Rebirth of England.

Chapter 585 Long time no see
In fact, the British government had no choice but to sell its 35% stake in British Energy Group.

At present, nuclear power generation in the UK accounts for about 20% of the total electricity consumption, but most nuclear power plants will be retired before 2030. Therefore, before then, new nuclear power plants need to be built to replace those decommissioned nuclear power plants, which requires a huge amount of energy. expenditure - the total investment is expected to exceed US$300 billion!
The British government has always had plans for energy conservation and emission reduction. As the number of thermal power plants in the country is gradually reduced, the gap in their energy demand must be filled by nuclear power plants.

Therefore, if you continue to hold a majority of the shares of British Energy Group, you may need to consider the subsequent nuclear power plant replacement plan from now on and prepare a financial budget for this.

After all, nuclear power plants cannot be built in a short period of time. Regardless of the fact that 2030 is still more than years away, what you need to know is that these nuclear power plants are being decommissioned one after another, so in three to five years, new nuclear power plants will need to be built. Planned.

Another issue involved is the location of nuclear power plants...

Because nuclear power plants require a lot of cooling, it can be found that almost all nuclear power plants are built on the seaside.

Of course, Britain is an island country, and there is no lack of location near the sea - but the voices of the surrounding people also need to be considered, especially under systems like Europe and the United States, such as the construction of nuclear power plants and other large-scale projects. It is not uncommon for projects to take ten or twenty years to discuss.

In addition, although Britain has built nuclear power plants very early, their current technology is no longer considered advanced. As a result, the only technologies used in new nuclear power plants are the AP1000 of the American Westinghouse Consortium and the French Areva Group. ERP technology these two options.

In this case, not only can we obtain considerable profits from selling the shares of British Energy Group, but also selling them to some powerful large groups will also be beneficial to the promotion of future projects. Therefore, the British government conducted a tender for the sale of British Energy Group. .

EDF Group is very positive about this, because as the French government holds more than 80% of the shares, EDF Group can expand their market share in the British power industry through the acquisition of British Energy Group. Most importantly, it can also expand the French power group. Market for Areva Group's ERP nuclear power technology.

But as Barron said, the British government does not want all of its nuclear power to be controlled by French companies, although it has no choice but to do so. Therefore, they still welcome and encourage United Energy Group's participation. of.

Similarly, during this meeting, Brown also revealed to Barron that according to the British government's opinion, even if EDF Group finally completes its acquisition of British Energy Group, they will require the other party to hand over at least two nuclear power plants to the British company. operating.

But now there are two local British companies, including United Energy Group, participating in the competition for British Energy Group - the other one is the CENTRICA Group they talked about before. This company is British Energy Group. The largest natural gas supplier and one of the world's largest utility services companies.

This company is the product of the reorganization of the former British Gas Company in 1997. It was a state-owned monopoly before 1986. At the beginning of the reorganization, it mainly supplied gas to residential, industrial and chemical customers. However, now, Centric has In addition to its inherent natural gas business, the group also involves power, financial and telecommunications services.

The current share price of British Energy Group is around 5.65 pounds per share, with a market value of about 90.5 billion pounds.

Next, EDF, United Energy Group and Centric Group will make bids for British Energy Group before the end of May. Ultimately, the board of directors of British Energy Group will choose which party to accept the acquisition offer.

The decision to acquire British Energy Group is also a move by United Energy Group to prepare to enter the British power market.

Prior to this, United Energy Group already had a certain-scale power division - Unocal previously owned some power plants in Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. After acquiring Unocal, United Energy Group also acquired We hired a local electric power company to form their electric power division.

However, their related businesses are currently only carried out in some countries in Southeast Asia. Now United Energy Group also hopes to acquire the British Energy Group to own its power generation and power grid business in the UK. This will be a stable and profitable public enterprise. service items.

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The band played relaxing music, and people in the hall were chatting in low voices. From time to time, ladies and girls accepted invitations and walked to the dance floor with their male companions.

This is a cocktail party hosted by the Duke of Westminster. He specially sent an invitation to Barron, so he came here tonight as a way to relax.

"I heard that your wife is pregnant again. Congratulations, Barron."

"Thank you, William, and I need to congratulate you too. It's a real pleasure that you and Cather are back together."

Prince William also came to the reception, and brought Cather with him.

There was news that they were getting back together at the end of last year, and they began to participate in some public activities together.

Barron and his family were in the United States at the time, so this was the first time Barron had met them since they got back together. Today, Cather looked particularly beautiful in a nude tulle dress.

She just smiled at this time and did not speak. Instead, William said to Barron in a joyful tone:

"Yes, we had a little problem before, but now it's all resolved. I'm sure she is the person I am willing to go with."

"Then I'm really happy for you, and Cather, you are beautiful today, but it's a pity that Bonnie is not suitable for going out recently... At this time, she needs extra attention, and the winter in London is a bit too cold."

Kaiser nodded gracefully:
"This is as it should be, Your Highness the Duke. I hope to visit her when I have the opportunity. We had a great chat before."

"That's great, I believe she will be very happy."

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This kind of occasion has a strong social nature. Given Barron's identity, it is inevitable that too many people would come to chat with him.

After dealing with some people, Barron walked to the balcony on the second floor, preparing to stay by himself for a while to have a moment of leisure.

But when he was about to look downstairs, he caught a familiar figure walking into the bathroom on the second floor - it seemed that there were too many people on the first floor.

Continuing to look downstairs, Barron found that William was chatting with several nobles in high spirits.

"Ah...well, why is it you, Barron."

When Cather just walked out of the bathroom, he was pulled in again by Barron.

When she just screamed and was covered by the other party, but saw clearly that the person was Barron, she couldn't help lowering her voice and asked nervously.

Barron closed the door and locked it.

"Long time no see, Kaiser..."

He pressed Cather against the wall, close to her ear, and whispered:
"I miss you very much during this period, especially that period..."

"Are you crazy, Barron? If someone discovers..."

It was obvious that Cather was really worried about this, and she kept her voice as low as possible.

"So better hurry, honey."

"Don't do this, Barron..."

Just as she was speaking, Barron was pressing her shoulders and kneeling on the carpet...

"Well……"

(End of this chapter)