Luminus (former names: Société productrice d'électricité, SPE, SPE-Luminus, and EDF Luminus) is the second largest electricity producer and energy supplier on the Belgian energy market. Its main shareholder is Électricité de France with a 68.6% stake.[1]
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 23 November 2011, the company was renamed EDF Luminus to become Luminus in April 2019.[8]
Luminus sells electricity and gas to 1.8 million private and professional customers, bringing its commercial market share to more than 20%.[9] The company has approximately 2,000 employees.[10] With an installed generation capacity of 2,090 MW, the company accounts for 14% of the national electricity generation.
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External linksedit
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April 11, 2024
luminus, company, luminus, former, names, société, productrice, électricité, luminus, luminus, second, largest, electricity, producer, energy, supplier, belgian, energy, market, main, shareholder, Électricité, france, with, stake, luminusedf, luminus, main, of. Luminus former names Societe productrice d electricite SPE SPE Luminus and EDF Luminus is the second largest electricity producer and energy supplier on the Belgian energy market Its main shareholder is Electricite de France with a 68 6 stake 1 LuminusEDF Luminus main office in BrusselsIndustryElectricityPredecessorEDF LuminusHeadquartersBrussels BelgiumKey peopleGregoire Dallemagne CEO ProductsElectrical powerNatural gasServicesElectricity distributionNumber of employees1 000ParentElectricite de FranceWebsitewww wbr luminus wbr be Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe company was established as municipalities joint utility Societe productrice d electricite 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 Gregoire Dallemagne took up office as CEO on 1 September 2011 7 On 23 November 2011 the company was renamed EDF Luminus to become Luminus in April 2019 8 Operations edit nbsp Thermal plant in SeraingLuminus sells electricity and gas to 1 8 million private and professional customers bringing its commercial market share to more than 20 9 The company has approximately 2 000 employees 10 With an installed generation capacity of 2 090 MW the company accounts for 14 of the national electricity generation 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 unreliable source Until March 2012 Luminus also exploited a classic thermal plant in Harelbeke 13 Luminus seven hydroelectric power plants are located on Meuse and Sambre rivers 14 unreliable source The company is Belgium s 1 in terms of onshore wind energy 189 wind turbines with a total capacity of 448 MW 15 unreliable source 16 See also edit nbsp Belgium portal nbsp Energy portalEnergy in BelgiumReferences edit Nuclear a pawn in Belgian politics World Nuclear News 16 November 2011 Retrieved 23 November 2011 Elia Background Elia Archived from the original on 21 December 2008 Retrieved 14 March 2012 Bream Rebecca Shelley Toby 23 July 2008 Centrica takes control of Belgium s SPE Financial Times subscription required Retrieved 23 November 2011 EDF wins approval for UK s Centrica Belgium s SPE deals Power Engineering PennWell Corporation 16 November 2009 Retrieved 23 November 2011 EDF to buy out three shareholders of Belgium s SPE Luminus Reuters 27 April 2010 Retrieved 23 November 2011 SPE Luminus takes on EDF Belgium sales Utility Week 10 September 2010 Archived from the original on 24 April 2012 Retrieved 23 November 2011 New CEO at SPE Luminus Press release EDF Luminus 26 July 2011 Retrieved 7 December 2011 EDF Luminus devient Luminus et reaffirme son engagement dans la transition energetique Luminus Press Release 23 April 2019 Retrieved 16 March 2012 Du Bois Frederic Liberalisation of the Belgian energy market where has the power gone 4P square Corporate NV SA Retrieved 14 March 2012 a b Customer Story EDF MECOMS Archived from the original on 31 March 2012 Retrieved 14 March 2012 Luminus in French Nuclear Forum Retrieved 14 March 2012 Thermal Power Plants Luminus Archived from the original on 15 April 2012 Retrieved 14 March 2012 Elektriciteitscentrale Harelbeke sluit na 40 jaar de deuren Power plant in Harelbeke closes its doors after 40 years in Dutch Knack News 27 December 2011 Retrieved 14 March 2012 Hydroelectric power plants Luminus Archived from the original on 15 April 2012 Retrieved 14 March 2012 Wind farms EDF Luminus Archived from the original on 15 April 2012 Retrieved 14 March 2012 Luminus koopt drie windmolens Luminus buys three windmills De Tijd in Dutch 8 March 2012 Retrieved 14 March 2012 External links edit nbsp Media related to EDF Luminus at Wikimedia Commons Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Luminus company amp oldid 1186895111, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
