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[waldron] 17/2/2022 09:01

(Bloomberg) --

Engie SA raised its dividend payout by 60% after a surge in energy prices drove net income higher last year.

The French utility also predicted that earnings will continue to rise through 2024 as the gas and electricity crunch in Europe show little signs of easing. The company is growing its renewable and energy-infrastructure segments as demand these business rise with the energy transition.

Energy producers have benefited in Europe after limited supply, depleted stockpiles, and demand rebounding from a pandemic boosted prices of gas and power to record highs last year. Markets remain on edge with tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine running high, while issues at some of Electricite de France SA’s nuclear plants are driving regional power higher.

Engie plans to pay 85 euro cents (96 cents) per share of dividend for last year, up from 53 euro cents in the previous year. Net recurring income rose 85% in 2021 to 3.2 billion euros, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Excluding the Equans unit that’s being sold, net recurring income rose 70% to 2.9 billion euros last year.

Engie benefited from colder temperatures that boosted demand for gas used in its network in France last year. Rebounding power production and sales at its Belgian nuclear plants and French hydroelectric dams, and the easing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its energy-services activities also helped drive earnings higher in 2021.

For 2022, Engie predicts recurring net income in the range of 3.1 billion to 3.3 billion euros. The company sees that at 3.3 billion to 3.5 billion euros in 2024.

Engie’s predictions for the 2022-24 period are based on average prices of forward commodity prices -- mostly for its Belgian nuclear output and its French hydropower production -- of the second half of 2021.

[florenceorbis] 15/2/2022 12:14

As a reminder, for the 2020 financial year, a dividend of €0.53 per share was paid on May 26, 2021.

[florenceorbis] 15/2/2022 12:12

Engie Boosts Dividend 60% as Energy Prices Lifts Profits

Francois de Beaupuy, Bloomberg News



(Bloomberg) --

Engie SA raised its dividend payout by 60% after a surge in energy prices drove net income higher last year.

The French utility also predicted that earnings will continue to rise through 2024 as the gas and electricity crunch in Europe show little signs of easing. The company is growing its renewable and energy-infrastructure segments as demand these business rise with the energy transition.

Energy producers have benefited in Europe after limited supply, depleted stockpiles, and demand rebounding from a pandemic boosted prices of gas and power to record highs last year. Markets remain on edge with tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine running high, while issues at some of Electricite de France SA’s nuclear plants are driving regional power higher.

Engie plans to pay 85 euro cents (96 cents) per share of dividend for last year, up from 53 euro cents in the previous year. Net recurring income rose 85% in 2021 to 3.2 billion euros, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Excluding the Equans unit that’s being sold, net recurring income rose 70% to 2.9 billion euros last year.

Engie benefited from colder temperatures that boosted demand for gas used in its network in France last year. Rebounding power production and sales at its Belgian nuclear plants and French hydroelectric dams, and the easing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its energy-services activities also helped drive earnings higher in 2021.

For 2022, Engie predicts recurring net income in the range of 3.1 billion to 3.3 billion euros. The company sees that at 3.3 billion to 3.5 billion euros in 2024.

Engie’s predictions for the 2022-24 period are based on average prices of forward commodity prices -- mostly for its Belgian nuclear output and its French hydropower production -- of the second half of 2021.

[maywillow] 11/2/2022 08:37

GTT gets HSHI order for 3 LNG-fueled container vessels

Infrastructure

February 11, 2022, by Sanja Pekic

French LNG containment specialist GTT has received the fuel tank design order for three new LNG-fueled container vessels from the Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI).

GTT gets HSHI order for 3 LNG-fueled container vessels


The new containerships each have a capacity of 7,900 containers. They will include LNG tanks, each holding up to 6,000 cubic metres of LNG used as fuel.

The tanks will feature the Mark III Flex membrane containment technology, developed by GTT.

HSHI will deliver the three vessels in the first half of 2024.

In January, the Korean shipyard also ordered GTT tank design for six new vessels; each with a capacity of 15,600 containers. Of these, each is holding up to 12,700 cubic metres of LNG used as fuel.

Liquefied natural gas is today the best marine fuel to preserve air quality, a major public health issue. It reduces sulfur oxide emissions by 99 per cent, fine particles by 91 per cent, and nitrous oxide emissions by 92 per cent.

It also reduces a ship’s CO2 emissions by up to 20 per cent compared to a conventional ship.


Philippe Berterottière, CEO of GTT, said: “We are pleased that our partner Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries is reiterating, with this new order, its confidence in GTT. We are particularly proud that leading shipbuilders recognize GTT’s expertise in the area of LNG used as fuel.”

