Total targets electric future with €1.4bn deal to buy Direct Energie

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French oil major underscores strategy shift to electric with deal to purchase Paris-based utility

French oil major Total has announced plans to buy French utility Direct Energie, in the latest shake-up of an energy sector rapidly shifting its focus towards electricity. The deal will make Total the...

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