Posts Tagged ‘Eastern Europe’

Research and Markets: Sizeable Potential of Wind Energy in Central and Eastern Europe to be realised as Renewable Energy Rises in Popularity

June 25th, 2009

Dublin, Jun 24, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) — FRSU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e3f2c5/central_and_easter) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “Central and Eastern European Wind Power Markets” to their offering.
The following study covers the development and dynamics of the wind energy industry [...]

Czech CEZ, Slovak Javys Form JV To Build Slovak Nuclear Plant

May 31st, 2009

PRAGUE (Dow Jones)–Czech power utility CEZ AS (BAACEZ.PR) and Slovak state-owned Nuclear and Decommissioning Company, or Javys, Friday signed a contract to form a joint venture to build a new nuclear power plant in Slovakia.
The new plant is expected to have a generating capacity of up to 1,600 megawatts and will be located 60 [...]

Falling Gas Prices Deny Russia a Lever of Power

May 16th, 2009

MOSCOW — As energy markets shrink, the same tactics that the Kremlin used to build Gazprom, the giant energy company, into a fearsome economic and political power that could restore Russian influence in the world are now backfiring, slashing both its profits and its influence.
Throughout his eight years as president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin [...]

Russia’s Belon says Q1 coal output at full capacity

January 13th, 2009

MOSCOW, Jan 13 - Russian coal miner Belon Group said on Tuesday it will operate at full capacity in the first quarter thanks to agreements with domestic steel makers as well as an unnamed producer in southeast Asia.
“Agreements that we have reached allow the company to continue stable work in 2009, despite the unfavourable influence [...]

Eastern Europe looks to nuclear revival to meet its power needs

October 30th, 2008

By Judy Dempsey
Published: October 29, 2008
BERLIN: From the Baltic to Bulgaria, governments in Eastern Europe are increasingly looking toward a revival of nuclear power generation to meet growing energy demand.
The renewed interest in nuclear energy in a region that has been under intense pressure from the European Union to close unsafe older-generation plants coincides with [...]

In Eastern Europe, a Nuclear Answer to Energy Dependence ENERGY

October 29th, 2008

From the Baltic to Bulgaria, governments in Eastern Europe are increasingly looking toward a revival of nuclear power generation to meet growing energy demand.
The renewed interest in nuclear energy in a region that has been under intense pressure from the European Union to close unsafe older- generation plants coincides with a lively debate in [...]