[waldron] 09/2/2022 06:00

In his latest research note, analyst Ajay Patel confirms his positive recommendation. The broker Goldman Sachs is keeping its Buy rating. Previously set at EUR 18.20, the target price has been slightly modified to EUR 18.50.

[grupo guitarlumber] 08/2/2022 17:21

Engie, Infinium partner on gigantic e-fuels production project in Dunkirk
Infinium reactors.

February 8 (Renewables Now) - French utility Engie SA (EPA:ENGI) and California-based electrofuels start-up Infinium on Tuesday announced a partnership to jointly develop a synthetic fuels production hub in Dunkirk, northern France.

Their Reuze hub project will integrate a 400-MW electrolyser, which Engie will install to produce green hydrogen, and Infinium’s technology that uses hydrogen and waste CO2 in the production of low-carbon e-fuels. The future e-fuels plant will take some 300,000 tonnes of CO2 captured from local steel production facilities owned by ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:MT) to use in the process, the partners said.

The goal of the project is to produce synthetic fuels for hard-to-decarbonise maritime and air transport sectors, and the chemicals industry, which is also being considered.

The Reuze hub will represent an investment of over EUR 500 million (USD 571m). In December 2021, France's environment and energy management agency Ademe selected the project to grant it financial support. The Dunkirk urban community, the Dunkirk Grand Port Maritime and the Hauts-de-France region also gave their blessing, Engie said in its press release.

The final investment decision on the Reuze development can be expected some time at the end of 2023, according to Engie.

“The Reuze project is scheduled to come into commercial operation in 2026, and will support ENGIE's ambitious strategy of deploying 4 GW of green hydrogen production capacity by 2030,” Engie executive vice president Sebastien Arbola said in the press release.

There are two layers to the meaning of the word Reuze depending on how it is pronounced. A Dunkirk legend says Reuze is a giant who protects the town and is celebrated every year during the carnival, Engie explained. If pronounced as the French would, the word would mean giant and thus point to the large scale of the project. But, it could also be pronounced as the English word “reuse”, which highlights the circular economy side of the new initiative, the utility added.

[waldron] 08/2/2022 07:17

Gaztransport & Technigaz: Shell and GTT join forces to accelerate the development and innovation of liquid hydrogen technologies

[florenceorbis] 06/2/2022 16:33

France Braces For Blackouts As Gas Stockpiles Dwindle
By ZeroHedge - Feb 06, 2022, 10:00 AM CST

Europe’s energy crisis has led to a shortage of natural gas supplies, and France could pay the price.

French natural gas pipeline operator GRTgaz warned that gas stockpiles are much lower at this point in the year than they have been during years past.

France's energy problems have been exacerbated by the lower-than-usual capacity at the country's nuclear power plants.


The Brits aren't the only European nation to find itself on the verge of a full-blown energy crisis.

On Thursday, French natural gas pipeline operator GRTgaz warned that French gas stockpiles are much lower at this point in the year than they have been during years past - and as a result, they run the risk of potentially being depleted before the winter is up, a disaster that could make last year's deep freeze in Texas look tame if a sudden cold snap sends demand soaring.

According to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe, France’s stockpiles were about 34% full as of Feb. 1, which is well below the five-year average of 42%. Inventories are now at the lowest seasonal level since 2018, when a brutal winter cold snap nicknamed "the Beast from the East" left French reserves standing at just 3% when the heating season was over.

"We’ll probably be close to zero toward the end of March, and we remain vigilant on that topic," GRTgaz chief Thierry Trouve said in a presentation in Paris Thursday.

It's the most precarious for French gas inventories since they arrived at their lowest seasonal level since 2018. Inventories are now at the lowest seasonal level since 2018, when the country ended the heating season with storage at a record-low of just 3%.

And gas prices are much higher today than they were back then.

Fortunately, mild weather is expected to continue across much of Europe this month. But further down the road, limited Russian shipments to Europe and surging demand as economies reopen following the omicron wave could create problems, especially if a late-season cold snap should arise.



Additionally, France's energy problems have been exacerbated by the lower-than-usual capacity at the country's nuclear power plants, some of which have been closed over safety fears as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to modernize France's nuclear power system.

As we have previously reported, this drawdown in nuclear capacity has raised the risk of rolling blackouts in France if struggles to compensate with LNG.

France will be able to cope with a “late” cold snap assuming that enough gas continues to arrive from Norway and from other nations via France's LNG terminals to compensate for the shortage of supplies coming “from the East,” said Trouve. He added that provisional schedules for terminal deliveries remain "well filled".

