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• Second EDF contract for UK architect

  London-based architect firm YRM has been awarded a contract by EDF Energy to act as overall architect for the planned new Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk, UK. The contract follows an earlier one for work on the new Hinkley Point C plant. Posted Mar 12 2010, 08:00 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, UK, Electricité de France, plant construction, Sizewell, architect, yrm

• Areva and EdF reach agreement on used fuel

  Areva and Electricité de France (EdF) announced that they had reached an agreement covering the transportation, treatment and recycling of used nuclear fuel. A contract reflecting this agreement is expected to be signed before the end of March. Posted Feb 08 2010, 11:38 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, EDF, Spent Fuel, Electricité de France, agreement, nuclear, accord

• Planning request for UK plant due in August

  A revised schedule of expected applications for permission to construct new nuclear power plants in the UK has been published by the Infrastructure Planning Commission. The first is expected from EDF Energy in early August. Posted Feb 02 2010, 11:27 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, UK, Electricité de France, nuclear, request, Infrastructure Planning Commission, plan

• French-German asset swap completed

  Following approval by the relevant antitrust authorities, Electricité de France (EdF) and German utilities EOn and Energie Baden-Weurttemburg (EnBW) have completed the swap of assets and rights representing more than 1200 MWe in generating capacity, including 800 MWe of nuclear generation. The deal - agreed last October - sees German energy supplier EnBW, already jointly controlled by EdF, acquire drawing rights for 800 MWe from EOn's German nuclear power plants, EOn's majority shareholding worth 256 MWe in the Rostock coal-fired power station and a drawing right for 159 MWe from another EOn coal-fired power station at Buschhaus. In return, EOn takes on EnBW's electricity drawing rights for 800 MWe of power from EdF's French nuclear power plants. In addition, EOn becomes the sole shareholder in SNET, France's only private-sector energy supplier, through the acquisition of EdF and Charbonnage de France's 35% stake in the company (EdF's 18.75% stake in SNET has been transferred to EOn). The swap forms part of a 2008 commitment made by EOn to the European Commission to promote competition in the German market by divesting a total of about 5000 MWe of its generation capacity and its German transition system network. The transactions also form part of a divestment program announced by EdF in February 2009 aimed at reducing its net financial debt by at least €5 billion ($7 billion) by the end of 2010. Posted Jan 06 2010, 11:30 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, Germany, France, nuclear, Energie Baden-Weurttemburg, asset, swap, EOn. ENBW

• EDF Energy sets ball rolling on UK site sale

  EDF Energy has started the process to sell off land suitable for a new nuclear power plant at Bradwell - but only "credible" nuclear operators need apply. Posted Nov 26 2009, 07:17 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, Electricité de France, construction, land, nuclear, site, permit, bradwell

• Henri Proglio new head of EdF

  Henri Proglio has been appointed as the new chairman and CEO of French generator Electricité de France (EdF). Sixty-year old Proglio has been chairman and CEO of water and environmental services giant Veolia Environnement since 2003, and a non-executive director of EdF since September 2004. He retains his position as non-executive chairman of the Veolia Environnement board of directors. The new EdF chairman has already received widespread media coverage, cited in press reports suggesting EdF may be preparing to buy into Veolia, as well as anticipating the award of a contract to build nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates to a French consortium within weeks. Posted Nov 26 2009, 11:10 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, Electricité de France, executives, appointments, henri proglio, ceo, chairman

• New laboratories to study plant ageing

  Electricité de France (EdF) has inaugurated new laboratories at the Materials Ageing Institute (MAI) in France, which will examine the link between materials science and power plant component performance and degradation. Posted Nov 19 2009, 08:14 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, Electricité de France, laboratory, research, lab, Materials Ageing Institute, metals, mai

• EdF to help Polish utility go nuclear

  Poland's largest power utility, Polska Grupa Energetyczna, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Electricité de France which could see the two companies cooperating in the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant. Posted Nov 18 2009, 11:26 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, France, Electricité de France, Poland, cooperation, nuclear, Polska Grupa Energetyczna

• Approval for utility deals

  Electricité de France has permission to take a controlling stake in a Belgian utility as well as to complete its deal with Centrica regarding British Energy after a ruling by European competition authorities. Posted Nov 13 2009, 08:43 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: British Energy, EDF, Belgium, Electricité de France, Centrica, acquisition, BE, deal, EC

• EdF gets the OK for Constellation deal

  State regulators have granted Electricité de France conditional rights to take over part of Constellation Energy but the firms were criticised on their debating strategy. Posted Nov 02 2009, 11:16 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, Electricité de France, Constellation Energy, PSC, approval, public services commission, constellation

• Edison seeks part in Italy's nuclear renaissance

  [Bloomberg, 20 October] Edison, Italy's second largest power producer, wants to have up to a 20% stake in the country's nuclear power programme, according to the company's CEO Umberto Quadrino. He said that Edison is in talks with Enel and Electricité de France (EdF) about taking a stake in their Italian joint venture. "We want to invest in the Italian nuclear program," Quadrino said in an interview. He added that Edison's stake should be in line with its current share of the Italian electricity market. "We're talking with EdF and Enel to be ready to start investments in five years," he said. Edison's shareholder structure should remain the same, Quadrino said, with long-term investors supporting the company. A2A and EdF jointly control Edison through a shareholder agreement that is due to expire in September 2011. Italy's industry minister Claudio Scajola said that Edison's main investors are discussing the future structure of the company, adding that the Italian government will not interfere. Posted Oct 21 2009, 09:33 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, Enel, Electricité de France, nuclear renaissance, itlay, edison, program. nuclear

• Euro utilities eye £2.3 billion BE stake

  The potential sale of a 20% stake in UK nuclear power plant operator British Energy by Electricité de France has attracted interest from a variety of European utilities. Posted Oct 15 2009, 10:38 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: British Energy, EDF, UK, France, Electricité de France, acquisition, sale, operations

• EdF may sell UK distribution business

  Electricité de France (EdF) has appointed financial advisors to assist it in evaluating the potential sale of its electricity distribution business in the UK, operated by its UK subsidiary EDF Energy. Posted Oct 02 2009, 10:30 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: British Energy, EDF, UK, Electricité de France, T&D, sale

• Everyone a winner in Franco-German asset swap

  An extensive swap of generation assets and electricity drawing rights between Electricité de France (EdF) and German companies EOn and ENBW, including rights to 800 MW of nuclear generation, is being hailed as a triumph for European competition. Posted Oct 01 2009, 11:39 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, Germany, France, Electricité de France, EnBW, E.on, asset swap

• Next head of EdF decided

  Henri Proglio is set to take over as CEO of Electricité de France (EdF), after a board meeting last weekend. The French government has announced his nomination, which requires approval from parliament before a presidential decree completes the change. The government thanked current CEO Pierre Gadonneix for his work, during which shares were sold for the first time and EdF became recognised as France's second-biggest company. Proglio should take over as CEO and chairman on 22 November. At the same time a former British ambassador to France, Lord Jay of Ewelme, will take a seat on the board, presumably to advise EdF on its plans to build four reactors in the UK. Posted Sep 29 2009, 07:27 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, Electricité de France, executives, board, appointments, Pierre Gadonneix, management