(IN BRIEF) In Italy, the demand for electricity in June decreased by 9.2% compared to the same period in 2022, reaching 25.4 billion kWh. Renewable sources covered 44.3% of the demand, with hydroelectric production experiencing a recovery of 44% compared … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Italy, Management, News
Tagged demand, electricity, Italy, renewable energy, Terna
(IN BRIEF) The Energy Committee has backed reforms to create a more affordable and consumer-friendly electricity market. The proposed changes aim to enhance consumer protection against volatile prices, encourage energy investments, and provide safeguards for vulnerable households. The amendments include … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Supergen Energy Networks (SEN) Hub, a research initiative in partnership with several UK universities, has received significant funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to advance the transition to a sustainable energy sector. The SEN Hub focuses … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Arjun Parekh, electricity, funding, gas, heat, Johnson Fernandes, Matt Hindle, partnership, Paul Beasley, Peter Smith, Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Professor Philip Taylor, Supergen Energy Networks Hub, sustainability, sustainable energy transition, UKRI
(IN BRIEF) EDF and Trimet have signed a long-term contract for the supply of electricity to support aluminium production in France. The agreement extends their existing partnership and secures the energy supply for Trimet’s aluminium smelter in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. The contract … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Vattenfall has inaugurated the South Kyle Onshore Wind Farm in southwest Scotland, its largest onshore wind farm in the UK. Once fully operational, the wind farm will have a capacity of 240MW, equivalent to powering 187,000 homes annually. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) ORLEN Group is constructing a cutting-edge 560 MW gas-fired power plant in Grudziądz, Poland. This advanced facility aims to provide electricity to around one million households while effectively integrating renewable energy sources. With a highly flexible Combined Cycle … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Poland
Tagged CCGT, CCGT Grudziądz, Daniel Obajtek, electricity, Energa, gas-fired power plant, Grudziądz, Grzegorz Należyty, Kostas Horinos, MYTILINEOS, ORLEN Group, Polish Power System, power generation, renewable energy, RES electricity, Siemens Energy
(IN BRIEF) ArcelorMittal Brazil has partnered with renewable energy producer Casa dos Ventos to develop a 554 MW wind power project in Bahia, Brazil. ArcelorMittal will hold a 55% stake in the joint venture, with Casa dos Ventos holding the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Aditya Mittal, AM/NS India, ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal Brazil, Babilonia project, CADE, Casa dos Ventos, electricity, Greenko group, Jefferson de Paula, JV, renewable energy, solar power, steelmaking, wind power
(IN BRIEF) Renewable energy company PNE AG is expanding its wind farm portfolio to generate more electricity. Currently, wind farms with a capacity of 207 megawatts are in various stages of development across Germany and France, and are expected to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News
Tagged 207 Megawatts, electricity, Markus Lesser, PNE AG, wind farm
(IN BRIEF) GreenIT, the Italian joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and CDP Equity (CDP Group), which produces electricity from renewable sources, has approved a new business plan for 2023-2027. The plan includes a total investment of €1.7 billion ($2 billion) … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged CDP Equity, decarbonisation, electricity, Eni, Esedra Chiacchella, Francesco Mele, GreenIT, Italy, Paolo Bellucci, Plenitude, Stefano Goberti
(IN BRIEF) Gasum, a Nordic energy company, aims to shift its business and operations towards renewable gas and electricity, setting new sustainability goals as part of its strategy. The company’s ambition is to bring seven terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Management, News
Tagged biogas, electricity, Gasum, Mika Wiljanen, renewable gas, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) JUWI Renewable Energies Pty. Ltd., a leading global solar, wind and hybrid project developer, has announced that the 84 MW Wolf Wind Project in South Africa’s Eastern Cape has reached financial close and construction has started. The project … Read the full press release
(IN KÜRZE) Das Kraftwerk Leipheim bei Ulm in Deutschland hat mit der erstmaligen Netzanbindung nach erfolgreicher Zündung einer Gasturbine einen bedeutenden Meilenstein erreicht. Das Projekt, das von LEAG verwaltet wird und sich im Besitz von Energetický a průmyslový holding („EPH“) … Read the full press release
Posted in Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Amprion, electricity, Energetický a průmyslový holding, Energiesicherheit, energy security, EP Power Europe, EPH, Erdgas, Erneuerbare Energien, gas turbine, Gasturbine, grid, grid stability, hydrogen, Jan Špringl, Kraftwerk Leipheim, LEAG, Leipheim power plant, natural gas, Netz, Netzstabilität, PPF Investments, renewable sources, Strom, Wasserstoff
(IN BRIEF) The Leipheim power plant, located near Ulm in Germany, has achieved a significant milestone by connecting to the grid for the first time after the successful ignition of a gas turbine. The project, managed by LEAG and owned … Read the full press release
Posted in Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Amprion, electricity, Energetický a průmyslový holding, energy security, EP Power Europe, EPH, gas turbine, grid, grid stability, hydrogen, Jan Špringl, LEAG, Leipheim power plant, natural gas, PPF Investments, renewable sources
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €450 million loan to Redes Energéticas Nacionais SGPS, S.A. (REN) to finance the upgrading and reinforcement of the Portuguese electricity transmission network and renewable energy connections. The project … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Portugal
Tagged EIB, electricity, Green Energy, PORTUGAL, Redes Energéticas Nacionais SGPS, REN, renewable energy, REPowerEU Plan, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, Rodrigo Costa, The European Investment Bank, transmission network
(IN BRIEF) In February 2023, total electricity demand in Italy decreased by 2.2% compared to the same month in 2022. According to Terna, the company that manages the Italian electricity grid, the country’s industrial sector also decreased by 6.8% compared … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Italy, Management, News
Tagged demand, electricity, Italy, renewables
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank has signed a €20 million loan agreement with Icelandic energy company RARIK to replace overhead electricity lines with underground cables. This will improve security of electricity supply in both rural and urban areas of … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Swedish energy company Vattenfall has announced the development of Nordlicht I, a state-of-the-art offshore wind farm with a capacity of 980 MW, located in the North Sea. The wind farm, formerly known as N-7.2, is expected to come … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Sweden
Tagged alpha ventus, DanTysk, E.ON, electricity, EWE, fossil-free wind power, Matthias Buko, N-7.2, Nordlicht I, North Sea, Offshore wind, offshore wind farm, Sandbank, Stadtwerke München, Vattenfall, wind power, Wind Project
Evonik to Source Over a Third of its European Power Requirements from Offshore Wind Energy (IN BRIEF) Evonik, a specialty chemicals company, has signed a second power purchase agreement (PPA) with EnBW for an additional 50 MW of offshore wind … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ROME, 20-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Terna S.p.A. (BIT: TRN), the first grid operator for electricity transmission in Europe, has received approval from the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security for its “Roma Est – ENEA Frascati” project. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News
Tagged electricity, Enea®, power line, Stefano Donnarumma, Terna, underground power lines
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 17-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Yara International ASA, a global firm specializing in agricultural products and environmental protection agents and a leading global ammonia player, has announced that Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA) and Japanese company JERA Co. Inc., responsible … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Norway, Technology
Tagged blue ammonia production, clean ammonia, climate change, co-firing project, coal-fired power plants, decarbonize, electricity, greenhouse gas emissions, Japan, JERA, liquefied natural gas, Magnus Krogh Ankarstrand, Memorandum of Understanding, power generation market, Svein Tore Holsether, Yara, Yara Clean Ammonia, Yukio Kani
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