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Ofgem has fined a unit of France's Engie for market abuse after one of its traders manipulated wholesale British gas prices over a three month period in 2016, the energy regulator said on Thursday.

French gas and power group Engie expects that half of its new renewable energy projects in 2019-2021 will come from power purchase agreements (PPAs) with companies or municipalities, the company said on Tuesday.

French utility Engie <ENGIE.PA> said in a statement it had bought African offgrid solar firm Mobisol, adding the acquisition would make it African market leader in that industry.

An Australian regulator said on Tuesday it was seeking penalties against Engie SA <ENGIE.PA> for allegedly failing to tell the electricity market operator it had power capacity available which could have averted a blackout in South Australia in 2017.

* ENGIE INEO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE POWERLINES

French gas and power group Engie's second-quarter earnings rebounded after a weak first quarter, driven by strong management of its energy, an improvement in client solutions and the restart of all its Belgian nuclear reactors.

France's CRE energy market regulator on Friday recommended a 0.5 percent reduction in regulated gas tariffs, paid by around 4.6 million residential customers in France to Engie, as from August 1.

Recently announced plans to foster competition in the Brazilian natural gas market may trigger a wave of privatizations among state-controlled distribution companies, luring international and domestic bidders, experts on the sector say.

France's consumer fraud watchdog said on Monday it had carried out raids at the premises of 13 energy firms in the French retail electricity and gas market, as part of an investigation into possible anti-competitive practices.

Global green bond issuance has surpassed the $100 billion mark already this year, the first time the milestone has been reached in the first half of this year, the Climate Bonds Initiative said on Tuesday.

French utility Engie said its previously-announced acquisition of Brazilian pipeline network TAG would increase profits over the next few years.

Regulated gas prices paid by around 4.6 million customers to French energy group Engie could fall by 6.7 percent on July 1 according a draft government plan, Les Echos newspaper said on Friday.

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.

The chief executive officer of Engie SA in Brazil, Mauricio Bahr, said he expects the country's highest court to approve the French company's $8.6 billion acquisition of gas pipeline TAG from Brazil's state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA..

Engie Brasil Energia informed Brazil's Supreme Court that it had already raised $3 billion abroad to buy Petrobras' TAG pipeline unit when the top court suspended the $8.6 billion acquisition last week, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday:

French utility Engie and Portugal's EDP said on Tuesday they will invest 15 billion euros ($16.7 billion) with the aim of becoming the world's number two offshore wind developer after Denmark's Orsted.

French businessman Jacques Veyrat, who owns more than 50 percent of renewable energy firm Neoen , told financial daily Les Echos he has no intention of selling his Neoen stake in exchange for a small minority stake in gas utility Engie, as BFM Business reported on its website...

French utility Engie and Portuguese power company EDP will create a 50-50 joint venture in fixed and floating offshore wind, the companies said on Tuesday.