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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.

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.

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.

Plans by gas and electricity supplier Centrica to acquire a minority stake in nuclear utility British Energy from Electricité de France (EdF) have been approved by the UK's consumer and competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading.

British Energy (BE) has restarted the third of the four Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) that have been out of service for boiler closure unit (BCU) repairs. The final AGR is expected to restart soon.

British Energy has restarted two of the four Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors that have been out of service for almost one-and-a-half years for boiler closure unit (BCU) repairs. The other two are expected to restart soon.

British Energy (BE) announced that its Hartlepool unit 1 Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) has been given regulatory approval to return to service, having been idle for some 16 months. Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) have their eight boilers (steam generators) fitted inside the reactor's reinforced...

Electricité de France (EdF) has begun the process of the integration of British Energy (BE) following its takeover of the company. The first steps have been to decide on the new structure of EdF's UK operations and to make some key appointments.

Lake Acquisitions Ltd - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Electricité de France (EdF) - announced that EdF's offer to acquire British Energy (BE) was now wholly unconditional. It said that by 5 January it had received valid acceptances for the ordinary offer and the convertible offer in respect of a total...

The acquisition of British Energy (BE) by Electricité de France (EdF) has been approved by European authorities, but both parties will have to divest power stations, and more land must be sold for new nuclear build. BE's Eggborough coal-fired power plant and EdF's gas-fired Sutton Bridge plant...

British Energy (BE) shareholders widely accepted Electricité de France's (EdF's) takeover offer by the deadline of 5 December. EdF now holds 92% of the company.

Centrica has moved to raise £2.2 billion ($3.5 billion) towards the 25% stake it wants to buy in British Energy, which is at the centre of plans for four new reactors in the UK.

British Energy announced that although boiling closure unit (BCU) repairs at its Hartlepool and Heysham 1 nuclear power plants is "progressing well", two of the units will not return to service until early 2009.

British Energy is to be sold to Electricité de France (EdF) for £12.5 billion ($23.1 billion). New nuclear reactors will be built at Sizewell and Hinkley Point while the governments proceeds from the sale should "more than" cover all BE's clean-up costs.

UK-based energy company Centrica has confirmed that it is in discussions with a "third party" with a view to taking a minority stake in UK nuclear generator British Energy (BE). The third party is thought to be EdF, whose takeover of BE collapsed last week.

British Energy (BE) rejected a revised takeover offer from Electricité de France (EdF) late last night. Matching announcements from both sides confirm that discussions continue. The French generator and supplier put in an offer of at least 680p per share in June, which was rejected by the BE board as...

British Energy (BE) has confirmed it is engaged in "advanced discussions" in response to a new round of media interest in the future of the firm. BE owns eight power reactors and some of the UK's most promising sites for new build. Electricité de France (EdF) is widely held to be the only...

Technical problems at some of its nuclear reactors resulted in lower output and earnings for British Energy during the 2007-2008 financial year, despite overall operational improvements. Speculation continues about the future of the UK nuclear generator, currently up for sale.

British Energy (BE) said that although it had received a range of bid offers, "none of the proposals put forward so far is above the share price at the close of business on Friday 6 June." BE's shares had closed at 735 pence ($14.37) per share. In a statement, the company stated that "in...

French utility Suez announced that it has ended talks with British Energy (BE) about a potential offer for the UK company. Suez said, "As previously indicated, the completion of the merger with Gaz de France remains Suez's key priority. Accordingly, Suez confirms that, in its discussions regarding...

British Energy announced today that it had received "a range of proposals from several parties wishing to make a full offer for the company including the Nuclear Liabilities Fund," which represents the UK government's 35% stake.

EdF Energy, the UK business of Electricité de France (EdF), has confirmed to World Nuclear News its purchase of land in the UK. The plots are located next to the existing nuclear power generation sites of Wylfa, on the Welsh island of Anglesey, and Hinkley Point in Somerset, England. The company recognised...

The company at the centre of new build in the UK, British Energy (BE), has signed a major contract to train engineers for current and future power stations.

British Energy has renewed a contract worth up to £20 million ($40 million) annually over five years for engineering and technical support to its nuclear power plants with a team of strategic partners.

Shares in British Energy (BE) have risen dramatically over the last month as speculation on takeover bids has built. Meanwhile BE reported nuclear output slightly down on last year, but a little ahead of market expectations.