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Hungary fuel price cap: An employee holds a gas pump to refill a car at a petrol station in Budapest January 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bernaadett Szabo/File Photo
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Hungary gives fuel traders two weeks to match regional average prices

Hungary's government scrapped a fuel price cap in December 2022 after a lack of imports and panic buying led to fuel shortages, but...

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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies: Volatility in electricity markets

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has published a paper on the difficulty of hedging against price volatility in electricity markets — and...

A prototype of a bifacial photovoltaic module is seen inside Italian utility Enel's solar panel gigafactory in Catania, Italy, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello/File Photo
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Italy’s Antitrust probes Enel’s communication of energy price rises

Italy's Antitrust authority is looking into how the country's biggest utility Enel had communicated recent material gas and power price increases to its...

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U.S. power, tech companies lament snags in meeting AI electricity needs

U.S. electrical systems are not expanding fast enough to meet rapidly growing power needs of technology like Generative AI, prompting data center businesses...

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TC Energy does not expect service interruptions following pipeline rupture

TC Energy said on Wednesday it does not anticipate any service interruptions from the rupture of its NGTL gas pipeline in Alberta, Canada,...

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Portugal’s EDP to change its global structure, eyes relevant cost cuts

Portugal's EDP has launched an internal restructuring to streamline its worldwide organisation, focus on growth and achieve cost cuts

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Ecuador rations electricity as drought persists in the northern Andes

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador on Tuesday began to ration electricity in the country’s main cities as a drought linked to the El...

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Drought-hit Colombia halts export of electricity to Ecuador

Colombia has halted electricity exports to neighboring Ecuador as its hydropower plants reach near-critical levels due to a biting drought.

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Engie, Iberdrola and funds eye bids for UK’s Electricity North West, sources say

Electricity networks are attracting investors' interest as countries need to adapt decades-old grids to wind and solar power generation.

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California battery plant is among world’s largest as power storage booms

The battery plant near Los Angeles is due to come online later this year, and will be able to power about 680,000 homes...

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