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  1. UK publishes draft Energy Bill but industry still wary

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    Tue, 22 May 2012

    The UK government today published its long-awaited draft Energy Bill, which outlines how it plans to reform the British electricity market.

  2. Chinese attempt to get around harsh US tariffs

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    Mon, 21 May 2012

    Solar panel manufacturers in China are to source components from Taiwan in an attempt to sidestep US anti-dumping tariffs of at least 31 per cent announced by the US department of commerce last week.

  1. Agency says German power plants must be prevented from shutdowns

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    Mon, 21 May 2012

    State-owned Dena Energy Agency says that utilities operating in Germany should not be permitted to close unprofitable gas-fired power plants to safeguard supplies.

  2. Japanese and US collaborate on Smart Grid project

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    Mon, 21 May 2012

    Several Japanese companies are involved in the launch of a demonstration study for the Albuquerque, Business District Smart Grid Demonstration Project in the US.

  3. BP Sempra partnership continues with Hawaii wind project

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    Fri, 18 May 2012

    American gas utility Sempra Sempra Energy  (NYSE: SRE) is to join forces with BP Wind Energy NYSE: BP to develop the A uwahi Wind farm in Hawaii, US as part of an ongoing strategic partnership in wind generation development.

  4. German cogeneration plant to receive Dresser-Rand turbine

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    Fri, 18 May 2012

    US industrial rotation equipment supplier, Dresser-Rand (NYSE: DRC), is to provide Max Bögl Group with an indirectly fired KG 2-3 G gas turbine for its new biomass cogeneration plant in Bavaria, Germany.

  5. Eon sells European gas grid to Australian bank

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    Thu, 17 May 2012

    E.ON has announced the sale of its Open Grid Europe gas distribution network in a deal worth €3.2bn ($4.06bn).

  6. EU state aid threat to UK electricity reform

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    Wed, 16 May 2012

    UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry has conceded that part of the government’s Electricity Market Reform plans could fall foul of European Commission state aid rules.

  7. Google backed wind project takes forward step in US

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    Tue, 15 May 2012

    A $5bn transmission line which is intended to send power from wind farms off the East Coast of the US has overcome a legislative obstacle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said.

  8. 'Steel city’ ponders district heating from steel plants

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    Tue, 15 May 2012

    The steel city of Sheffield in the UK is pondering the use of its most famously associated commodity, in a district energy initiative.