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GREAT FALLS, Mont. and MENTOR, Ohio, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Energy West, Incorporated today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Orwell Natural Gas Company, Northeast Ohio Natural Gas Corp. (NEO) and Brainard Natural Gas Corp., three natural gas distribution companies headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, that serve customers in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The acquisitions will add approximately 21,000 new customers to Energy West's growing...

Care Danmark, the Danish branch of the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere humanitarian agency, and Dong Energy have entered into a collaboration agreement on the development of energy projects, for the sustainable upliftment of the poor in Ghana and Vietnam. According to Dong Energy, the world's poor are the most vulnerable to climate change, and they depend on energy for their daily survival and for them to be able to improve their living conditions. Care Danmark and Dong...

ONE of the UK's leading renewable generators has joined with a Danish utility company to buy out Shell's stake in the London Array offshore wind farm. The buyout by E.on and DONG Energy for an undisclosed sum will see the two companies become 50/50 partners in the project, which when built could generate enough power to supply a quarter of Greater London homes. Dr Paul Golby, chief executive of E.on UK, said: "We're pleased that, together with DONG Energy, we've been able to secure the...

German utility E.ON and Denmark's DONG have agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell's stake in London Array, one of the world's largest planned wind farms, lifting a threat it might be cancelled. The companies said yesterday that DONG and E.ON, which already each own a third of the 1,000 MW project, would buy Shell's third for an undisclosed sum. Chief executive of E.ON UK, Dr Paul Golby, said: "We hope to be able to keep the project on track and we should be able to complete the first phase by...

By From news reports The German utility E.ON and Dong Energy of Denmark said Monday that they had agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell's stake in London Array, one of the world's largest planned wind farms, averting the threat of the project being cancelled. Dong and E.ON, which already each own a third of the 1,000- megawatt project, said they would buy Shell's one-third share for an undisclosed sum. The two partners will raise their holdings in the offshore wind venture to 50 percent each,...

E.ON UK has partnered with Danish utility Dong Energy to buy out Royal Dutch Shell's stake in the London Array offshore wind farm for an undisclosed sum. The two companies will now become 50-50 partners in the project, which reportedly has the potential to generate enough power to supply a quarter of Greater London homes. Shell has committed to leave its staff in the project until the end of 2008 to enable a smooth transition and handover. Paul Golby, CEO of E.ON UK, said: "We are pleased...

German utility major E.ON is in negotiations with integrated energy major Royal Dutch Shell over the latter's stake in the London Array wind park project, according to Boersen Zeitung. The negotiations between both the companies follow Shell's announcement of its intention to drop out of the ambitious project in May 2008, according to the news source. Shell, E.ON and Dong Energy had initially announced plans to install 346 large-capacity wind turbines in the River Thames Estuary in...

Denmark-based Dong Energy has decided to sell its 65.6% ownership, possessed through Dong EGJ, of the water and district heating activities in EnergiGruppen Jylland to EnergiMidt. The other owner, the Municipality of Herning, will keep its share of the activities, which will continue in a separate company. Concurrently, Dong Energy and the Municipality of Herning are selling the development company, EGJ Udvikling, to EnergiMidt. The total price of the shares sold, amounts to approximately...

Denmark-based Dong Energy's supervisory board has decided to build and operate the 30MW Karnice-I onshore wind farm in Poland. The new wind farm represents an expected investment of DKK443 million. The Karnice-I, which was given final regulatory approval in the spring of 2008, will be located in the municipality of Karnice in northeastern Poland. Dong Energy is already the operator of the nearby 31MW Lake Ostrowo wind farm, which became operational in 2007. In addition to Karnice-I, Dong...

Industrial enzymes producer Novozymes has reached an agreement with Dong Energy to progressively reduce its use of energy and convert the savings realized, into the purchase of energy from the Horns Rev-2 offshore wind turbine park. Novozymes will use the actual savings from reducing its energy use to purchase renewable energy that will be delivered from the proposed Horns Rev offshore wind park. The agreement represents more than 30% of the wind turbine park's total capacity. The agreement...