French construction and telecoms group group Bouygues said it had made a binding offer to acquire Equans, the services unit of French power group Engie . "As stated on Sept. 7, 2021, Bouygues would not require a capital increase to finance this transaction," added Bouygues.
German power retailer Ziegler Strom-Vertrieb said on Thursday it would stop delivering to customers in Kappelrodeck in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg at the end of 2021 due to spiralling wholesale prices.
The German unit of British retail electricity startup Octopus Energy on Monday launched a service providing top-up power supply to households owning rooftop solar panels and a Tesla-branded Powerwall storage battery.
Otima Energie, a small German power and gas retail company, on Wednesday declared itself insolvent, the latest victim of soaring energy prices, while E.ON, Entega and EnBW temporarily withdrew their gas deals from price comparison portal Verivox.
RWE, Germany's biggest power producer, on Thursday said it has formed a joint venture with Public Power Corporation (PPC) <DEHr.AT>, which will initially focus on realising solar projects worth up to 2 gigawatts in Greece.