EU must shift focus from ownership unbundling to security: Mandil
European leaders risk taking their eye off the EU's fundamental energy security issues as they squabble over ownership unbundling, the former head of the International Energy Agency, Claude Mandil, told Platts in a candid interview. Filipe Rufin
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Edison offers Poseidon gas
An open season for ship-or-pay capacity in a planned Greece-Italy gas line will start later this month, the project leader said June 5 during a conference in
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Electricity directive
Electricity directive
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Emart Energy
29-30 October, 2008
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Energy efficiency measures to be boosted by CO2 levy
Swiss energy minister Moritz Leuenberger announced June 6 that the federal government plans to increase its fund to promote energy efficiency, saving electricity as well as heating
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Energy from Gas
October 14-16, 2008
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Energy strategy needs 'clear role' for nuclear: IEA study
Sweden's government needs a long-term energy strategy which has a "clear role" for nuclear power, including a decision on whether to build new reactors, the International Energy
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Eni takes control of Distrigas
Italian oil and gas company Eni agreed on May 29 to pay €2.7 billion ($4.19 billion) in cash for a 57.243% stake in Suez subsidiary Distrigas. The
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Ergeg reveals obstacles to Bunde-Oude gas pilot liquidity
Significant but surmountable obstacles stand in the way of establishing the desired liquidity in secondary firm capacity trading at the Bunde-Oude interconnection point on the Dutch-German border,
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Essent, Distrigas cooperation up to shareholders: Minister
Dutch Energy Minister, Maria van der Hoeven, has said she is prepared to see if she can "be of service" in talks between the Dutch energy utilities
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Eurelectric Annual Convention and Conference 2008
June 16-17, 2008
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Europe losing appeal for Gazprom
Gas supplies to the Russian domestic market have become increasingly attractive for Gazprom, while the gas giant faces "artificial barriers" in its operations in Europe, the company's
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European Parliament meetings
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Fluxys launches transit-transport conversion system
Belgian gas system operator Fluxys has launched a system that enables customers to convert transit capacity into transport capacity for gas supply into Belgium, the company said
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France faces ECJ over preferential hydropower concessions
The European Commission said June 5 it is to take France to the European Court of Justice for giving preference to incumbents when hydropower concessions come up
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French presidency of the EU
Draft agenda (selected dates)
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Full transparency would kill trading: German energy regulator
Regulators do not want to go so far as 100% transparency in the EU's power and gas markets because it would kill trade, the vice chairman of
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GDF steps closer to SPE deal
Gaz de France has moved a step closer to complying with the conditions imposed by the European Commission as a condition of its merger with energy utility
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Gas buyers report sellers refuse them oil-indexed deals
Major European gas supply companies are refusing to offer UK energy buyers gas supply contracts with oil-indexed prices, despite these being common on the Continent, members of
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Gas directive
Gas directive
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Gas field output 'to halve' by 2023
Output from currently producing Norwegian gas fields will plateau in 2015 and fall by 50% by 2023, Runar Tjorsland, head of gas strategy at StatoilHydro told a
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Gazprom picks South Stream route
Russian gas giant Gazprom has finalized the route of the planned South Stream gas pipeline to carry Russian gas to Europe, the company's CEO Alexei Miller said
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Geothermal consultation opens
Ireland's energy minister Eamon Ryan June 3 launched a public consultation process on the options for the development of geothermal energy in the country. Ryan is setting
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Government calls for bids for 25 GW of new wind capacity
The UK government launched its next phase of offshore wind farm projects on June 4, calling for bids to deliver up to 25 GW of new capacity
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Government confirms it will not limit new nuclear plant build
The UK government reiterated May 29 there was to be "no artificial cap" on nuclear new build after Prime Minister Gordon Brown May 28 raised the prospect
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Government report supports microgeneration targets
A UK government report has brought closer the prospect of mandatory targets for the country's fledgling microgeneration industry, sector representative body Micropower Council said.
