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Energy, Gas & Oil Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Green Cities y Sostenibilidad: Indra mostrará los últimos avances en sistemas inteligentes de pago, gestión integrada o eficiencia energética para las diferentes infraestructuras y medios de transporte

La multinacional mostrará los últimos avances en sistemas inteligentes de pago, gestión integrada o eficiencia energética para las diferentes infraestructuras y medios de transporte Tecnologías que marcarán el futuro del sector como las comunicaciones y redes inalámbricas de sensores o … Read the full press release

Milan Triennale: Eni presents its online magazine Eniday devoted to stories about exploration, research and energy world

Storytelling about exploration, research and energy world San Donato Milanese (Milan), 5-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today at the Milan Triennale Eni will present its online magazine Eniday (eniday.com), a digital platform in English and Italian devoted to stories about the … Read the full press release

ENGIE signs biomass delivery contract with Japanese Trading firm Sumitomo Corporation

PARIS, 5-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ENGIE has just signed a biomass delivery contract with Japanese Trading firm Sumitomo Corporation for the supply of a power plant to be operated by its subsidiary Summit Energy Corporation. The plant construction is to … Read the full press release

Shell Nigeria (SNEPCo) starts production from the Bonga Phase 3 project

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) has announced the start-up of production from the Bonga Phase 3 project. THE HAGUE, 5-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Andrew Brown, Shell’s Upstream International Director, said: “This new start up is another important … Read the full press release

Shell completes the sale of its retail, commercial fuels and supply & distribution logistics businesses in Norway

THE HAGUE, 5-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Shell has completed the sale to St1 Nordic Oy of Smart Fuel AS, Shell’s retail, commercial fuels and supply & distribution logistics businesses in Norway. The Shell brand will continue to be highly visible … Read the full press release

EBRD to extend a loan of up to $300 million to Ukraine’s national gas and oil company Naftogaz

Project to strengthen country’s energy security, support sector reforms, improve  performance and governance at Naftogaz LONDON, 1-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Board of Directors has approved a project to extend a loan of … Read the full press release

Vattenfall starts recruitment for board members for the Wales’s largest community energy fund

Wales’s largest wind farm community fund starts board member recruitment Pen y Cymoedd wind farm Community Fund gearing up for first payments in 2016 CARDIFF, 30-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has started recruitment for board members who will … Read the full press release

Eni named Exploration Company of the Year by Petroleum Economist

The exploration confirms to be for Eni an important driver of growth, with a strategy focused on basins with proven reserves located near fields already developed that allow to quickly complete the evaluation of the mineral potential and exploit synergies … Read the full press release

6,000 customers already connected to the tiko Swiss storage network, one of the largest smart grids in the world

BERNE, 23-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Residential customers who participate in the tiko smart storage network enjoy real benefits. With the help of an app, they are able to optimise their own electrical energy consumption, improve their energy efficiency and reduce … Read the full press release

Environmental Experts to Convene at Gasworks Symposium

The Sixth International Symposium and Exhibition on the Redevelopment Of Manufactured Gas Plant Sites (MGP 2015) will be held in Ghent, Belgium 8-10, November 2015 Ghent, Belgium, 17-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Sixth International Symposium and Exhibition on the Redevelopment … Read the full press release

Alstom to deliver its Demand Response Management System (DRMS) to Ergon Energy, Australia

Levallois-Perret, France, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom has been awarded a contract by Queensland’s regional energy distributor, Ergon Energy to deliver its Demand Response Management System (DRMS). The project will be managed from Alstom’s offices in Sydney, with the software … Read the full press release

Alstom to finance energy kiosk project in Zambia

Levallois-Perret, France, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom is financing an energy kiosk project in Zambia to meet the needs of people who are not connected to the network. This project is financed by the savings made through the “We share … Read the full press release

Polish Oil and Gas Company: Qatargas to supply liquefied natural gas for the purposes of Świnoujście LNG terminal cool-down and start-up operations

Liquefied natural gas for the purposes of Świnoujście LNG terminal cool-down and start-up operations will be supplied by the biggest producer of LNG in the world and operator of the greatest methane carrier fleet – Qatargas. Polish Oil and Gas … Read the full press release

AkzoNobel to purchase sustainably generated steam from Dutch energy provider Eneco

AkzoNobel has signed a multi-year agreement to purchase sustainably generated steam from Dutch energy provider Eneco. The partnership will help to reduce the company’s CO2 emissions by more than 100,000 tons a year. AMSTERDAM, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The agreement became … Read the full press release

Hafslund Produksjon AS to appoint AF Gruppen for construction of Hydro Power plant Vamma 12

Hafslund Produksjon AS has the intention to appoint AF Gruppen (AFG) as contractor for construction of the Hydro Power plant Vamma 12. OSLO, 10-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — “Vamma 12” is a new hydro power plant situated in the river Glomma. … Read the full press release

GRÄSSLIN room thermostat clocks: EU’s ErP labels ensure transparency and make energy efficient solutions possible

St. Georgen, Germany, 9-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The labelling of energy efficiency classes for household appliances such as refrigerators or dishwashers has been in place for quite some time and is a popular decision-making tool when purchasing appliances, and as … Read the full press release

BKW: The Mühleberg nuclear power plant is back online

BERN, 8-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM) is back online. The plant had been shut down since 3 August for annual maintenance work. During this period, the cooling water supply system that operates independently of the … Read the full press release

The BKW Group H1 2015: operating profit (EBIT) well above the results of the prior-year period

BKW Half-year results 2015 BERN, 8-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The BKW Group posted good results in the first half of 2015. At CHF 199 million, operating profit (EBIT) was well above the results of the prior-year period, although this is primarily … Read the full press release

Government approval for BASF subsidiary Wintershall’s first operated development in Norway

OSLO, 8-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Wintershall and its partners Petoro and Centrica have today received approval by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Maria development, offshore Norway. Germany’s largest internationally active crude … Read the full press release

Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok: Gazprom, BASF, E.ON, ENGIE, OMV and Shell sign Shareholders’ Agreement on Nord Stream 2 pipeline project to enhance supply of natural gas to EU’s market

Vladivostok, Russia, 8-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (04.09.2015) at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, Klaus Schäfer, Member of the … Read the full press release