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Merkel dismisses environment minister

17/05/2012

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed her Environmental Minister, Norbert Röttgen.

Eon sells European gas grid to Australian bank

17/05/2012

E.ON has announced the sale of its Open Grid Europe gas distribution network in a deal worth €3.2bn ($4.06bn).

Positive trading update for Drax

16/05/2012 Coal power generators, Drax are reaping the benefits of lower costs in producing power, while sales are on the rise.

Partnership begins Russian $159m hydro facility

16/05/2012 RusHydro in partnership with Alstom has started the construction of a $159m hydro power equipment manufacturing plant in the Ru...

Wartsila signs gas power agreement in South Africa

14/05/2012 Wartsila has signed three year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Sasol New Energy Holdings, a wholly owned ...

Botswana to tender for coal power plants

11/05/2012 African nation, Botswana, is to issue a tender for two 300 MW coal fired plants to be built, construction beginning this year.

E.ON records positive first quarter

09/05/2012 German utility E.ON has turned around its heavy losses of a year ago by posting a positive first quarter performance to 2012.

Positive signs for investment in clean energy

08/05/2012 A new survey has found that the number of private capital investors planning to invest in Europe’s clean energy sector is set t...

Alstom predicts three years of growth after order rise

04/05/2012 Alstom are forecasting a gradual improvement in its operating margin and more than 5 per cent annual sales growth over the next...

Chinese government poised to take stake in UK nuclear

04/05/2012 Two Beijing-backed energy groups are in talks to buy the Horizon consortium in the UK, and in effect, take a significant stake ...

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