The French government has just announced their plans to make the country carbon neutral by 2050, and the initial reaction is…let’s say “skeptical”. Among the actions they intend to take, here’s a few highlights: Kill-off their domestic oil and gas industry by ending the sale of oil and...
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I noticed that yesterday, a number of US-based news outlets picked up on some European news around Coal. A couple of weeks ago, and without much fanfare, at least here in Europe, Eurelectric’s 3500 members agreed to not invest in new coal plants after 2020 (Polish and Greek...
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The rise of renewables and development of the smart grid is having an impact on European power trading. Intra-day power trading is on the rise in countries like Germany and the UK where signals can occur very quickly indeed and the volume and speed of information available to...
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