Irish energy giant DCC Energy has agreed to a €6.5 billion takeover by a consortium of US private equity firms after months of negotiations. The company, which owns the Certa and Flogas brands in Ireland, confirmed it has accepted a takeover offer from KKR and Energy Capital Partners, with its board recommending shareholders back the
Meta’s logo at the company’s offices in Menlo Park, California, U.S. (Photo: Justin Sullivan) Getty Images Technology giant Meta – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – has exited from a clean energy pact it had been a signatory to for over a decade, following a natural gas-powered push for its hyperscale data
Even though battery storage is key to bringing down electricity costs, the state is restricting the utilisation of this technology, a collective of businesses said on Monday. The Electricity Market Association (EMA) said energy poverty remains one of the biggest challenges, with consumers in Cyprus saddled with among the highest electricity bills across the EU.
NEW YORK, United States, July 27, 2026 /MarketersMEDIA/ — Huijue Solar announced the launch of a Container Energy Storage offering designed to deliver modular commercial battery energy storage capacity to manufacturing, logistics, retail and healthcare customers seeking faster deployment, predictable operating costs and scalable on-site energy control. The offering responds to recurring operational disruptions and
Irish energy distributor DCC Energy has agreed to be taken over by a consortium led by private equity heavyweight KKR and Energy Capital Partners. The deal values the company at close to $7.7 billion and is about $1 billion higher than KKR’s original offer, which was made in June. The Irish company is among Europe’s
DCC Energy is set to become the latest FTSE 100 company to leave the London Stock Exchange after agreeing to sell up to private equity. The Dublin-headquartered business has recommended that shareholders support a £5.75bn takeover by KKR and Energy Capital Partners (ECP). Mark Breuer, the chairman of DCC Energy, said the deal “represents a
DCC Energy has agreed to a recommended all-cash takeover by a consortium led by Energy Capital Partners (ECP) and KKR in a deal valuing the energy distribution company at approximately £5.75 billion ($7.7 billion), as private equity investors deepen their interest in energy infrastructure assets. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders will receive 6,525
As India accelerates investments in renewable energy and grid modernization, Advait Battery Ecosystems Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Advait Energy Transitions Ltd, has entered into a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Adaptive Engineering Pvt Ltd to jointly establish, develop and commercialise an integrated Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) manufacturing and solutions platform in India. The collaboration
Energy Vault, a global energy infrastructure company that supports power grid reliability and next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing infrastructure, on July 27 announced that construction has commenced at its powered AI infrastructure campus in Snyder, Texas, for Crusoe Cloud. The company said the initial development, referred to as “Snyder AI,” represents the first
The issue is set to become one of the biggest new headaches for Miatta Fahnbulleh, the newly appointed Energy Secretary, because the scale of the costs is drawing increasing political attention. Claire Coutinho, the shadow energy secretary, said: “We are already spending £1.5bn a year on wind farms, not to generate energy but to turn