Electricite de France SA (EdF) said Wednesday it has offered $4.5 billion to purchase a 50 percent stake of nuclear power operations of U.S. wholesale power generator Constellation Energy.
Electricite de France SA, the world's largest operator of nuclear reactors, has agreed to buy British Energy Group Plc for an improved 12.5 billion pounds ($23 billion) as the UK accelerates a drive for atomic power.
BP, the U.K.-based oil company, and Electricite de France SA, Europe's biggest power supplier, plan to buy stakes in Turkish companies that won government licenses to set up wind farms, Hurriyet daily reported on Tuesday.