World news about “Electricity market” published by euronews.
GDF Suez powers down profits As the Cac40 was reaching its year’s peak on Thursday, GDF Suez spoiled the party in Paris, when it cut its profit outlook for 2013 and 2014. That its stock… 06/12/2012
Markets react to E.ON profit warning The profit warning of Germany’s largest utility, E.ON, was harshly sanctioned on Tuesday in Frankfurt. On stock markets weakened by concerns over Greece… 13/11/2012
E.ON benefits from Gazprom deal German energy giant E.ON has posted greatly improved results for the first half of 2012 on higher sales, reduced losses from Germany’s phase out of nuclear… 13/08/2012
Japanese utility company profits slump The Tokyo Electric Power Company has reported an annual loss of around 7.6bn euros. Most of the losses are due to compensation claims for the Fukushima… 14/05/2012
Bolivian nationalisation criticised The European Union and Spain have spoken out again the Bolivian government’s nationalisation of the local unit of Spanish power transmission company Red… 02/05/2012
GDF-Suez to take over International Power. The French utility company GDF-Suez raised its initial offer by 7% for the 30% of the British electricity provider it did not already own. International Power… 16/04/2012
EDF set to boost stake in Italian power giant EDF the French state controlled power company has boosted its stake in Edison, Italy’s number two utility company. It has agreed to pay 700 million euros in… 27/12/2011
Schneider Electric buying Spain’s Telvent French energy management company Schneider Electric is moving to buy Spain’s Telvent for 1.4 billion euros. Telvent makes information technology systems… 01/06/2011
German utility shares slump on nuclear shut down Shares of German energy producers, RWE, E.ON, Vattenfall and EnBW, declined on Monday after the announcement that Berlin is to shut all the country’s nuclear… 30/05/2011
Borisov resignation fails to prevent more protestsIn Bulgaria protesters’ anger is not to be quelled. The government had already resigned but on Wednesday evening demonstrators returned to the streets of… 20/02/2013
Bulgaria: Electricity protests continue despite minister’s sackingThe sacking of Bulgaria’s finance minister Simeon Djankov has done little to quell public anger over the cost of electricity. Further demonstrations took… 19/02/2013
Weekend of rage in Bulgaria as tens of thousands protest electricity pricesUPDATE Bulgaria’s government on Monday sacked Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, who has kept a tight fiscal policy as the European Union’s poorest member… 18/02/2013
Prices warning to Belgium power firms after nuclear shutdownElectricity prices in Belgium should not be raised in the wake of a safety shutdown at a nuclear power station, the country’s Economy Minister Johan Vande… 20/08/2012
Bolivian takeover criticisedThe European Union and Spain have spoken out again the Bolivian government’s nationalisation of the local unit of Spanish power transmission company Red… 02/05/2012
Protesters block access to UK nuclear siteAn anti-nuclear protest has taken place outside the UK’s Hinkley Point power station. The French company EDF plans to build two new reactors at the plant… 03/10/2011
Human error behind mass US/Mexico blackoutA massive power blackout in California, Arizona and Mexico affected almost five million people on Thursday. Authorities say human error was behind the… 09/09/2011
Russia restores power to BelarusAn unpaid bill which led to Russia pulling the plug on Belarus’s electricity has now been paid. Supplier InterRAO said it disconnected the grid because it was… 29/06/2011
Russia cuts off Belarus’ power after ‘unpaid bill’Russia has pulled the plug on Belarus’ electricity because of an unpaid bill. Supplier InterRAO said it disconnected the grid because it was owed 30 million… 29/06/2011
Energy row sparks riots in SenegalSenegal has deployed troops around government buildings in the capital Dakar after riots following prolonged power cuts. Many Dakar homes and businesses… 29/06/2011
Moscow cuts power supplies to BelarusRussia has carried out a threat to cut electricity supplies to Belarus. Its western neighbour is in the grip of a major economic crisis and Belarus has not… 29/06/2011
Germany’s nuclear shutdown: a costly gambleThe Chernobyl disaster of April 1986 plunged the planet into a state of nuclear anguish. But long before high radiation levels were felt across Europe… 30/05/2011