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Government sets loose timetable for renewables law vote
A long-awaited Spanish renewable energy law will be voted on in this legislative period, Spanish secretary general for energy, Pedro Luis Martin Uribe, pledged May 27 to
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Government, utilities causing economic damage: Ensys
The German government and the country's major utilities are causing economic damage through maximizing profits, lack of investment and their resistance to ownership unbundling, the CEO of
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Govt boosts StatoilHydro stake
The Norwegian government has started expanding its majority stake in StatoilHydro some eight months after domestic rivals Statoil and Norsk Hydro completed merging their oil and gas
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Greenpeace sues Slovak agency over nuclear EIA
Greenpeace and others are taking Slovakia's nuclear regulator to court for not requiring a new environmental impact assessment on the Mochovce-3 and -4 nuclear power plant completion
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Household gas prices rise 9.9%
Hungary will increase household gas prices by 9.9% as of July 1, the ministry of transport, communications and energy said May 29.
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June
16-17 General Affairs, External Relations Council (Luxembourg)
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MEPS confirm rejection of third way unbundling option for gas
Members of the European Parliament's energy committee have confirmed their rejection of the so-called "third way" unbundling option for separating gas grids from parent supply companies in
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Ministers back restrictions on non-EU states controlling grids
EU ministers June 6 backed the European Commission's proposals to force companies from non-EU countries to meet certain criteria before they can control EU grids – the
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Mistake in reporting of leak at Slovenia's Krsko nuclear power plant leads to European alert
A report of a loss of primary coolant at Slovenia's Krsko pressurized water reactor that caused alarm across Europe on June 4 should not have been sent to the European Commission as an 'alert' because the incident did not meet EU nuclear emergen
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NMa calls for GTS to provide flexibility service
Dutch regulatory authority, NMa, the competition body which is the umbrella body for the transport regulator and the energy regulator (since July 1 known as the Energiekamer,
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Nabucco pipeline costs rise 58%
The Nabucco consortium, which is planning a major natural gas pipeline from the Caspian Sea via the Balkans to Europe, said May 29 it expects the cost
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New rules to combat fuel poverty
The UK government May 30 said it was announcing new measures to combat fuel poverty, the condition in which householders struggle to afford the energy they need
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No clear support from MEPs to drop biofuels target
There was no clear support from members of the European Parliament's energy committee for dropping the proposed binding 2020 biofuels target in a preliminary debate May 27.
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Norway tipped to outstrip Russian gas supply to EU by 2020
Norway could supply more gas than Russia to the EU by 2020, making it the EU's biggest supplier, EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said June 9 after
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Nuclear body delivers formal justification paper to government
Britain's Nuclear Industry Association delivered a formal document to the UK government on June 4 that explains exactly why new nuclear power stations should be built in
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Nuclear needed to cut CO2: PM
Estonia cannot cut its carbon dioxide emissions without diversifying its electricity production, and using nuclear power in particular, the Baltic country's Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said in
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Nuclear regulators agree to mandatory IAEA inspections
The EU's High-Level Group, or HLG, on nuclear safety and waste management agreed May 30 on a mandatory, rather than voluntary, rule that each of the 27
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OMV welcomes EU MOL probe
Austria's OMV said June 2 it welcomed a decision by the European Commission to restart its investigation into the market impact of its proposed merger with Hungarian
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Oil & Gas Talent Summit
October 1, 2008
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PPAs must stop by end-2008: EC
The European Commission ruled June 4 that Hungary must end long-term power purchase agreements with generators within six months and recover the aid granted to the generators
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PV investment grows 500% in 2007: industry
Investment in Spanish photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants increased by 500% in 2007 to €536.7 million ($834.40 million) from €107.8 million in 2006, Spain's photovoltaic industry trade
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Parliament passes CO2 reduction laws
The German lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, June 6 approved government plans aiming to reduce the country's CO2 emissions by 36% by 2020.
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Piebalgs welcomes G8 energy efficiency agreement
EU energy commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, has welcomed a Ministerial Declaration signed June 8 by the energy leaders of the G8 countries, China, India, South Korea and the
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Power grid operators to invest €17 billion to 2012: UCTE
Europe's power grid operators plan to invest about €17 billion ($26.4 billion) in developing interconnection and domestic transmission grids over the next five years, the Union for
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Power lobby opposes CCS obligation, ETS reform
EU power industry body Eurelectric has written to European policymakers urging them not to introduce two proposed measures to boost carbon capture and storage, it said June
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RWE to sell gas grid
German utility RWE is to sell off its gas grid within the next two years, it said May 31, citing EU competition rules and not unbundling requirements.
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Regional cooperation benefits outweigh anti-trust risks: EC
EU energy companies working together at regional level need not be an anti-trust issue, the European Commission's director-general for competition, Philip Lowe, said May 10.
