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Company Prospects in the European Energy Market

Company Prospects in the European Energy Market. Energy Companies all face similar issues:. High Debt Levels Uncertain economic outlook Oversupply : energy consumption recovering slowly Increased competition New regulatory requirements Unrealistic shareholder expectations.

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Company Prospects in the European Energy Market

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  1. Company Prospects in the EuropeanEnergyMarket

  2. EnergyCompanies all face similar issues: • High DebtLevels • Uncertaineconomicoutlook • Oversupply: energyconsumptionrecoveringslowly • Increasedcompetition • New regulatoryrequirements • Unrealisticshareholder expectations

  3. Similar prospects

  4. Similar prospects

  5. And try to resolvethemwithsimilar solutions: • Restructuring • Green Profiling • Nuclear Revival

  6. Restructuring • Companies making operations ‘leaner’, outsourcing and disinvesting, focus on core activities • Confirms EPSU research (2008/2009): companies had high debts; profits and dividends were stagnating

  7. Restructuring

  8. Green Profiling • ‘Green investments’ veryprominent in strategyforecasts • EPSU report dating 2008-2009 shows thisismostly PR

  9. Nuclear Revival • Main focus in almost every future investment scheme of the major European energy companies is on nuclear • New reactors planned throughout Europe , some already under construction. • Old plants are being patched up while companies negotiate the extension of their operational life.

  10. Summary • Similar pressures are at work in all of the European energy companies: • Increased competition • High Debt • New regulatory requirements (CO2 emission reduction, renewables directive eg) • The pressure to invest in new capacity, technologies and networks • Shareholder expectations to keep profit margins high. • Who are trying to combat these problems in similar ways: • Restructuring • Green profiling • Nuclear revival • Which illustrates how ‘European’ thesecompanies have become.

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