China Guodian Corporation

Surprise entries by two Czech companies and four Greek enterprises - one of them in cooperation with a Chinese group - make up the list of candidate buyers who have expressed a non-binding interest in the lignite-powered units of Public Power Corporation in Florina and Megalopoli.

Chinese authorities have approved a mega-merger between the country's largest coal producer and a top electricity firm, the government said on Aug. 28, reportedly creating the world's biggest power company in terms of capacity.