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EDF faces shake-up

  • 2014-10-17 17:36:27
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French state-owned utility Eléctricité de France (EDF) is facing a major shake-up. According to Dow Jones newswire, the French government is likely to sell shares in as part of a broader objective to raise several billion euros of the French state’s asset portfolio in the coming year and a half.

German energy ministry denies plans for coal-fired exit

  • 2014-10-12 22:34:55
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Germany has dismissed reports suggesting it is planning to phase out coal-fired power generation, for environmental reasons, as this would impose too great a burden on industry along with the nuclear phase-out.

EU approves state aid for Hinkley Point C

  • 2014-10-08 18:23:10
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The European Union has voted to back the UK’s plan to guarantee the price of power from Hinkley Point C, the country’s first new nuclear project in decades.

Bolivia set to kick off nuclear programme

  • 2014-10-03 22:31:07
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President Evo Morales has announced that Bolivia will launch its civilian nuclear energy programme this year with the construction of plants in the western province of La Paz and an investment outlay of more than $2 billion through 2025.

CEZ eyes nuclear following Hinkley CFD approval

  • 2014-10-01 17:09:31
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Daniel Benes, Chairman and Chief Executive of Czech utility CEZ AS, has said that Brussels’ approval of the contract for difference (CFD) at the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK “without question” establishes a European-wide precedent that could make other envisaged nuclear power projects profitable.

UK’s new nuclear deal gets a provisional green light from the EU

  • 2014-09-24 00:05:03
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The UK an EU negotiations on the funding of Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear plant in a generation, have made a breakthrough, with Europe’s competition chief satisfied that the revised deal is now in line with EU restrictions on state support.

RWE to further expand its austerity programme

  • 2014-09-13 13:55:17
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German utility giant RWE AG is looking to make even deeper cuts in its conventional power generation business to fight increasingly difficult market conditions, according to German newspaper reports.

First power generated at Westermost Rough

  • 2014-09-10 19:01:59
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Electricity has been generated for the first time at Westermost Rough Offshore wind farm off the UK’s East Coast, a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners Marubeni Corporation (25%) and the UK Green Investment Bank (25%).

ABB wins $800 million order for Caithness-Moray subsea HVDC link

  • 2014-09-09 21:54:46
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ABB has won an order worth over $800 million from Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission plc to provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of the Moray Firth in northern Scotland.

Scottish Siccar Point Energy sees $500 million investment

  • 2014-09-01 20:37:37
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Private equity firms Blackstone and Blue Water Energy have revealed that they are to jointly back a $500 million investment in Siccar Point Energy, a new North Sea-focused oil company.

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