Industry | Electricity |
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Predecessor | EDF Luminus |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Grégoire Dallemagne ( CEO) |
Products |
Electrical power Natural gas |
Services | Electricity distribution |
Number of employees | 1,000 |
Parent | Électricité de France |
Website |
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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.
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]
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