Even if supply shortages don't end up leading to rolling blackouts, it's possible that France's energy woes could create a serious political problem for President Emmanuel Macron ahead of elections in April.


Energy inflation is already creating serious problems in the UK, and if renewable power generation lags, nuclear reactors remain halted for maintenance, and natural gas prices remain elevated, then higher power bills into January and February could create more unpopularity for Macron.

By Zerohedge.com

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[the grumpy old men] 03/2/2022 08:36

Holcim, INSA Lyon, Engie Partner To Launch Energy Storage Solution
02/03/2022 | 08:33am GMT

(MT Newswires) -- Swiss building materials group Holcim (HOLN.SW, HOLN.PA) is teaming up with INSA Lyon and Engie's (ENGI.PA, ENGI.BR) corporate research center Engie Lab Crigen to develop a new energy storage solution to serve as an alternative to batteries.

The solution, which aims to meet the demands of renewable energy storage, uses a cementitious material that can absorb 300 kiloWatt of energy per cubic meter and release it later through hydration, according to a Thursday release.

Shares in Holcim were up marginally, while Engie's stock gained nearly 1% in morning trade.

[grupo guitarlumber] 01/2/2022 09:32

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[misca2] 27/1/2022 13:28

Engie SA and EDP Renovaveis SA's joint venture, Ocean Winds, said Thursday that it has reached a final investment decision on a floating offshore-wind pilot project in the Mediterranean Sea, marking the end of its development phase.

"This major step will allow the signing of contracts with the main industrial and financial partners and the launch of the project's actual implementation phase," the offshore-wind energy company said.

The project, called "EFGL", involves the construction and operation of three 10-megawatt floating wind turbines. The farm is set to be commissioned at the end of next year and will operate for 20 years, Ocean Winds said.



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[waldron] 26/1/2022 14:41

SEC-Engie consortium closes $1.2bn Saudi plant refinance deal

RIYADH, 1 hours, 23 minutes ago

Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has announced that its consortium with French and Japanese partners has successfully completed the refinancing of $1.2 billion debt for its combined cycle gas-fired PP11 power plant located 135km west of capital Riyadh.

SEC, which has a 50% stake in Dhuruma Electricity Company, said the deal was closed in September. Its other key consortium partners are Engie (20%) Sojitz (15%) and Al Jomaih Energy and Water (15%).

PP11 is a 1,730MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant located near Dhuruma, about 135km west of the Saudi capital city of Riyadh, which began commercial operations in March 2013.

SEC offtakes the production through a long-term power purchase agreement. The PP11 project originally reached financial close in 2010, raising $1.55 billion of debt, followed by a first partial refinancing in 2016.

Twelve international and local lenders took part in this refinancing: the US dollar denominated tranches are provided by a pool of nine European and Asian commercial banks, while the Saudi Riyals denominated tranches are provided by three local banks.

The refinancing, which demonstrates Engie’s capabilities in structuring large and complex financing transactions, results in optimized terms going forward by bringing down the margin and slightly lengthening the tenor to the benefit of SEC and the shareholders.

In Saudi Arabia, Engie is a lead developer for large IPPs/IWPs as well as it takes equity ownership and acts as operator; the refinancing of PP11 marks an important achievement in ensuring the long term viability of the plant being a reliable power provider to the people of Saudi Arabia.

"Our finance and legal teams have, over the past 18 months, worked closely with the SEC, partners, external counsels and the banks to secure this deal," said a company spokesman.

"Our strong relationships with the banks, favourable market conditions, and the operational track record of the plant were instrumental to the success of the significant refinancing,” he added.-TradeArabia News Service

[waldron] 24/1/2022 02:55

EU’s Imports Of U.S. LNG Five Times Higher Than Russian Supply
By Charles Kennedy - Jan 14, 2022, 9:00 AM CST

So far this month, the European Union has received U.S. natural gas volumes five times higher than Russia’s pipeline deliveries, according to Polish outlet rp.pl, the first time in history in which American LNG has surpassed Russian gas deliveries.

Last month, at least 30 tankers with liquefied natural gas from the United States were headed to Europe, where the gas and energy crisis pushed regional LNG prices way above the Asian LNG benchmark and 14 times higher than the U.S. Henry Hub price.

At the same time, Russian gas deliveries have been lower than usual in recent weeks. Low Russian supply and cold weather have been the two main drivers of rising gas prices in Europe in recent weeks when Russia’s deliveries via Poland and Ukraine have been lower than historical norms.

