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Spanish REPSOL interested in oil-firm acquisition in North America
Spanish oil giant Repsol is interested to acquire a North American oil company as it is looking to boost its investments in politically stable countries, taking advantage of the U.S. oil boom.
read more... 18/09/2013
Rosneft sees its profit doubling in third quarter ahead the TNK-BP acquisition
Russia’s oil giant Rosneft beat expectations by doubling quarterly profits to $5.8 billion prior to its controversial $61 billion acquisition of the private rival TNK-BP.
read more... 09/11/2012
UK: Westmill Solar plant goes cooperative
UK-based community group Westmill Solar Cooperative completed its acquisition of the 5 megawatt (MW) Westmill solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, making it the largest collectively-owned PV plant in the world, comprising over 20,000 solar PV panels spread across 30a.
read more... 09/11/2012
EDF Energies Nouvelles enters the Polish wind market
French renewable energy group EDF Energies Nouvelles entered the Polish market and made two acquisitions in Poland, thus continuing its international expansion.
read more... 13/09/2012
EDF to boost its stake in Edison
The French electricity company EDF has inked a deal with Italian shareholders that will give it majority control in Edison, Italy’s second-biggest power supplier. Edison, which has a market value of about 4 billion euros (5.2 billion U.S. dollars), is now controlled by EDF and a group of Italian investors led by regional utility A2A, which hold their stakes through holding company Delmi. EDF unveiled in a statement that the preliminary agreement included the acquisition of Edison by EDF and the acquisition of Edipower by A2A.
read more... 30/12/2011