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EDF: UK economy could rise on nuclear revival
According to a research commissioned by EDF Energy and performed by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the UK investment in new nuclear could lead to an economic growth of more than £ 5 billion a year, in addition to the creation of over 32000 new jobs.
read more... 02/07/2012
Gazprom to bid for EDF Energy U.K. Power Plant
The Russian giant Gazprom envisages bidding for a U.K. power plant put up for sale by EDF Energy, deal which will provide the gas major with a production base in UK to complement its growing trading business.
read more... 11/06/2012
EDF Energy to delay Hinkley Point to 2021
The energy major EDF Energy is postponing the £1.2bn civil engineering contract for the construction of new nuclear station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, bringing more uncertainty over the nuclear renaissance.
read more... 29/05/2012
EDF’s plans to prolong life of UK nuclear power stations put energy policy in doubt
The electricity giant EDF, the UK’s main nuclear operator, is negotiating with the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) the extension of the operational lifetime of their existing eight nuclear power reactors.
read more... 22/05/2012
EDF to enter the Moroccan wind market
The consortium led by EDF Energies Nouvelle, the renewable arm of the French giant EDF, in association with Mitsui & Co. Ltd, were selected by Morocco’s national electricity office, Office National d’Electricité (ONE) to develop a 150 MW wind farm located to the east of Fes, northern Morocco.
read more... 18/04/2012