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Italy's biggest utility Enel <ENEI.MI> aims to cut its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 70% to 2030 as a step towards its 2050 full decarbonisation target.

Romania's state-owned hydro power producer Hidroelectrica said it is interested to bid on all Romanian-based assets of Enel and CEZ including distribution and supply, its head said on Thursday.

Broadband integration between Open Fiber and phone incumbent Telecom Italia <TLIT.MI> is not a top priority, one of Open Fiber's main shareholders said on Friday.

Europe's biggest utility Enel <ENEI.MI> has kicked off the sale of its operations in Romania in a process led by French bank BNP Paribas <BNPP.PA> and expected to value the assets at about 1 billion euros ($1.11 billion), sources told Reuters.

Italy's plans to create a unified broadband network are making only slow progress and risk being complicated by differences between the two state-controlled owners of Open Fiber over how much the infrastructure group is worth, sources said.

Telecom Italia (TIM) broadly met forecasts with its second-quarter core earnings on Thursday as its Brazilian business offset stalling growth and tougher competition in the domestic market for Italy's biggest phone group.

Anglo American Plc said on Wednesday it would use only renewable sources to power its mine operations in Chile beginning in 2021, thanks to a deal the global miner signed with the Chilean subsidiary of Italian energy giant Enel.

Italian utility Enel SPA launched on Thursday a tender offer to purchase a 4.1% stake in its Brazilian power distribution company Eletropaulo Metropolitana that was still in the market, according to a securities filing.

Italy's biggest utility Enel has agreed with Algeria's Sonatrach to extend a gas supply contract by eight years with the possibility of a further two years if both sides agree.

Italian utility Enel has made a non-binding bid for assets that U.S.-based Sempra Energy is selling in Chile and Peru, Enel chief financial officer Alberto De Paoli said on Wednesday.

Telecom Italia has signed a non-disclosure agreement with state lender CDP and utility Enel to kick off talks on ways of integrating its fiber optic network with that of smaller rival Open Fiber, including a possible merger.

Telecom Italia said on Thursday it had signed a non-disclosure agreement with state lender CDP and utility Enel aimed at kicking off talks on ways of integrating its fiber optic network with that of smaller rival Open Fiber.

Carmaker Fiat Chrysler (FCA) has signed an agreement with European utilities Enel and Engie to help offer its customers charging points for electric vehicles (EV) it is planning to roll out.

Enel is interested in bidding for the two assets U.S.-based Sempra Energy is selling in Chile and Peru, Chief Executive Francesco Starace said on Monday.

Italy's competition watchdog said on Friday it had opened an investigation into alleged abuse of a dominant market position by Google in the smart device sector.

Italy's biggest utility Enel has had "no formal contacts" over a possible tie-up of its jointly owned broadband infrastructure network Open Fiber with Telecom Italia (TIM), Enel's Chief Executive Francesco Starace said on Thursday.

Italy's Enel said it would spend more this year on its green business in North America and its grids in Italy and South America after earnings in the first quarter beat expectations.

Enel, Europe's biggest utility, pledged to grow its green energy and grids business in Italy and the Americas on Thursday as it reported a rise in profits and dividends and stuck to its targets for 2019.