http://eubusiness.com Latest business news about Energy Policy in the European Union daily 1 2007-01-02T13:22:44Z http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1223043421.97 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has banned the state-run Bratislava heating company from increasing heating prices in a bid to curb inflation before planned euro adoption on January 1, 2009, the daily Pravda reported on Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy Slovakia Euro 2008-10-03T16:46:22Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1223025423.97 Russian gas giant Gazprom has delayed by at least two years the launch of the South Stream pipeline linking Russia to southern Europe, a newspaper reported Friday, citing a company document. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy Russia 2008-10-03T09:51:27Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1222870627.56 Russia will for the first time charge European customers over 500 dollars per 1,000 cubic metres of gas in October after prices grew faster than expected, gas monopoly Gazprom said Wednesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy Russia 2008-10-01T14:54:14Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1222855321.9 The Commission on Wednesday announced it was fining paraffin wax producers more than EUR 676 million for operating a price fixing cartel that included Shell, Exxonmobil and Total. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy Headline3 Competition 2008-10-01T21:47:04Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1222200122.97 Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Tuesday pledged to manage the country's future oil revenue well if it is re-elected in December polls. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy Africa 2008-09-23T20:46:08Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1222093029.87 Lithuania is eyeing four firms, France's Areva, Canada's Candu as well as the US-based General Electric and Westinghouse, as candidates to build a nuclear power plant by 2016, the Lithuanian Electricity Organisation (LEO) said Monday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy Lithuania 2008-09-22T16:58:20Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1221737522.23 The European Commission said Thursday it will sue Portugal over rules that limit voting rights in Portuguese energy group EDP, but do not apply to the state. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy Finance Portugal 2008-09-18T12:11:02Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1221735722.17 The European Union wants to look at ways of tapping into Central Asia's vast energy reserves, an official said Thursday at the opening of a foreign ministers' meeting in Paris. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline Energy European Council Asia 2008-09-18T12:26:21Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1221667334.05 The European Commission on Wednesday promised to help Lithuania reduce its dependence on Russian energy supplies while not allowing it to keep its Soviet-era nuclear plant. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy Lithuania Russia 2008-09-17T16:51:07Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1221481923.15 Alternative projects pose no threat to the European Union's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Budapest on Monday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Commission Energy 2008-09-15T20:26:25Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1221147122.11 MEPs approve EU plans to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent but call for stricter limits to be set on the controversial use of biofuels. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Environment Energy Headline3 European Parliament 2008-09-11T16:05:55Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/Energy/iter.2008-09-11 Europe, Japan and the ITER organisation have achieved a landmark success in their quest to create a nuclear-fusion-powered reactor. Fusion for Energy (F4E), the Joint Undertaking that provides Europe's contribution to ITER, has, with the support of its partners, successfully tested a prototype superconductor for a major component of the ITER project. No publisher eub2 Energy Research & Technology 2008-09-11T14:54:26Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1221023823.84 The boom in biofuel production in Latin America, particularly Brazil, is benefiting corporations but not local people, a network of environmental activist groups said in a report released on Wednesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy 2008-09-10T08:14:57Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1220974357.27 A top Azerbaijani official on Tuesday renewed his country's support for an EU-backed project to build the Nabucco gas pipeline to Europe, following fears the Georgia crisis could derail the project. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Energy 2008-09-09T17:00:05Z News Item http://eubusiness.com/news-eu/1220572922.8 The Nabucco gas pipeline, which seeks to link central Asia's gas fields with Europe, is on track despite the Russia-Georgia conflict, the project's chief executive says. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. 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