Australia's treasurer Joe Hockey has given a conditional approval for State Grid Corporation of China's acquisition of stakes in Australian electricity and gas distribution assets.
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Dubai's Coal & Oil Group gets $250M to finish Independent Power Plant in India
Coal & Oil Group based in Dubai said it has secured $250 million for the completion of its 1,200 megawatt power plant called the Mutiara Thermal Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, India.
Finland's Fennovoima inks deal with Russian state corporation Rosatom to construct 1,200MV reactor
Nuclear consortium Fennovoima on Saturday agreed to build a 1,200-megawatt nuclear facility with Russia's state owned corporation Rosatom. Rosatom will take a 34% stake in the group to fill a funding hole left by Germany's E.ON.
Morgan Stanley sells a major portion of its worldwide physical oil trading business to Rosneft
Wall Street lender Morgan Stanley has divested a major portion of its worldwide physical oil trading business to Rosneft, Russia's state-run oil company, Reuters reported.
Dallas-based Panda Power Funds to start construction immediately on new power plant acquired from Moxie Energy
Panda Power Funds said it will begin construction right away on the second power plant it had bought from Moxie Energy, with commercial operations set to start in the middle of 2016.
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BASF SE, the largest chemicals company in Germany, is working on a bid for RWE DEA AG. DEA is the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) unit of German electric utilities company RWE AG.
Austria's OMV will divest its 45% stake in German oil refinery Bayernoil to Varo Energy for an undisclosed amount. Varo Energy is a partnership between Swiss oil trading firm Vitol and American private equity firm Carlyle Group.
Solar Frontier, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese petroleum company Showa Shell Sekiyu, will be investing ¥13 billion ($125 million) to construct a solar panel plant in Japan's Miyagi prefecture.
Peabody Energy and Shenhua Group formed a joint venture firm, Sino-Pacific Coal Trading Corporation Pte Ltd, to provide Shenhua with coal from the platform of Peabody.
Hungary-based state-owned utility MVM Zrt announced on Tuesday its plan to purchase a minority stake in natural gas supplier Fogaz Zrt in a deal valued at HUF41 billion ($187.4 million).
Russia is prepared to invest more than €5 billion in Serbia to back projects centered in the energy and production sectors including lubricant refining, and plant reconstruction projects.
Petroperu will be seeking to riase $2.7 billion to fund the modernization and upgrades of its Talara refinery. About half of the funds will come from international investors, Reuters reported.
Aubrey McClendon, the former Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake Energy Corp, is seeking investors for a new venture that would invest in oil and gas.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) granted $13 million to five solar companies to help strengthen local solar manufacturing and increase competitiveness in the clean energy market.
