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The European Commission is continuing talks with Germany over a gas tariff Brussels and other countries have said undermines Europes energy market, the Commission said on Thursday. ... -May 23, 2024 at 07:17 am EDT - MarketScreener

German container firm Hapag-Lloyd on Wednesday posted an 84% drop in first-quarter net profit but raised the lower end of its 2024 outlook amid rising demand and freight rates. Even...

By Claudia Greco and Francesca Landini LAKE SUVIANA, Italy (Reuters) -Rescuers searched on Wednesday for four people still missing after an underground accident at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy, with workers planning to strike on Thursday in protest over safety issues. At least three people were killed on Tuesday when a fire and…

LAKE SUVIANA, Italy (Reuters) -Rescuers searched on Wednesday for four people still missing after an underground accident at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy, with workers planning to strike on Thursday in protest over safety issues. At least three people were killed on Tuesday when a fire and explosion occurred at the plant owned by Enel Green Power, part of Enel Group, near the town of Camugnano, about 60 km(40 miles) from Bologna. The deaths have stoked concerns already expressed

Western European governments have sought to reduce their energy dependence on Russia since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, but when it comes to gas, they have increasingly substituted the country's pipeline supplies with its liquefied natural gas (LNG). A Reuters analysis of data found more than a tenth of the Russian gas formerly shipped by pipeline to the European Union has been replaced by LNG delivered into EU ports. Private Russian producer Novatek last year sold cut-rate cargoes in...

Western European governments have sought to reduce their energy dependence on Russia since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, but when it comes to gas, they have increasingly substituted the countrys...

E.ON has no interest in creating a pan-European mega-utility, its CEO told Reuters, rejecting suggestions that recent energy market turmoil might spur consolidation in the sector....

German shipowners group VDR on Tuesday urged the Berlin government to provide legislation implementing European Union requirements to include the sector in the blocs carbon trading system. ... -March 12, 2024 at 06:42 am EDT - MarketScreener

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) -German policymakers should team up with power grid operators to improve the response to incidents such as the arson attack near Tesla's gigafactory, said the head of regional utility Westenergie. Security measures needed reviewing and a better legal framework created, Westenergie's chief executive Katherina Reiche told reporters in Duesseldorf. "Critical infrastructure is vulnerable," said Reiche, whose subsidiary Westnetz dealt with restorin...

German policymakers should team up with power grid operators to improve the response to incidents such as the arson attack near Tesla's gigafactory, said