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2020, October, 15, 13:20:00
EUROPE'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY STRATEGY
The EU will have to reduce buildings' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 60%
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2020, October, 15, 13:15:00
TAP GAS PIPELINE COMPLETION
In December 2019, Turkey and Azerbaijan formally inaugurated the US$6.5bn Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) gas interconnector.
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2020, October, 13, 14:55:00
U.S., ROMANIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION
U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Romania’s Minister of Economy, Energy and Business Development Virgil Popescu initialed a draft Intergovernmental Agreement to cooperate on the expansion and modernization of Romania’s civil nuclear power program.
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2020, October, 12, 11:35:00
CLIMATE NEUTRALITY FOR EUROPE
The European Parlament has approved a law to make climate neutrality mandatory by 2050 in both EU and member states and to achieve "negative emissions" after 2050.
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2020, October, 12, 11:30:00
RENEWABLES FOR EUROPE
The demand for renewable energy documented with Guarantees of Origin shows record growth during the first half of 2020, despite the negative effect COVID-19 is having on global and local economies.
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2020, October, 12, 11:25:00
GERMANY'S CO2 PRICE €25
gasoline prices are expected to rise by €7c/l and diesel prices by €7.9c/l in 2021 (+€0.6c/kWh for gas).
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2020, October, 9, 11:50:00
TOTAL BUYS WIND
To be installed in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Gruissan in Aude department, EolMed is one of four floating wind projects awarded by the French state in 2016.
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2020, October, 8, 12:45:00
NORD STREAM 2: POLISH PENALTY
UOKiK said its own investigation had shown that Gazprom, France's Engie, Austria's OMV, Shell, and Germany's Uniper and Wintershall Dea had concluded a number of agreements regarding financing for Nord Stream 2 without having first obtained its approval to establish a joint venture for the project.
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2020, October, 8, 12:30:00
NUCLEAR POWER FOR BRITAIN
The U.K. Treasury is looking at having “a portion of equity from the government being invested” as a way of backing nuclear energy, Energy Minister Kwsai Kwarteng said on a panel at the ruling Conservative Party conference.
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2020, October, 6, 15:45:00
RUSSIA'S GAS TO EUROPE DOWN
Over January-September, Russian gas flows into Europe -- excluding the countries of the former Soviet Union in line with Gazprom's own sales data -- totaled 96.65 Bcm, down 22.2% year on year.
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2020, October, 2, 11:25:00
NORD STREAM 2: DENMARK APPROVEMENT
The Danish Energy Agency granted the permit on Thursday almost a year after the application was submitted.
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2020, October, 2, 11:00:00
NEGATIVE ELECTRICITY PRICES
Negative power prices have swept across Europe in the first nine months of 2020, with excess power in the market resulting in consumers being paid rather than charged to use electricity,