Delta's Sloecentrale CCGT proposal sought by environmental groups has failed, and nothing now stands in the way of the
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Distribution Europe
Date: 17-19 May, 2006
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