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Renewables certificates face legal challenge
As European Union policy-makers hammer out a final directive on promoting renewable energy sources, concerns are growing that the European Commission's proposal on guarantees of origin might
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Romania wants to join CEE, not SEE Regional Initiative
The European Commission's proposal to have an eighth, southeast European Regional Initiative for electricity would delay its approach towards a single EU power market, Romanian energy regulator
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Selling grids makes more commercial sense now: EC
EU energy companies are likely to face increasing commercial pressure to sell off their power and gas grids as regulation of their activities grows, the European Commission's
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Slovenian presidency of the EU
Agenda (selected dates)
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Spanish energy policy to focus on cross-border capacity
Spanish energy minister Miguel Sebastian Gascon has presented plans to increase the country's interconnection capacity with France and Portugal; promote renewables and coal as sources of energy;
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TSOs study closer cooperation
Three Swiss electricity transmission system operators have established a joint project to examine possibilities for closer cooperation, Atel of Olten, BKW of Berne and EOS of Lausanne
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The new energy challenge: security and sustainability
A job for governments, markets or a third way?
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Trust exchange price: Piebalgs
People should trust European power exchange prices, EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said May 30 as he welcomed plans by the French Powernext and German EEX energy
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West European grid operators, regulators agree market coupling
Western Europe's power grid operators and regulators have agreed on a system to allocate available capacity between countries for their project to couple electricity markets, and have
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Windfall tax agreement 'near'
Eight trade union, consumer and environmental organizations demonstrated on June 4 in front of the headquarters of Belgian energy utility Electrabel, calling for the government to increase
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16th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
June 2-6, 2008
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41% price hike likely by 2020: study
Primary energy costs will drive up the price paid for electricity by Austrian residential consumers by as much as 41% over current levels by 2020, according to
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August
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CNE calls for 11.3% power tariff hike in July
Spain's national energy regulator CNE proposed increasing the average electricity tariff in the country by 11.3% effective July 1, CNE said May 13. CNE said its recommendation
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CRE estimates over 8% hike in gas transport costs
French energy regulator CRE estimates 2009 gas transport costs are to increase by around 9% in GRTgaz' network area and by 8% on TIGF's grid, following "simulation"
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CRE supports plans for gas exchange
French regulator, CRE, has come out in support of a proposal for a gas exchange put forward by electricity exchange Powernext. The CRE says it would be
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CREG consults market on natural gas system rules
Belgian energy regulator CREG has launched a public consultation into new rules covering the operation of the country's natural gas grid, LNG terminals and storage facilities, it
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Central and Eastern European Power Forum
June 19-20, 2008
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Chemical federation slams ETS
The European carbon emission trading scheme unfairly allows electricity generators to boost profits at the expense of industrial power users, Belgian chemical industry association essenscia said May
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Coal power producers set to suffer under new EU ETS: study
Power generators with a carbon-intensive fuel portfolio are set to lose billions of euros under the European Commission's plans for the post-2012 EU emissions trading scheme, a
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Cogen industry frustrated by focus on renewables to cut CO2
The cogeneration industry is frustrated by the focus on renewables to achieve the EU's 2020 energy and climate change goals, delegates at Cogen Europe's annual conference in
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Cogeneration set to lose out under new ETS
On paper it's a no-brainer – potentially doubling the efficiency of a power plant by using or selling the waste heat and/or steam is clearly a good thing. But cogeneration is still suffering from adverse market conditions, and its supporters f
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Consultation opens on regulation of ship-to-ship LNG transfers
The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency is consulting on a new law that would regulate the ship-to-ship transfer of hazardous substances including LNG and oil, it said
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Consumer group pushes for obligation to trade spot gas, power
Energy companies active in the UK should be obliged to trade minimum volumes of gas and electricity in the over-the-counter energy markets to restore confidence in price-setting
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Czechs aim to change EU climate policies in 2009
The Czech Republic will press for adoption of more "realistic" EU climate change policies as well as a coordinated pan-EU electricity transmission system, during its presidency of
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December
1 Eurogroup
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Distrigas to contest CREG gas tariff reduction
Belgian gas supplier Distrigas is to contest "by any legal means possible" a decision made by energy regulator CREG to lower natural gas transport tariffs, the company
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