EDF and Mitsubishi form nuclear firm
Industry
The Atmea joint venture between France’s Areva and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to be restructured after the sale
Archive for January 2018
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EU funds Slovak-Polish gas line
Industry
The EU’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency, Poland’s operator Gaz-System and Slovakia’s pipeline agency Eustream have signed an agreement to
IHS launches Bosnia exploration bid
Industry
UK-based consulting company IHS has lodged a bid in a public tender launched by the Bosnia Federation in search for
Turkey completes pipe study
Consumption
Turkey’s state gas importer and transmission operator Botas has filed the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the first overland section
Wind island eyes 30-gigawatt output
Production
The Netherlands hopes to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm by 2027 on a 6-square-km artificial island in the
Norway boasts electric car boom
Consumption
Electric and hybrid vehicles made up 52 per cent of Norway’s new car sales last year, with an even higher
Innogy looks to cut costs
Consumption
German energy group Innogy is considering cost cuts across all parts of its operations after the departure of CEO Peter
Albania refinery staff demand wages
Industry
Albanian oil workers protested outside the Ministry of Energy in Tirana last week after marching 100km from their refinery at
Scientist attacks biomass boom
Environment
Policies aimed at limiting climate change by boosting the burning of biomass contain critical flaws that could damage attempts to
Gazprom declares 2018 export targets
Consumption
Russia is working to keep natural gas exports to Europe near record levels this year after its biggest supplier, Gazprom,
EPH buys Italian biomass plants
Industry
The Czech Republic’s utility firm EPH has acquired two solid biomass plants in Italy with a combined capacity of 73
Rosneft U-turns on gas field bid
Industry
Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft said it had asked the Moscow’s competition watchdog for permission to bid for gas fields
Statoil unveils battery strategy
Storage
Norway’s state-run Statoil is using its position as the majority partner in the Scottish Hywind offshore floating wind farm, a