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Vattenfall to expand UK wind presence

Nov 6, 2008

By Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent Vattenfall is set to buy one of the UK’s biggest proposed offshore wind farms, in the latest step in its aggressive push into the British wind energy market. The Swedish power company...

Statkraft power output jumps, future demand weaker

OSLO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Norwegian utility Statkraft reported on Thursday a 27 percent increase in nine-month electricity production but said global turmoil will dampen demand and prices for power over the short to medium term....

CHRONOLOGY-Competition in German retail energy

Nov 6 (Reuters) - More German households have switched electricity and gas suppliers under a European Union rule, dating from July 1, 2007, which gives consumers a choice of supplier. Power market leaders are E.ON, RWE,...

McCann momentum wins European Chevrolet retail account

Nov 5, 2008

McCann momentum wins pan-European Chevrolet retail account Chevrolet Europe has awarded McCann momentum Germany its European retail velocity account. With this move Chevrolet Europe is intending to improve the speed and...

Coal Power Roundup: DOE-Funded Carbon Capture, Coal's Poll & Little Orange Men

Coal has been both a major sponsor of and a political weapon during the presidential campaign. And there's a lot of news from the coal industry this week. A DOE-funded clean coal project began in Colorado, while, the American...

Vattenfall to acquire Eclipse

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Green Inc.: Little People and Climate Action

Lobbying often takes place behind closed doors. But a campaign for business-friendly climate regulation by one of Europe’s leading companies in the coal-fired power and nuclear energy industries has literally exploded on the...

Vattenfall rescues IPO of Polish utility Enea

Vattenfall the only sector player in Enea IPO * Offers to pay 20.14 zlotys/share * Individual, financial investors get 23.5 pct discount (Adds fund manager, further details, background) By Pawel Bernat and Chris Borowski WARSAW...

REFILE-DEALTALK-Investors snub ENEA IPO, drought persists

By Daisy Ku LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - With Poland forced to trim the IPO of its state-owned power firm ENEA by one third to less than 2 billion zlotys ($724 million), bankers see little hope Europe's IPO market will open before...

Vattenfall AB acquires Eclipse Energy UK PLC (Business Wire)

Saturday November 1, 8:55 am ET Vattenfall AB ('Vattenfall'), one of the largest electricity generators in Europe, made an offer for the entire share capital of Eclipse Energy UK PLC ('Eclipse') on 10 October 2008 (the...