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The money will be used to support the development of new solar and wind power plants.

Estonia, Tallin: Estonian transmission system operator Elering has secured funding from the European Commission to speed up the integration of renewable energy.

The European Commission has announced its decision to prohibit the proposed combination of the Siemens and Alstom’s mobility businesses.

Germany: German electric utility company E.ON has completed the sale of its 46.65% stake in the energy company Uniper to Fortum for €3.8 billion ($4.4 billion).

Belgium, Brussels: As the European Commission launched a Communication on Steel – Preserving Sustainable Jobs and Growth in Europe, the European Council met to discuss jobs, growth and competitiveness.

Belgium, Brussels: Some of EU trade ministers who met in Brussels on Monday 29 February to discuss steel trade anti-dumping measures believe the EU needs to tighten up its anti-dumping rules to protect its steel industry from cheaper Chinese imports.

Belgium, Brussels: The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on the import of Russian and Chinese non-stainless steels after it found that imports from the two countries unfairly undercut producers in Europe such as ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp AG, states the Official Journal.

Siemens has been awarded a $185 million (€170 million) order to supply an HVDC link between the Dutch and Danish power grids from the power grid service provider Danish Energinet.dk and its Dutch counterpart TenneT TSO, according to the company press release.

European steel makers have won the support of European Union governments to impose minimum prices on certain imports of electrical steels from the U.S., Russia, Japan, China and South Korea, Transformers Magazine has learnt.

Belgium, Brussels: A pending European Commission decision on ‘Minimum Import Prices’ (MIPs) for Grain Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES) would safeguard a vital strategic subsector of the steel industry and preserve the competitiveness of the European electrical transformer business.

European Union, Brussels: The European Commission has adopted the regulation for imposing provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the U.S., according to the Official Journal of the European Union.

USA: U.S. producers AK Steel and Allegheny Technologies, Inc. are awaiting a decision by the European Commission on tariffs on imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES).

European Union, Brussels: Referring to sources familiar with the European Commission proposal of the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) to be enforced next month, Reuters has revealed the countries and tariffs covered by the proposition.

Belgium, Brussels: Yesterday, the European Commission adopted the Ecodesign Regulation which will ensure that transformers become progressively more efficient.