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Landis, Sagemcom, Itron win deal to build smart power meters for French ERDF’s
Switzerland's Landis+Gyr, France's Sagemcom and US-based Itron declared on Friday they had been chosen to construct the first three million new Linky smart power meters for French power distribution company ERDF.
read more... 08/09/2014
ERDF to select six suppliers to produce the new Linky meters
French electricity distribution company ERDF, a unit of state-controlled utility EDF, appointed six suppliers as a part of a tender to manufacture the first three million of its new Linky smart power meters, according to French daily Les Echos.
read more... 28/08/2014
Poland: gas company PGNiG will be listed on bourse
The Polish government will maintain listed on the stock market its leading gas distribution company PGNiG, in spite of proposals it should be nationalized and removed because of its strategic importance, as stated by Deputy Treasury Minister Wojciech Kowalczyk.
read more... 07/07/2014
France: Total’s LPG distribution business to be purchased by UGI
U.S. utility UGI is to acquire Total's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution business in France for approximately 400-450 million euros ($545-$613 million), denoting another step in the efforts of the French oil huge conglomerate to get rid of assets in older markets to enhance profits.
read more... 03/07/2014
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