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(U96.SG) said Monday that it has signed an agreement to buy power assets in China for US$85.5 million (S$106.7 million).Sembcorp's wholly-owned utilities subsidiary will acquire from U.S.-listed AES Corp. (AES) a 49% stake in four wind power assets with total gross power capacity of 247.5 megawatts. It will also acquire 25% in a 2,100-MW coal-fired power plant."This acquisition strengthens our global energy portfolio and provides a platform to accelerate Sembcorp's growth in the renewable energy sector," Sembcorp Chief Executive Tang Kin Fei said in a statement.Copyright © 2012 Dow Jones Newswires...Austrian technology and industrial company Andritz AG (ANDR.VI) received an order to supply equipment for two coal-fired power stations in Chile, the company said Th...
Brazilian electric power utility Eletropaulo (ELPL4.BR) saw its profit more than double in the fourth-quarter due to a one-time gain from the sale of its telecommuni...
DOW JONES NEWSWIRESBUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Argentina's electricity sector is limping along with very low private investment and there is a risk to its long-term s...
AES Corp. (AES) posted a smaller fourth-quarter loss Monday and said it would sell assets and pay down debt to shore up the bottom line.AES also cut its full-year gu...
DOW JONES NEWSWIRESPPL Corp. (PPL) raised its fourth-quarter earnings after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a previous court decision affecting the company's hydro...
DOW JONES NEWSWIRESAES Corp.'s (AES) fourth-quarter loss narrowed as revenue and gross margin improved.AES also lowered its full-year guidance to adjusted earnings o...
PPL Corp. said Monday it'll pay about $304 million to buy a natural gas-fired power plant from AES Corp. . PPL said it's buying AES Ironwood LLC and AES Prescott LLC...
DOW JONES NEWSWIRESState Grid Corp. of China has held talks with AES Corp. (AES) about taking a controlling stake in the U.S. company's wind power business, Reuters ...
Low U.S. natural gas prices have forced power prices lower, changing the landscape for U.S. utilities and causing industry insiders to worry whether there will be en...
Brazil's top tax authority, the CARF, has dismissed a claim that had been made by the federal tax agency against electric-power company Eletropaulo Metropolitana Ele...
A New York-based subsidiary of AES Corp. said that it and 13 affiliated entities have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As part of a pre-filing agreement w...
The Supercommittee had its first organizational meeting in early September to get the ball rolling on creating legislation that would remove $1.5 trillion from the e...
The chief executive of AES Corp.'s (AES) Brazilian power-generating unit, AES Tiete (GETI4.BR), said Friday it expects to exercise an option to buy a 579-megawatt pr...
The S&P 500 utility sector was making headway Friday, up 0.5% at 180 points, the only sector bucking a broad market selloff following disappointing U.S. Labor Depart...
Natural gas producer Southwestern Energy dropped 3.5%, as energy stocks moved into the red Friday after a weaker-than-expected U.S. monthly jobs report. Also moving ...
AES Corp.'s (AES) first-quarter profit rose 52% as the power company's revenue strengthened, helped by gains from acquisitions.Friday, the company also said it will ...
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On a trading day that saw the S&P 500 gain 1.5%, the Utilities sector (XLU) showed little change.The ETF is showing gains of 3.4% on its 50-day moving average and 1....
Private-equity firms 3i Group PLC, Blackstone Advisors India Pvt. Ltd. and Carlyle India Advisors Pvt. Ltd. are interested in taking a stake in Lanco Infratech Ltd.'...