Old green power plants seek to regenerate as Germany turns off subsidies

[ad_1] FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – Wilfried Haas owns a 3 kilowatt solar system which has been running as a micro power station since 1992, helping Germany, Europe’s largest economy, curb its…

Swiss stocks – Factors to watch on June 30

[ad_1] ZURICH, June 30 (Reuters) – The Swiss blue-chip SMI was seen opening 0.2 percent higher at 7,992 points on Thursday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer .…

Italy – Factors to watch on Nov. 18

[ad_1] The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For…

Total cuts investment target, keeps dividend amid pandemic

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – Total TOTF.PA trimmed its 2020 investment target on Friday after a sharp drop in third-quarter net profit, though the French oil and gas producer maintained its…

Engie sees British customer base and profitability growth – UK CEO

[ad_1] By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos The logo of French gas and power group Engie is seen on the company tower at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie, near Paris,…

RWE plans UK wind farm stake sale to fund more green energy – sources

[ad_1] By Arno Schuetze, Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) – RWE RWEG.DE aims to sell a minority stake in British offshore wind farm Humber Gateway, as the German utility seeks to…

Five-day strike at British Gas to begin on Thursday – GMB union

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The GMB union said on Wednesday that its members at Centrica’s British Gas will start a five-day strike from 0001 GMT on Thursday. The strike comes…

French state opposed to renewing Kocher’s mandate as Engie CEO: report

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – Engie ENGIE.PA chief executive Isabelle Kocher will not get state backing to serve another term after her tenure at the French gas and power group ends…

French gas tariffs to fall by 2.4 percent from Dec. 1 – CRE

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – France’s CRE energy market regulator on Friday recommended a 2.4 percent drop in regulated gas tariffs, paid by around 4.6 million residential customers in France to…

Denmark plans $30 billion offshore wind island that could power 10 million homes

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark is moving forward with plans to build an artificial island tying in power from offshore wind farms of up to 10 gigawatts (GW) of capacity,…