Luminus (company) explained

Luminus
Predecessor:EDF Luminus
Location City:Brussels
Location Country:Belgium
Key People:Grégoire Dallemagne (CEO)
Industry:Electricity
Products:Electrical power
Natural gas
Services:Electricity distribution
Num Employees:1,000
Parent:Électricité de France

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]

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 23 November 2011, the company was renamed EDF Luminus to become Luminus in April 2019.[8]

Operations

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. 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] 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] The company is Belgium's #1 in terms of onshore wind energy (189 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 448 MW.[15] [16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Nuclear a pawn in Belgian politics . World Nuclear News . 2011-11-16 . 2011-11-23.
  2. Web site: Elia Background . . March 14, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081221165356/http://www.elia.be/repository/pages/8d28ece3154440e0858e427e1914fddf.aspx?language=EN . 21 December 2008 . dead .
  3. News: Centrica takes control of Belgium's SPE . . Rebecca . Bream . Toby . Shelley . 2008-07-23 . 2011-11-23 . .
  4. News: EDF wins approval for UK's Centrica, Belgium's SPE deals . Power Engineering . . 2009-11-16 . 2011-11-23.
  5. News: EDF to buy out three shareholders of Belgium's SPE-Luminus . Reuters . 2010-04-27 . 2011-11-23.
  6. News: SPE-Luminus takes on EDF Belgium sales . Utility Week . 2010-09-10 . 2011-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120424024937/http://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/news_story.asp?id=175827&title=SPE-Luminus+takes+on+EDF+Belgium+sales . 24 April 2012 . dead .
  7. New CEO at SPE-Luminus . EDF Luminus . 2011-07-26 . 2011-12-07.
  8. Web site: EDF Luminus devient Luminus et réaffirme son engagement dans la transition énergétique . Luminus Press Release . 2019-04-23 . 2012-03-16.
  9. Web site: Liberalisation of the Belgian energy market: where has the power gone? . Frédéric . Du Bois . 4P square Corporate NV/SA . 2012-03-14.
  10. Web site: Customer Story: EDF . . 2012-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331011911/http://www.mecoms.com/customer_stories/Pages/edf.aspx . 31 March 2012 . dead .
  11. Web site: Luminus . Nuclear Forum . 2012-03-14 . French.
  12. Web site: Thermal Power Plants . Luminus . 2012-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415124201/http://edfluminus.edf.com/activities/production/thermal-power-plants-59873.html . 15 April 2012 . dead .
  13. News: Elektriciteitscentrale Harelbeke sluit na 40 jaar de deuren . Power plant in Harelbeke closes its doors after 40 years . Dutch . Knack News . 2011-12-27 . 2012-03-14.
  14. Web site: Hydroelectric power plants . Luminus . 2012-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415122830/http://edfluminus.edf.com/activities/production/hydroelectric-power-plants-59875.html . 15 April 2012 . dead .
  15. Web site: Wind farms . EDF Luminus . 2012-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415122128/http://edfluminus.edf.com/activities/production/wind-farms-59876.html . 15 April 2012 . dead .
  16. News: Luminus koopt drie windmolens . Luminus buys three windmills . Dutch . . 2012-03-08 . 2012-03-14.

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