Engie’s Benelux earnings down 45%

摘要

Engie’s Benelux EBITDA in the first half of 2018 suffered arnsharp 44.9% decrease as prolonged outages at its Doel 3rnand Tihange 3 nuclear power plants hit generation volumesrnwhile hedged power prices also fell, the French energyrncompany said July 27.rnEarnings in France, however, were up 4.6% for thernperiod, driven by a strong rise in hydro generation, partlyrnoffset by a decrease in margins in retail gas.rnIn the rest of Europe, the company’s earnings wererndown 3.7% due mainly to a drop in volumes and prices inrnRomanian gas distribution and a reduction in hydro powerrnmargins in the UK, Engie said.