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EdF Hasnt Ruled Out Lone Bid For British Energy

EdF Hasn't Ruled Out Lone Bid For British Energy

French state-controlled electricity group Electicite de France (1024251.FR), or EdF, hasn't ruled out launching a lone bid for British Energy Group PLC (BGY.LN), French daily Le Figaro reports Monday without specifying sources.

Abu Dhabi Dolphin Energy To Receive 5 Pipeline Bids May 7

Abu Dhabi Dolphin Energy To Receive 5 Pipeline Bids May 7

Abu Dhabi-based Dolphin Energy Ltd., said Monday it expects five companies to bid by May 7 for the contract to build the Taweelah-Fujairah natural gas pipeline that will feed a new power and desalination plant.

Belgian PM To Smooth Way For ENI Takeover Of Distrigas

Belgian PM To Smooth Way For ENI Takeover Of Distrigas

Belgium's new Prime Minister Yves Leterme will use a visit to French president Nicholas Sarkozy Monday to smoothe the final hurdles to a sale of Belgian gas distributor Distrigas to Italian oil and gas company Eni SpA (E), de Tijd reports.

Suez Applies For Bucharest Waste Contract

Suez Applies For Bucharest Waste Contract

Franco-Belgian utility Suez (SZEZY) responded last week to an invitation to tender to manage household waste from 240,000 citizens of Bucharest, Romania, French newspaper Le Figaro reports Monday without naming its sources.

Greece Forgot About Kyoto for a Full Year

Greece Forgot About Kyoto for a Full Year

Europe's technocrats and officials at Greece's Environment and Public Works Ministry may have been taken by surprise by the United Nations decision to expel Greece from the Kyoto Protocol's emissions trading system but it had actually been on the cards for months.

Bulgaria Seeks More Time for Emissions Plan

Bulgaria Seeks More Time for Emissions Plan

The Bulgarian government allocated carbon emission permits to industries for 2007 on Wednesday and will ask the European Commission to give it more time, to June 30, to comply with requirements, officials said.

Turkey Looking for Adviser to Sell Power Utility

Turkey Looking for Adviser to Sell Power Utility

Turkey’s sell-off agency has started seeking advisers for the privatization of major electricity generation company EUAS, a privatization official and sources familiar with the situation said yesterday.

Oil Price Hikes Dash Hope for Inflation Dip

Oil Price Hikes Dash Hope for Inflation Dip

Oil prices flirting with $120 a barrel and a busy Easter market dealt a blow to the government’s hopes for even a slight decline of inflation in April.

CEZ Considers Selling Pocerady Coal-Fired Power Plant

CEZ Considers Selling Pocerady Coal-Fired Power Plant

Czech power company CEZ AS (BAACEZ.PR) is considering selling its 1,200 megawatt lignite-fired power plant in Pocerady, northern Czech Republic, according to a report in Thursday's Mlada Fronta Dnes newspaper.

Iraq Talks With Oil Majors Ongoing; Deals In June

Iraq Talks With Oil Majors Ongoing; Deals In June

Talks between the Iraqi Oil Ministry and senior executives from the world's largest oil companies are progressing and deals to develop the country's prized oil fields are expected to be signed in June, people close to the ministry said Friday.

Iberdrola Files Complaint To EU Against France, EDF

Iberdrola Files Complaint To EU Against France, EDF

Iberdrola SA (IBE.MC) has submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission against France and Electricite de France SA (1024251.FR) concerning EDF's dominant condition in the nuclear power sector, Spanish news agency Europa Press reported Thursday, citing Iberdrola's document.

EU Pollution Warnings on Way

EU Pollution Warnings on Way

The European Union is expected to agree today to send Greece warning letters over its inability to comply with the Kyoto Protocol’s emissions trading system and the failure of more than 300 major Greek industries to meet stricter air pollution targets.