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Die massive Subventionierung von erneuerbaren Energien führt zu Verzerrungen am Strommarkt. Negative Strompreise könnten schon bald zurTagesordnung gehören. Diese Situation stellt traditionelle Versorger vor grosse Herausforderungen. Zu den Gewinnern gehören vor allem Betreiber von Pumpspeicherkraft...
[more]On June 8, the German Government announced the introduction of a EUR 2.3 billion p.a. tax on nuclear fuel. The tax is likely not linked to an extension of the nuclear generation fleet and will have a material negative impact on E.On. Due to the significant and unexpected deterioration of the regulat...
[more]President Obama urged the Senate to pass a clean energy bill this summer in his first ever address from the Oval Office. The President indicated support for a federal
Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). The Senate is expected to debate a broad energy and climate bill in July that may include an RPS...
[more]The annual Solar power exhibition, Intersolar, took place in Munich. Suppliers & customers were very bullish. Data points at the show were more positive than expected particularly with respect to 2H10 pricing and volumes. Pricing is up slightly and there seems to be little risk of a 2H10 volume slow...
[more]Mit Wirkung vom 29. Juni 2010 hat die IFOS Internationale Fonds Service AG als Verwaltungsgesellschaft des EIC Solar Fund beschlossen, diesen Fonds gemäss Ziffer 12.2 des vollständigen Prospekts in der genehmigten Fassung vom 24. November 2008 zu liquidieren.
Mit diesem Datum werden keine neuen Ant...
[more]The recovery in power and gas demand continues across Europe. French (Jan-Apr), Spanish (Jan-May) and German (Q1) power demand are up 3% compared to last year. The gas market is recovering particularly well with demand up 8% in Germany (Q1).
[more]Der Einsatz und Handel von Emissionszertifikaten ist nicht über alle Zweifel erhaben. Bei den an Private vermarkteten Zertifikaten hängt es von den Kriterien ab, ob sie der Umwelt helfen.
Hintergrundartikel in der NZZ vom 25. Mai 2010 von Dominique Candrian und Reto Schleiniger.
[more]The Q1 earnings season in the U.S. started off well. Net income of portfolio companies FPL, DTE Energy, Entergy and ITC came in ahead of expectations. Transmission company ITC grew earnings by 17% powered by continued investment in high-voltage infrastructure. DTE Energy managed to grow by 7% on rat...
[more]Under its Green Energy Act feed-in tariff, the Ontario government (Canada) has approved 184 new contracts for large renewable energy projects (>500 kW). The facilities will have capacity of 2.5 GW and trigger investments of approximately CAD 9 billion.
[more]The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) published that in December 1.5 GW of PV installations were registered with the agency, which brings the total 2009 installations to 3.8 GW. This is 27% above the consensus of 3 GW expected for 2009.
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