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Areva to choose T&D winner by 9 December
November 20, 2009 4:30 AM
France's Areva will have to make a decision on the sale of its transmission and distribution business (T&D) by December 9, when its three bids expire.
EDP plans $4bn U.S. wind investment through 2012
November 19, 2009 9:19 AM
Officials from EDP and EDP Renewables said they are planning on investing $4 billion into building new U.S. wind farms through 2012.
China's Shenhua, GE to form coal gasification joint venture
November 18, 2009 4:07 AM
GE and Shenhua Group are to form a joint venture to build and operate coal gasification and coal fired power generation facilities in order to advance "clean coal technology" solutions in China.
American Superconductor gets $10mn wind order from China
November 17, 2009 9:48 AM
American Superconductor Corp, a power technologies company, received a follow-on order for $10 million worth of wind turbine core electrical components from a China's CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co. Ltd.
EDF wins approval for UK's Centrica, Belgium's SPE deals
November 16, 2009 7:37 AM
French utility EDF has won permission to take a controlling stake in a Belgian utility as well as to complete its deal with Centrica regarding British Energy.
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Bord Gais, Ceres Power sign deal to provide micro-CHP products in Ireland
November 16, 2009 4:50 AM
Ireland-based Bord Gais has signed a EUR1.8m ($2.7m) deal with UK-based Ceres Power to provide small scale combined heat and power products to the residential market in Ireland.
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EDF Energy to launch sale of UK grid assets in early December
November 9, 2009 3:51 AM
The UK arm of French utility EDF has indicated that it will launch the sale of its electricity distribution network in early December.
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E.ON UK, RWE npower form nuclear joint venture, Horizon Nuclear Power
November 5, 2009 8:14 AM
RWE npower and E.ON UK have announced further details of their nuclear joint venture, which is to be called Horizon Nuclear Power.
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Switzerland's Alpiq acquisition makes it Spain's largest non-Spanish power provider
November 4, 2009 7:33 AM
Atel Energia, the Spanish subsidiary of Swiss energy company Alpiq Group, has purchased Hispaelec, EDF's sales company in Spain, as part of its progressive expansion in Europe.
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UAE eyes stakes in nuclear companies
November 3, 2009 4:00 AM
The UAE is setting up a new investment vehicle to take stakes in global nuclear companies as it prepares to award a contract to develop the first civilian nuclear plants in the Arab world.
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CEZ bids for 21 per cent stake in German utility ENSO
October 27, 2009 4:42 AM
Czech state-controlled power company CEZ has bid for a 21 per cent stake in German energy distributor ENSO Energie Sachsen Ost AG from the stake's owner Vattenfall Europe.
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Google and Microsoft consider wind farm investments
October 23, 2009 3:49 AM
Google and Microsoft are considering at possible investments in offshore wind farms in the UK as part of their strategy to "green" their electricity use, a leading adviser to the energy industry has said.
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Areva T&D acquires power transformer manufacturer Megatran
October 22, 2009 10:50 AM
Areva T&D is to acquire Megatran, the Canadian-based power transformer manufacturer.
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GDF Suez denies eyeing stake in Poland's state power firm
October 21, 2009 6:10 AM
French utility GDF Suez SA may develop its business in Poland in the future but isn't looking to buy the stake in power company Enea that the Polish government wants to sell, Chief Operating Officer Jean-Francois Cirelli said.
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E.ON Climate & Renewables, Bionersis forge CDM partnership in Southeast Asia
October 21, 2009 5:44 AM
Bionersis and E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R), the division in charge of E.ON Group's global renewables and climate protection activities, have announced that they have forged a partnership on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in Southeast Asia.
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Siemens expands solar thermal portfolio with Solel acquisition
October 15, 2009 10:42 AM
Siemens announced today the aquisition of Israel-based Solel Solar Systems for $418m, to strengthen its position in the solar thermal power market.
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South Africa's Eskom may want tariffs to rise by 60 per cent
October 7, 2009 5:47 AM
South African electricity price hikes of between 30 per cent and 60 per cent a year are on the cards for the next five years, according to the National Energy Regulator (Nersa).
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E.ON to swap assets with Electrabel, EnBW
December 18, 2008 4:39 AM
E.ON, one of Germany's top power providers, said it has agreed to sell over 2200 MW of generation capacity to Belgian rival Electrabel and German peer EnBW as part-settlement of an antitrust case brought by the EU.
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