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EDF’s sales up 6.9% in the nine months of 2013
French utility Electricite de France (EDF), the largest electricity generator in Europe and the biggest producer of nuclear power worldwide, registered an increase of 6.9 percent in its nine-month sales amid power prices increases.
read more... 07/11/2013
Solar Energy: France to build an Institute for Excellence in Carbon-free Energy
French energy giants Total and EDF, alongside their public and private organizations have unified their efforts to create a French solar photovoltaic (PV) research and development (R&D) center near Paris, which will receive EUR 18.5 million (USD 25.5 million) in funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR).
read more... 31/10/2013
Daily: European spot electricity tumbles on weaker nuclear availability in France
U.S. crude oil futures recovered losses in choppy trade on Thursday while European Brent crude dropped.
read more... 25/10/2013
French GDF Suez to make a first step in UK’s shale gas exploration
French energy major GDF Suez has struck a deal with Australia-listed Dart Energy to explore 13 onshore licences prospective for unconventional gas in the UK. This will represent the first step for the GDF into the shale revolution despite a ban on exploration in France.
read more... 23/10/2013
EDF to build and operate nuclear reactors in UK
The U.K. government and Electricite de France SA are close to announcing a great deal that would see France's EDF Energy building the country's first new nuclear power station since 1995. The project could have a total cost of more than 22.4 billion dollars and would be built on the west coast of England.
read more... 14/10/2013