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GDF Suez: Mirfa electricity and water agreement signed in Abu Dhabi
French utility GDF Suez declared it signed a power and water accord with the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company for a period of 25 years, since it aims to capitalize on increasing demand in the area.
read more... 04/07/2014
Bulgaria increases electricity prices, reduces natural gas
Bulgaria raised electricity prices by an average of 2 percent on Tuesday having as objective to control politically sensitive costs in spite of massive deficits in the Balkan country's energy sector.
read more... 02/07/2014
Croatia wants to ratify law to stop energy firms’ sale to non-EU purchasers
CCroatia intends to implement a law authorizing the government to impede the sale of a stake in its energy firms to purchasers outside the European Union, as stated on Friday by the Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.
read more... 30/06/2014
Alstom to modernize the Russian electricity transmission and distribution grid
France’s Alstom, a world leader in transport infrastructure, power generation and electrical grid, has entered a 51/49 joint venture with Russia’s Soyuz Holding to manufacture and commercialize high voltage switchgear in order to modernize the Russian electrical grid. This agreement follows the memorandum of understanding signed in 2011.
read more... 26/06/2014
French government blesses the General Electric’s bid for Alstom
French government has finally reached an agreement to buy a 20-percent stake in engineering giant Alstom from construction firm Bouygues on Sunday, meeting a condition established by Paris to support a General Electric (GE) deal to purchase Alstom’s energy business for 12.35 billion euros.
read more... 23/06/2014