Low natural gas deliveries from Russia appear to have artificially tightened the European gas market, the International Energy Agency’s Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Thursday, adding that energy systems “face significant risks” by relying too much on one supplier for a key energy source.

“We see strong elements of ‘artificial tightness’ in European gas markets, which appears to be due to the behaviour of Russia’s state-controlled gas supplier,” Birol wrote in a LinkedIn post.

Even with normal winter weather conditions, Europe faces storage inventories dropping to a record low of below 15 billion cubic meters (bcm) by the end of March, Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday.

“Without additional Russian imports, the ability to refill depleted storage and to avoid a repeat of last year’s crisis will be limited. But Gazprom has so far been reluctant to make more gas available on the existing routes. And the start-up of Nord Stream 2 remains the big unknown as Gazprom navigates regulatory approvals. Political relations remain fragile as Russian troops amass along the Ukrainian border,” said Kateryna Filippenko, principal analyst, European gas research, at WoodMac.

By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com

[florenceorbis] 23/1/2022 16:51

ENGIE : Taking action together - every day counts! Our new campaign explained…
01/23/2022 | 01:34pm GMT

Between 23 January and 14 February 2022, you'll no doubt spot our TV advertising campaign.



The new campaign reasserts our funky and rock n' roll, it draws its strength from the children's abounding energy. Let's take a closer look.



All about our new campaign

The film, which was made by Vincent Lobelle (Publicis), transports us into the joyful, carefree world of children - for the most part, children of Group employees - who are full of energy and ready to conquer the world. ENGIE uses this positive and cheerful metaphor, to the tune of a Ramones hit, to remind us all of the climate emergency and the Group's commitment to developing renewable, low-carbon energy for everyone (regions, companies, industry, citizens).
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To demonstrate employee commitment to the energy transition, ENGIE decided to use the children of Group employees for its film. Over a hundred employees came forward to sign up their children for the casting. Ten were chosen to star in the film.



1 film, 4 commitments

Our promotional film shows the energy of a group that wants to accelerate the energy transition. A group committed to Net Zero Carbon and focusing on collaboration… and every day counts when it comes to meeting this great challenge!



Net Zero Carbon

Our aim, presented by our CEO Catherine MacGregor at the Strategic Update on 18 May 2021, it to achieve Net Zero Carbon by 2045. To meet this challenge, we are focusing on our four core businesses: renewable energy, client solutions, networks, and thermal production and energy supply.
Meanwhile, we are accelerating growth in renewables with a target of 80 GW of installed capacity by 2030.



Commitment

Our corporate purpose guides the actions of our 170,000 employees, who are all committed to accelerating the energy transition. Fully aware of the climate emergency, ENGIE employees commit day after day to innovating, designing, creating and delivering low-carbon solutions to our clients.
For this campaign, some of our employees wanted to demonstrate their commitment by involving their children in the film.
Every day counts

The climate emergency is at the heart of all current concerns, and, at ENGIE, we want to reassert our role as an accelerator, to lead the energy transition. We know that every day counts. In fact, our action has been in line with the fight against climate change. Now, more than ever before, we are cutting our carbon footprint: 52% reduction in CO2 emissions in electricity production compared with 2012. In 2020, we helped our clients avoid emissions of 21Mt CO2e. And we're not stopping there! We are stepping up our decarbonisation goal by following a well below 2 degrees climate trajectory to target 45Mt CO2e avoided by our clients by 2030.

[adrian j boris] 21/1/2022 09:01

European Gas Slumps as China Readies to Flood Market With LNG


Wed, January 19, 2022, 3:54 PM·

Elena Mazneva


(Bloomberg) — European natural gas slumped as a top LNG importer in China prepares to flood the market with fuel that could further ease supply concerns in the continent.



Benchmark futures fell as much as 8.9%, tracking weaker prices in Asia. The trading arm of Sinopec is offering to sell dozens of spot liquefied natural gas cargoes this year, according to traders with knowledge of the matter. The move indicates China is well stocked and more gas could come to Europe, helping to ease pressure from its abnormally low inventories and curtailed supplies from top exporter Russia.

Increased LNG arrivals, coupled with milder weather forecasts and recovering Norwegian shipments, are bringing some relief for European consumers from prices that more than tripled last year.


“Gas market sentiment is cautiously bearish this week, driven by tepid demand in Asia and robust LNG imports into Europe,” consultant Rystad Energy AS wrote in a note. “Though the U.S. has eyes on potential weather-related shutdowns in the coming days.”

Dutch front-month gas fell 6.4% to 73.32 euros per megawatt-hour as of 3:53 p.m. in Amsterdam. The equivalent U.K. contract dropped 6.3% to 175.70 pence a therm.

