E.ON able to acquire Enel and Acciona shareholdings package including Endesa Assets
E.ON is to acquire a substantial package comprising power stations and other shareholdings above all in Spain, France and Italy. The purchase price is approximately 8.9 billion euros, debt is currently put at about 2.9 billion, which will be taken over, making total investment of 11.8 billion euros in the transaction. Read more…

Foster Wheeler wins contracts for a new delayed coker complex for Repsol YPF in Spain
Foster Wheeler announced that its Madrid-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Iberia, has been awarded a contract by Repsol YPF for the detailed engineering, procurement services and construction management of a new delayed coker complex at its refinery in Cartagena, southeast Spain. Read more…

Q-Cells confirms figures for fiscal 2007 and announces further expansion
Q-Cells has presented its annual report for fiscal 2007 at a balance sheet press conference in Frankfurt/Main. With a production volume of 389.2 MWp, the company says that this makes it the world’s largest manufacturer of solar cells last year. Sales rose by 59% to 858.9 million dollars (539.5 million euros). Read more…

Concentrix Solar and Abengoa combine existing expertise for new energy
Concentrix Solar has completed its second financing round. In addition to Good Energies, the Spanish company Abengoa Solar, as one of the worldwide leaders in the development and construction of solar power plants participated in the new financing round. Read more…

Solar Semiconductor announces IBC Solar as a strategic partner
Solar Semiconductor, a rapidly growing producer of high-quality photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced a strategic partnership with IBC Solar, a premium distributor and systems integrator of solar PV products in Europe. This strategic partnership is valued at over 575 million dollars (363.69 million euros) over the next three years. Read more…

Iberdrola chooses Landis+Gyr as partner to develop next generation PLC technology
Together with major European technology providers, the Spanish utility Iberdrola has chosen Landis+Gyr as its project partner for the PRIME project. Read more…

Atel increases its stake in A2A to preserve its interests in Italy
Aare-Tessin for Electricity (Atel) has increased its stake in energy supplier A2A based in Milan and Brescia to 5%. With the election of Antonio M. Taormina to the Supervisory Board of A2A, the company has also ensured that its interests are protected in the key Italian market. Read more…

RWE Dea starts offshore gas field development in North Idku
RWE Dea has signed a long term gas sales agreement with General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) for delivering natural gas to the Egyptian domestic market and immediately commenced the phased development of the discovered gas fields in the offshore Nile Delta, Egypt. Read more…

Nordic Windpower selects Pocatello (Idaho) for North American turbine manufacturing facility
Nordic Windpower, a manufacturer of innovative two-bladed utility-scale wind turbines, has selected Pocatello, Idaho, as the site for its new turbine manufacturing facility for the North American market. Read more…

Trina Solar will be attending the Photovoltaic Technology Show
The international manufacturer of solar modules Trina Solar will be attending as exhibitor this year’s edition of the Photovoltaic Technology Show, which will be held from 2nd to 4th April in Munich. Read more…

OPEC Secretary General visit to IEA underscores shared commitment to dialogue
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are strongly committed to their active dialogue on energy issues. This emerged from a meeting between the IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka and the OPEC Secretary General HE, Abdalla Salem El-Badri today in Paris. Read more…

UK and France agree collaboration in developing a new generation of nuclear power stations
After a two-day bilateral summit  between the French and British leaders last Thursday at the Emirates Stadium in North London, home of Arsenal football club, the leaders concluded in the signing of a new accord for which France agreed to help the UK develop a new generation of nuclear power stations. Read more…

Going in search of the digital age
Leading power generation magazine for the sector of Renewable and Conventional Energies, ENERGÉTICA XXI is now available in digital format. Bulletin subscribers will receive for free both the electronic bulletin and three following editions of digital Energética XXI. Read more…