Banking and finance group, Dresdner Kleinwort, will this week start the bidding process for Ireland’s Energia, owner of the Huntstown electricity generating plant in Dublin, according to reports.

The Sunday Business Post has learned that Endesa, the Spanish energy conglomerate, has emerged as the lead bidder in the battle to buy two power stations from the ESB in a €450 million deal.

Former toll-roads turned green energy group, NTR, has succeeded in transforming itself in the past year and, following the sell-off of non-core businesses is poised for a major expansion, according to Davy Research.

Advising firms on climate change is a booming business, but potential clients should scrutinise consultancies closely before they open their wallets and their ears, says a recent report.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned Europe against falling into institutional paralysis in the wake of Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon treaty and said he hopes to propose a solution to the situation before the end of this year.

The Irish Times reports that a striking feature of the recent referendum on the Lisbon Treaty was a massive difference in the class composition of those who voted 'No' and 'Yes', according to an analysis of the results of an opinion poll carried out for the European Commission.

ESRI Working Paper - 'The Distributional Implications of a Carbon Tax in Ireland' - has been published.

Mr John Gormley TD, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has announced that he will be making some adjustments to spending by his Department in 2008, in light of the recent Government discussions on spending cuts.

Agri-Energy, the renewable energy division of Irish Food Processors, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Enva Ireland Ltd’s Foodservice Solutions cooking oils and fats supply and recovery business.

ESB has announced that it intends to make a €300 million contribution to help offset anticipated increases in the cost of electricity to customers.

Finavera Renewables' CEO Jason Bak has provided an overview of the company’s 2008 activities to-date and an outlook for the remainder of the year.

The Small Firms Association has released the findings of its 7th Annual National Business Survey, which highlights the twelve most negative factors impacting on the ability of small businesses to invest, develop, expand and maintain and create new jobs.

A recent seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) held in Castlemartyr, Co Cork was hosted by East Cork Area Development.

The Railway Procurement Agency - the body in charge of Dublin’s Luas and pending Metro transport services - generated an after-tax surplus of €6.6 million last year.

China’s economy will surpass that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a new report by a Washington-based research institute concludes.

Saving the planet may be a cause for social concern, but it doesn't stop the firms competing to offer advisory services on it - and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) may have taken a lead against its rivals by winning one of the biggest contracts around for advice on carbon emissions.