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EDF on the point to vend Edison wind assets to F2i
France's EDF intends to sell a 70 percent stake in Italian unit Edison's wind farms to local infrastructure fund F2i at the end of June, as stated by two sources on Wednesday.
read more... 05/06/2014
Total and E.ON to abandon a pipeline to convey Azeri gas to Italy
France's Total and Germany's E.ON intend to exit the Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP) to convey Azeri gas to Italy, since decreasing Italian demand puts energy projects into doubt, according to Vagif Aliyev, SOCAR's investment department manager at Azeri SOCAR.
read more... 04/06/2014
France declares EU members are close to agreement on carbon market reform
Agreement between members on reforming the European Union’s carbon market is very close, as stated on Monday by Pierre-Marie Abadie, manager of energy affairs at France’s Ministry of Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development.
read more... 03/06/2014
France published a decree to impede foreign takeovers of strategic companies
The French government has proclaimed a decree permitting it to impede any foreign takeovers of French firms in "strategic" industries, such as energy, transport, water, telecommunications and health sectors, this way putting up a barrier to General Electric's intended $16.9 billion offer for Alstom's energy assets.
read more... 15/05/2014
Verbund: gas and coal plants to be mothballed or closed
Gas and coal-fired plants in Austria and France would be mothballed or closed by the Austrian utility Verbund after a year spent analyzing its alternatives, due to their unprofitability.
read more... 15/05/2014