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RWE launches international 50GW conventional power business

RWE is to run all its conventional power plants in Western Europe under new company RWE Generation, it announced yesterday.

13 years ago

Price points

The eurozone crisis and political instability in the Middle East caused a lot of volatility in wholesale energy prices this year. Expect more of the same in 2013, says Magali Hodgson

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How’s it planning out?

Roger Milne reports on the ups and downs of life for water and energy firms under the reformed planning system, and particularly the NSIP regime

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Ready, steady, slow

At a time when we desperately need new capacity, it doesn't makes sense to insist that new CCGT plants are carbon capture ready 30 years before they have to be, says Miles Thomas

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Two UK tidal schemes win European NER300 funds but CCS loses out

Two UK tidal power projects have been named among the 23 European renewables schemes to win a share of £1 billion (€1.2 billion) from the NER300 funding programme.

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Yeo warns Government over “gas gamble”

Tim Yeo MP, chairman of the influential Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee has warned Chancellor George Osborne not to gamble the UK's future on the hope of cheap gas.

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Gas’ll do nicely if the environment comes second

Both of the warring factions in the energy policy battle - otherwise collectively known as the coalition government - displayed unbridled pleasure in having reached an "agreement" last week over some elements of the Energy Bill.

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Government risk-sharing needed for CCS

Governments must share some of the risk of carbon dioxide leaking from carbon capture and

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David Cameron: fixing a 2030 carbon goal would be ‘a gamble’ on CCS

Setting a decarbonisation target for 2030 now would involve a gamble that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is available, prime minister David Cameron told MPs yesterday.

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Dash for gas ‘could derail nuclear’

A dash for gas could derail the nuclear and renewables industries, speakers warned at a Nuclear Industry Association conference in London last week.

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Sale marks German nuclear retreat

Eon and RWE’s sale of Horizon Nuclear Power to Hitachi flowed from German energy policy,

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#Resist

Protest groups use social media to galvanise support and organise demonstrations, but clued-up utilities can monitor them and forestall action, say Will Densham and Kate Poole

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Industry reaction to the Energy Bill

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Things are looking up

Energy supplier interest in investing in upstream gas assets is escalating - especially at Centrica - on the back of continuing high gas prices and security of supply concerns. Nigel Hawkins writes

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Brussels tipped to disappoint on carbon capture funds

The European Commission is poised to reject funding applications from the UK and other European

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RWE npower profits slightly down

The operating profit of RWE Npower's UK business is down by 2 per cent to £238 million for the first three quarters of 2012 when compared to the same period last year.

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Angela Knight calls for honesty on bills

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Capacity for confusion

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Anti-gas protest at West Burton power station continues

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Decision needed soon on CCS competition funding

by Roger Milne Energy secretary Ed Davey sought coalition approval this week to allocate £1

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