EU countries to link power grids
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Five EU countries sign a deal to link their power grids and make it easier to trade electricity across borders.
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Assemblea delle imprese elettrotecniche ed elettroniche
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European Union leaders on Friday endorsed binding targets to cut greenhouse gases and ensure a fifth of the bloc's energy comes from green power such as wind turbines and solar panels.
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European Union leaders are on the brink of striking an agreement on Friday to set a binding pan-European target for renewable energy sources as part of an ambitious strategy to fight climate change.Comment
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The European Commission has adopted draft legislation that would separate power generation from distribution networks. The aim is to restrict the influence of big utility companies. In part, the initiative is aimed at Russia, which provides around a quarter of Europe's gas, since the proposals would ban foreign firms from owning transmission networks -- unless agreements are reached between the EU and the companies' home countries.
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The boards of French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France (GDF) approved at separate meetings Sunday a merger creating a new European power giant, participants told AFP.
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American Electric Power, a coal-burning utility company that is looking for ways to connect more wind power to its grid, plans to install huge banks of high-technology batteries.
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The European Union has found new partners in its campaign against global warming: weather forecasters.
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Integrazione crescente iniziando da energie e infrastrutture
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.
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Big batteries will fight blackouts and could make renewable power economically viable.
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The European Union approved plans Wednesday by Britain to give British Energy, the country's largest electricity producer, billions of dollars in aid to shut down its eight nuclear power plants in the decades ahead.
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European Union leaders agreed a full package of binding measures on Friday to build a common energy policy and fight climate change, challenging the world to follow suit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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European leaders are set to commit their countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions at a European Union summit focused on energy and the climate.Comment
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The Federal Communications Commission has approved rules which it claims will encourage development of broadband access over power lines, a new technology that provides access to high speed broadband services using the nation&#39;s power grid instead of phone
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European Union foreign ministers have failed to agree on whether to set binding targets for the use of green renewable energy sources, setting up a potential clash when the bloc's leaders meet this week.Comment
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Estonia has taken a key step towards loosening Russia's energy grip on the Baltic states with the inauguration of an undersea electricity cable linking it with Finland.