France has settled to bring in its hydropower sector to competition after years of postponements and against the desires of many Socialist deputies, as stated by former energy minister Delphine Batho on Monday.
read more... 29/04/2014
Siemens and the French government got involved in the plan of General Electric to purchase the power division of Alstom on Sunday with an another European offer and a promise to take action in France's national interest.
read more... 28/04/2014
Brent crude fell on Tuesday, but the losses were capped by continued worries about the intensification of conflicts in Eastern Ukraine, that could trigger further Western sanctions against Russia and cut supplies. WTI crude oil also declined on Tuesday ahead of figures that should indicate that stockpiles in the U.S. were close to hit record highs. The unequal decrease of West Texas Intermediate crude futures drove to the widening of the Brent-WTI spread by more than a dollar.
read more... 23/04/2014
The single bidder in the project to construct a coal-fired power generation unit of 450 megawatts in Bosnia remained a Chinese group, just after Hitachi retreated from the competition, as stated on Tuesday by Bosnia's power utility EPBiH.
read more... 23/04/2014
The oldest nuclear power plant in France, Fessenheim, was closed on Saturday after an incident at the facility away from the reactor which did not cause any jeopardy, according to the EDF operator.
read more... 22/04/2014