Business Green: French energy giant GDF Suez has announced it is to take over UK-based International Power in a £1.4bn deal that will create the world’s largest independent power generator and bolster GDF’s presence in the expanding hydroelectric and renewable energy sector. Under the terms of the deal, GDF will pay a special dividend of about 90p a share in return for a 70 per cent stake in International Power. The British company, which operates 45 power stations including the large-scale …