China September numbers of coal imports are down 16% in the year to year comparison, accordingly the year-to-date numbers are down to 29%.
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Chinas coal imports are still weak compared to last year
20. October 2015 / / Comments Off on Chinas coal imports are still weak compared to last year CEENews: China, Coal Market
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EEG-fee increased to 6,359 ct/kWh for 2016
16. October 2015 / / Comments Off on EEG-fee increased to 6,359 ct/kWh for 2016 CEENews: Europe, Power Market
After a slight decrease of the EEG-fee in the year 2015, the 2016 fee for the end user is increased again. Main reasons are the still decreasing wholesale electricity prices and a strong increase in the off-shore wind energy capacity in Germany.
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Solar cheaper than coal in China at $30 carbon price
21. September 2015 / / Comments Off on Solar cheaper than coal in China at $30 carbon price CEENews: China, Energy Economy, Power Market
Carbon prices may see the competitiveness of ground-mounted solar power overtake coal in China, show projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Article by Gerard Wynn republished with permission from “The Energy and Carbon Blog”.
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Coal prices are rising, beside missing signals.
4. September 2015 / / Comments Off on Coal prices are rising, beside missing signals. CEENews: China, Coal Market, Energy Economy
The worldwide coal prices are currently very volatile, mostly due to missing fundamentals. The oil price is driving the coal prices, as long as there are no new signals from China.
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Second solar tender lower than fixed feed-in tariff
3. September 2015 / / Comments Off on Second solar tender lower than fixed feed-in tariff CEENews: Energy Economy, Energy Policy, Power Market
While the first tender for lage scale PV parks had a result which was in average higher than the fixed feed-in tariff, this round came out lower, with a result of 84.90 EUR/MWh beside the change of the bidding procedure.
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6 MW Power-to-Gas unit has started in Mainz/Germany
24. August 2015 / / Comments Off on 6 MW Power-to-Gas unit has started in Mainz/Germany CEENews: Energy Economy, Europe, Power Market
In Mainz/Germany the world’s biggest PEM-electrolysis system has gone into production in July 2015 to produce hydrogen.
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The White Book on the Energy Transition – More than only Market Design
20. August 2015 / / Comments Off on The White Book on the Energy Transition – More than only Market Design CEENews: Energy Policy, Europe, Power Market
When the white book on an electricity market for the energy turnaround has been published, market player have discussed beforehand a lot about the market design being a competition between a capacity market and an energy only market. Looking deeper into the white book shows, that much more is in discussion.
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Offshore wind capacity triples until end of year
18. August 2015 / / Comments Off on Offshore wind capacity triples until end of year CEENews: Energy Economy, Europe, Power Market
More offshore wind capacities are connected to the German public grid. In the year 2015 more than 2,000 MW will be connected, which will increase the total capacity to a level of more than 3,300 MW.
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