Gas prices in Europe and Asia “have likely peaked already this winter,” Citigroup Inc. analysts wrote in a report this week. That’s “unless a severe cold shot were to hit sometime in the next two months, or geopolitical tensions involving Russia were to escalate substantially.”;

Tensions over Ukraine and the new Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany remain on traders’ radar. Germany said the controversial project would be a target for retaliation if Russia uses energy as a weapon, while Moscow reiterated it has no plan to strike at Ukraine.

[misca2] 19/1/2022 14:00

Masdar, Engie tie with Fertiglobe to co-develop green hydrogen

ABU DHABI, 0 hours, 31 minutes ago

Masdar and Engie, a global player in low-carbon energy and services, have signed a collaboration agreement with Fertiglobe, to co-develop a globally cost-competitive green hydrogen facility in the UAE.

This will have a capacity of as much as 200 megawatts (MW), to support the production of green ammonia.

The strategic alliance aims to capture synergies and complementarities between the partners to establish an ‘early mover’ position in the UAE’s hydrogen market.

By leveraging existing infrastructure, the companies will initially target local supply, with the aim of expanding capacity to create a giga-scale green hydrogen hub for the GCC, with the potential to export to other markets.

The alliance will also explore opportunities to develop projects in other geographies.

The three companies will study the development, design, financing, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of an industrial-scale and globally cost-competitive green hydrogen facility in Al Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, to be installed near Fertiglobe’s ammonia production plants, with a potential capacity up to 200 MW.

The facility is targeted to be operational in 2025, with Fertiglobe the sole long term off-taker.

Fertiglobe, the largest producers of nitrogen fertilisers and ammonia in the Middle East and North Africa, with a combined production capacity of 6.7 million tonnes of urea and merchant ammonia, will use the green hydrogen to produce green ammonia, supporting its ambitions to be a global leader in this sector.

Fertiglobe is targeting a front-runner position in green ammonia production by 2025 in the UAE and is investing in a number of initiatives to produce low and zero-carbon ammonia.

The collaboration agreement was signed by Frederic Claux, Managing Director, Thermal and Supply AMEA, Engie, Ahmed El-Hoshy, Chief Executive Officer of Fertiglobe, and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, at a ceremony on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2022, which ended on January 19.

Claux said: “The production of green hydrogen in the UAE will be a significant milestone in its green transition, helping the country achieve its ambitious net-zero targets for 2050.

Moreover, by supporting the development of green hydrogen projects across the value chain, together with Masdar and Fertiglobe, we will aid the creation of local jobs and give the UAE a competitive edge in the fast-growing hydrogen economy. This will enable some of the most intensive carbon producing industries – in particular, transportation and mobility, industry and agriculture – to go carbon neutral.”

El-Hoshy said: “This new partnership with Masdar and Engie represents a great opportunity for Fertiglobe and the UAE to play a crucial role in the global energy transition and fits well in the UAE’s vision of a diversified and sustainable future.

Abu Dhabi is an ideal location to produce green hydrogen given the country’s commitment to a low carbon future, its unique renewables profile and its strategic geographic location.

“The project marks another milestone for Fertiglobe's green ammonia portfolio and follows the announcement last month of our new 100MW electrolyser in Egypt.

Ammonia is the dominant energy carrier for hydrogen.

With green hydrogen seen as essential to support decarbonisation of industry, food, transport and energy, there is a huge opportunity for green ammonia to deliver green hydrogen all over the world to fuel the clean economy and meet growing demand for renewable sources of clean energy.”


Fertiglobe is a strategic partnership between OCI NV and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), and the world’s largest seaborne exporter of urea and merchant ammonia.

Al Ramahi said: “This project will play a vital role in the development of the UAE’s green hydrogen economy, and represents the first concrete action taken by Masdar and Engie following the announcement last month of our strategic alliance.

By working with innovative companies like Fertiglobe, we aim to support the UAE’s leadership in green hydrogen, and work toward achieving the nation’s net-zero emissions targets.”

Green ammonia, produced from renewable energy such as solar and wind instead of natural gas, is a versatile product that is an ideal carrier to store and transport hydrogen, and can help decarbonise multiple sectors which together account for 90% of current global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.


Green ammonia is also an important alternative fuel in its own right.

In December, Masdar and Engie announced the formation of a strategic alliance to explore the co-development of a UAE-based green hydrogen hub.

The two companies are looking to develop projects with a capacity of at least 2 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, with a total investment in the region of $5 billion.

-- TradeArabia News Service