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Renwables Infrastrucuture Group acquires stake in German wind farm, exits Swedish project

May 15, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Company News, Deals, Divestitures / Spin, Energy (TRBC), Equity Investments, Europe, France, Germany, IFRA, Investment Management and Fund Operators (TRBC), Mergers / Acquisitions / Takeovers, Offs, Power Markets, Private Equity Funds, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Power Stations, RENEWABLES, Sweden, United Kingdom, US, Wind Farms, WINDFARM

LONDON (Reuters) – London-listed The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) said on Friday it has completed the acquisition of a 36%

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E.ON CEO says Germany must keep green power affordable

May 12, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Company News, E, Environment, Europe, Germany, Government Finances, Multiline Utilities (TRBC), ON, Power Markets, RENEWABLES, RESULTS, US, Utilities (TRBC), Western Europe

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The head of Germany’s largest energy company E.ON on Tuesday urged the German government to increase funds

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Rhine water level rises, still too shallow in northern sections

May 4, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Coal, Corn, Electric Utilities (TRBC), Energy (TRBC), Europe, Germany, Grains, Meals / Feeds / Pulses, Oilseeds, Power Markets, Precipitation, Refined Products, RHINE, SHIPPING, US, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC), Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe

HAMBURG (Reuters) – Water levels on the Rhine in Germany have risen sharply after recent rain but remain too shallow

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Portugal plans new hydrogen plant in post-coronavirus ‘green’ future

April 30, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Company News, CORONAVIRUS, ENERGY, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Europe, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Hydroelectric Power Stations, LITHIUM, Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Pictures, PORTUGAL, Power Markets, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Power Stations, Respiratory Conditions, Solar Power Stations, US

LISBON (Reuters) – Looking to a more environmentally-friendly future after the coronavirus, Portugal is preparing a handful of multi-billion projects

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Analysts cut EU carbon price forecasts as coronavirus causes demand slump

April 24, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments CARBON, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Coal, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, EU, Europe, European Union, fired Power Stations, France, Germany, Government / Politics, Industrials (TRBC), Natural Gas Utilities (TRBC), Picture available, Pictures, POLL, Polls, Power Markets, Regulation, Reports, Reuters Polls, United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – Analysts have sharply cut forecasts for the price of European Union carbon permits for 2020 to 2022

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Fires near Chernobyl make Kiev air most polluted in world

April 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Belarus, Central / Eastern Europe, CHERNOBYL, Civil Unrest, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Europe, FIRE, Fires, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, Health / Medicine, Non, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Power Markets, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, US, Utilities (TRBC), Video, Wildfires / Forest Fires

KIEV (Reuters) – Fires around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant and elsewhere pushed pollution levels in Ukraine’s capital Kiev to

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Coronavirus creating solar industry ‘crisis’: U.S. trade group

March 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments CALIFORNIA, Corporate Events, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Infectious Diseases, Natural Gas, North America (Energy), Picture available, Pictures, Power Markets, Renewable Energy, REPORT, SOLAR, Solar Power Stations, United States, US, USA, Utilities (TRBC), Wind Farms

(Reuters) – The spreading coronavirus is threatening project schedules in the booming U.S. solar industry following a year in which

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Global CO2 emissions from power sector fell 2% last year: study

March 9, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas (Energy), Asia (Energy), Asia / Pacific, CARBON, Carbon / Emissions Markets, China (PRC), Climate Politics, Coal, Commodities News (3rd Party), EMISSIONS, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, Europe, Europe / Middle East / Africa (Energy), fired Power Stations, General News, Government / Politics, Middle East (Energy), Natural Gas, Pictures, Pollution, Power Markets, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Power Stations, Solar Power Stations, United States, US, Utilities (TRBC), Western Europe, Wind Farms

LONDON (Reuters) – Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the power sector fell by 2% last year, the biggest fall

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South Korea to close up to 28 coal-fired power plants in March

March 1, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Coal, Coal (TRBC), Electric Utilities (TRBC), Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, Environment, fired Power Stations, Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas, OIL, Pollution, POWER, Power Markets, South Korea, SOUTHKOREA, US, Utilities (TRBC)

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will idle up to 28 of its coal-fired power plants in March, scaling up the

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U.S. senators unveil bill to support renewable and nuclear power, efficiency

February 28, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, Coal, ENERGY, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, General News, Government / Politics, Lawmaking, Natural Gas, Pollution, Power Markets, Real Estate Markets, Regulation, SENATE, Solar Power Stations, United States, US, US Government News, US House of Representatives, US Senate, USA, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes, Wind Farms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top two senators on the U.S. Senate energy committee unveiled a bipartisan energy legislation package on

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