[ Ссылка ] Energy firm E.ON says its net profit more than tripled in the first half of the year - to 3.13 billion euros.
That was because Germany's largest utility company benefited from a gas price deal with Russia's Gazprom.
"Following our long-term agreement with Gazprom and those already reached with other suppliers, our gas business is no longer a strategic work in progress," Chief Executive Johannes Teyssen said in a letter to shareholders.
The company receives a quarter of its gas from Russia - where it is Gazprom's biggest European customer - as well as five other countries. Its gas sales in the six month period rose 11 percent from a year earlier.
There was also a recovery from the charges that came last year from the Berlin government's decision to shut nuclear power stations.
However E.ON stressed it may have to close some fossil-fuels based generating plants due to weak electricity demand in Europe.
German utilities have posted strong first-half results so far, thanks to renegotiated gas purchase contracts and higher selling prices,.
Last month, EnBW, Germany's third-largest utility, said first-half sales at its gas unit rose a third because of an expansion in gas trading activity.
RWE, too, is expected to release a solid set of first-half results on 14 August.
Find us on:
Youtube [ Ссылка ]
Facebook [ Ссылка ]
Twitter [ Ссылка ]
