Total buys French CCGTs from KKR

摘要

Total has agreed to buy two gas-fired combined cyclernpower plants from US equity company KKR-Energas, the oilrnand gas major said July 26.rnThe acquisition will allow a deeper vertical integrationrnfrom electricity production to sales, with about one-third ofrncustomer consumption covered by the underlying capacityrnof the two CCGT plants acquired.rnThe power plants in the north and east of France have arncombined power generating capacity of approximately 825rnMW, Total said, without naming the names of the assets.rnKKR in 2014 bought two CCGTs – the 412 MW Pont-sur-rnSambre and 413 MW Toul – from Austria’s Verbund, whichrnwere at that time loss-making assets.