| The emergence of the combined group GDF-Suez means that EDF, the traditional supplier, will be faced with a direct competitor for the first...
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| The French electricity transmission system operator RTE (Réseau de Transport d’électricité) would like to see the European grid connected to...
| The European Commission intends to create a European energy regulators’ agency. ‘A real step forward’, says Philippe de Ladoucette, chairman...
| Algeria’s culture of state monopoly and single party rule has been set aside as the country appears to have resolutely chosen globalisation...
| In an in-depth interview with EER, Opec president and Algerian Minister of Energy Chakib Khelil gives notice to his European customers. ‘Eit...
| In France, those who are the most suspicious about the development of wind power are the supporters of nuclear energy. Their argument is tha...
| David Corchia manages EDF Energies Nouvelles, a subsidiary company of the power giant EDF. In early 2000, EDFEN began expanding its wind ene...
| While big business has embraced renewables in France, president Sarkozy, who will take over the EU presidency in June, has made it clear he...
| Patrick Kron, 55, is ceo of Alstom, a global company in equipment and services for power generation and rail transport. A graduate of Ecole...
| After the Suez-Gaz de France merger, the next “national champion” in France is destined to be Areva-Alstom. Only this time it is not so simp...