EDF Luminus

EDF Luminus
Industry Electricity
Predecessor SPE
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Key people
 Grégoire Dallemagne (CEO)
Products Electrical power
Natural gas
Services Electricity distribution
Number of employees
 1,000
Parent Électricité de France
Website www.edfluminus.be
EDF Luminus main office in Brussels

EDF Luminus (former names: Société productrice d'électricité, SPE, and SPE-Luminus) is the second largest electricity producer and energy supplier on the Belgian energy market. Its main shareholder is Électricité de France with a 63.5% stake.[1]

History

The company was established as municipalities joint utility Société productrice d'électricité (SPE) in 1978.[2] In July 2008 Centrica acquired its majority stake in SPE by buying out Gaz de France.[3] In 2009, Centrica sold its shares to EDF.[4][5] In September 2010, SPE Luminus as a subsidiary of EDF, took over the sales activities of EDF Belgium.[6] Grégoire Dallemagne took up office as CEO on 1 September 2011.[7] On the 23rd of November 2011, the company was renamed EDF Luminus.[8]

Operations

Thermal plant in Seraing

First challenger, electricity producer and energy supplier on the Belgian energy market, EDF Luminus is part of the EDF group. With a power capacity of 1,884 MW at the end of 2014, EDF Luminus represents about 10% of the Belgian electricity production capacity. The company is historically a green producer of energy and has electric utilities based on natural gas, wind farms and hydro-electric power stations at various sites in Flanders and Wallonia. EDF Luminus also owns several shares in nuclear installations. Under the brand Luminus, the company sells electricity and gas to more than 1.7 million private and business customers. This brings the commercial market share to more than 20%. EDF Luminus is also active on the national and international energy markets as a buyer and seller of gas and electricity. The company employs around 900 people.[9] The company has approximately 1,000 employees.[10] With an installed generation capacity of 2,137 MW, the company accounts for 14% of the national electricity generation.

EDF Luminus owns gas-fired power plants (both CCGT and classic thermal power), wind farms and hydraulic power stations on various sites in Wallonia and Flanders.[10] The company also owns stakes in nuclear plants.[11] It operates CCGT plants at Angleur, Ghent-Ringvaart and Seraing, and classic thermal plants in Angleur, Gent-Ham, Izegem and Monsin.[12] Until March 2012, EDF Luminus also exploited a classic thermal plant in Harelbeke.[13] EDF Luminus' seven hydroelectric power plants are located on Meuse and Sambre rivers.[14] The company also operates 13 wind farms, amounting to a total of 56 wind turbines.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nuclear a pawn in Belgian politics". World Nuclear News. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  2. ↑ "Elia Background". Elia. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  3. ↑ Bream, Rebecca; Shelley, Toby (2008-07-23). "Centrica takes control of Belgium's SPE". Financial Times. (subscription required). Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  4. ↑ "EDF wins approval for UK's Centrica, Belgium's SPE deals". Power Engineering (PennWell Corporation). 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  5. ↑ "EDF to buy out three shareholders of Belgium's SPE-Luminus". Reuters. 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  6. ↑ "SPE-Luminus takes on EDF Belgium sales". Utility Week. 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  7. ↑ "New CEO at SPE-Luminus" (Press release). EDF Luminus. 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  8. ↑ "SPE becomes EDF Luminus". EDF Luminus Press Release. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  9. ↑ Du Bois, Frédéric. "Liberalisation of the Belgian energy market: where has the power gone?". 4P square Corporate NV/SA. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Customer Story: EDF". MECOMS. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  11. ↑ "EDF Luminus" (in French). Nuclear Forum. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  12. ↑ "Thermal Power Plants". EDF Luminus. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  13. ↑ "Elektriciteitscentrale Harelbeke sluit na 40 jaar de deuren" [Power plant in Harelbeke closes its doors after 40 years] (in Dutch). Knack News. 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  14. ↑ "Hydroelectric power plants". EDF Luminus. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  15. ↑ "Wind farms". EDF Luminus. Retrieved 2012-03-14. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. ↑ "Luminus koopt drie windmolens" [Luminus buys three windmills]. De Tijd (in Dutch). 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-03-14.

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