British Energy says takeover talks continue

CIVIL NUCLEAR

by Staff Writers
London (AFP) July 17, 2008
Nuclear power operator British Energy said Thursday that it was continuing to hold talks with potential buyers.

The firm had said last month that a series of takeover proposals it had received from unnamed parties had undervalued the company.

"Our dialogue is continuing and a further announcement will be made in due course, however ... we will not be able to discuss the process in further detail today," British Energy said in a statement issued ahead of its annual general meeting on Thursday.

French state-owned energy giant EDF is regarded by analysts as the favourite to win a European battle to buy British Energy, which is a third-owned by Britain's Labour government.

German power giant RWE has also been linked with a possible bid for British Energy, while Spain's Iberdrola has ruled out a move.

The British government has a 35.2 percent stake in British Energy, which provides nearly 19 percent of the country's electricity, and owns and operates eight nuclear power stations.

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

CIVIL NUCLEAR

Analysis: Nuclear revival without Germany

Berlin (UPI) Jul 16, 2008
Global warming and rising energy prices have sparked a worldwide renaissance of nuclear energy -- but not in Germany, where the grand coalition government is still bickering over the planned phase-out of nuclear power by 2021.

AEROSPACE British PM blasts polluting 'ghost' flights Air China says it is to buy 45 Boeing aircraft Raytheon Leads Team To Evaluate Impact Of New Classes Of Aircraft For NASA Bombardier launches 'green' aircraft programme	CAR TECH Off-peak electricity could power hybrids Lasers, Software And The Devil's Slide Future Of Transit Taking Shape At The Big Blue Bus Fuel For Thought On Transport Sector Challenges
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS DRS Completes Testing Of PMM System Boeing To Demo Net-Centric Upgrade On AWACS Aircraft Satellite's Instrumentation Providing Scintillation Forecast Data USAF E-8C Joint STARS Airframes Operationally Viable Through 2070	MISSILE DEFENSE BMD Watch: PAC upgrade orders for Raytheon US missile defense test delayed until December Russian opposition to missile defense unjustified: US general What Should Russia Do To Counter US Missile Defense In Europe
FARM NEWS Brazil agribusiness wants looser ties to China, India in WTO talks River Damming Leads To Dramatic Decline In Native Fish Numbers China trade deficit in food up 14-fold: report China to urgently boost GM crop development	DISASTER MANAGEMENT China quake zone govt to sell luxury HQ after outcry: report China quake sends 1.4 million back into poverty: report Asia sets stage for disaster relief exercise with key powers Exercise For Rapid Disaster Relief Using Space-Based Technologies
TECH SPACE Satellite Users Group Opposes UTC Request EchoStar XI Satellite Deploys Solar Arrays On Schedule Eutelsat W5 Satellite Performance Stabilised Integral To Provide Carrier Monitoring And Interference Detection Capability To Telenor	ROBO SPACE NASA Robots Perform Well During Arctic Ice Deployment Testing Eight Teams Taking Up ESA's Lunar Robotics Challenge Three Engineers, Hundreds of Robots, One Warehouse Tartalo The Robot Is Knocking On Your Door

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement