RWE looks to boost Croat stake
Consumption
German energy provider RWE is hoping to boost its market share in Croatia to a 10-per-cent stake, according to Karl
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Gazprom demands pipe ‘discounts’
Industry
Gas giant Gazprom is apparently demanding big discounts from Russian pipeline suppliers for its major projects, especially Nord Stream 2
Germany considers free public transport
Environment
Germany is considering making public transport free of charge in its polluted cities to avoid EU prosecution for breaching clean-air
Merkel tries to ease pipeline fears
Consumption
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is “unnecessary, detrimental and divisive” and would increase the chances of a full war between
Dunkirk wind firm to be named in March
Environment
Sébastien Lecornu, the French ecological and solidarity transition secretary, says the results of the wind project off the coast at
US and Poland oppose Nord Stream
Industry
The US and Poland have taken a common stand against a planned gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany, saying it
EU backs battery development
Storage
Energy storage has been given extra importance as an EU objective in lowering emissions and replacing electricity generated by fossil
Merkel to ditch 2020 emission goals
Environment
Germany’s ongoing coalition government talks have agreed to postpone 2020 emissions reduction target to “the early 2020s”, the German media
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
Gazprom to counter US sanctions
Policy
Russia’s natural gas exporter, Gazprom, is channeling investment into the fight for market share as Washington threatens its largest European
EIB invests in UK-German solar firm
Environment
A UK-German solar panel manufacturer says it is poised to revolutionise the global energy industry and has secured more than
Germany unveils renewable record
Environment
Renewable energy has reportedly provided a third of German electricity this year, with wind energy overtaking natural gas and nuclear
Czech firm extends thermal grip
Industry
Aged power plants in the Czech Republic and elsewhere fired by coal, gas and lignite are being bought by EPH,
BASF agrees merger with Fridman’s DEA
Industry
BASF, the German chemicals firm, has agreed to merge its Wintershall energy unit with fellow German rival DEA in a
54% EU coal plants loss-making: study
Consumption
The Carbon Tracker think-tank has reported that 54 per cent of all EU coal plants are loss-making and a phase-out