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Electrabel GDF SUEZ
Industry	Energy
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Key people	Jean-Pierre Hansen, CEO
Products	Electricity ; Natural gas ; Water
Owner	GDF Suez
Number of employees	14,999 (2007)
Website	http://www.electrabel.com/

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Electrabel is a public limited company, statutorily established in 1905. Its actual name originates from 1990, after the regrouping of the companies Intercom, Ebes and Unerg.

Electrabel forms part of GDF SUEZ − shareholder at 100% − , one of the leading energy providers in the world, active across the entire energy value chain, in electricity and natural gas, upstream to downstream.

Electrabel operates in the Benelux where it is market leader. In this market, the company sells electricity, natural gas, energy products and energy services to residential, professional and industrial customers and public institutions. It also generates electricity and heat in a diversified production park. These activities are supported and optimized by portfolio management and trading operations of the GDF SUEZ Group on the European and international energy markets.

Electrabel supplies electricity and natural gas to six million customers in the Benelux. It sold 97 400 GWh of electricity and 72 000 GWh of natural gas on this market in 2008. The company offers its customers innovative energy solutions with added value and a customized service. To develop energy products and services, it gets the most out of the synergy between electricity and natural gas offered by the GDF SUEZ Group.

The market leadership of Electrabel in Belgium has grown historically. To date, the company remains the largest producer and supplier of electricity in the country.

Power plants (BeNeLux)

largest electricity producer in Belgium: 16.000 MW of generating capacity
largest electricity supplier in Belgium:97 400 GWh sales, 3.9 million customers
second largest natural gas supplier in Belgium: 72 000 GWh of sales, 2.15 million customers
largest producer and supplier of green electricity in Belgium
largest electricity producer in the Netherlands
8.750 employees

Generating facilities (BeNeLux)

The company manages diversified generating facilities of 16 000 MW in the Benelux. They consist of power stations using renewable energy sources, power stations working on fossil fuels, such as natural gas and coal, pumped storage power stations and nuclear power stations.

Nuclear power station Tihange & Doel
Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGT): Amercoeur, Drogenbos, Herdersbrug, Saint-Ghislain, Esch-sur-Alzette, Eems
Combined Heat and Power: Solvay, Total, Almere …
Conventional power stations: Awirs, Amercoeur, Kallo, Mol, Rodenhuize, Ruien, Gelderland, Bergum ...
Pumped storage power stations: Coo-Trois-Ponts, Plate-Taille (Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure)
Renewables: hydroelectricity, photovoltaic, biomass, wind farms

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 {{Infobox_Company |
-  company_name   = Electrabel |
+  company_name   = Electrabel GDF SUEZ |
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-  company_type   = [[Subsidiary|Wholly-owned subsidiary]]|
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   foundation     = 1990 |
   location       = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] |
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   industry       = [[Energy]] |
   products       = [[Electricity]] <br> [[Natural gas]] <br> [[Water]] |
-  revenue        = € 15.218 billion (2007)|
   homepage       = http://www.electrabel.com/
 }}
+'''Electrabel''' is a public limited company, statutorily established in 1905. Its actual name originates from 1990, after the regrouping of the companies Intercom, Ebes and Unerg.
-'''Electrabel''' is a [[Belgium]]-based [[energy]] [[corporation]], with [[power plant]]s and [[customer]]s across [[Europe]].
+Electrabel forms part of [[GDF SUEZ]] − shareholder at 100% − , one of the leading energy providers in the world, active across the entire energy value chain, in electricity and natural gas, upstream to downstream.
-Electrabel was founded in 1990 when ''Intercom'', ''Ebes'' and ''Unerg'' [[merged]] to form the present company. For a long time the [[France|French]] company [[Suez (company)|Suez]] held a slight majority stake in Electrabel, but in 2005 that stake increased to 96.7%. The rest of the stock remained tradable at [[Euronext]], but Electrabel was removed from the [[BEL20]] as a result. Suez finally completed a squeeze-out of the remaining shareholders on 10 July 2007, when the company was [[Delisting (stock)|delisted]] from the stock exchange. Following Suez's 2008 merger with [[Gaz de France]], Electrabel is now a [[subsidiary]] of [[GDF Suez]]. Electrabel has a joint venture with the Italian [[Public utility|utility]] "Acea".
+Electrabel operates in the Benelux where it is market leader. In this market, the company sells electricity, natural gas, energy products and energy services to residential, professional and industrial customers and public institutions. It also generates electricity and heat in a diversified production park. These activities are supported and optimized by portfolio management and trading operations of the GDF SUEZ Group on the European and international energy markets.
+Electrabel supplies electricity and natural gas to six million customers in the Benelux. It sold 97 400 GWh of electricity and 72 000 GWh of natural gas on this market in 2008. The company offers its customers innovative energy solutions with added value and a customized service. To develop energy products and services, it gets the most out of the synergy between electricity and natural gas offered by the [[GDF SUEZ]] Group.
+The market leadership of Electrabel in Belgium has grown historically. To date, the company remains the largest producer and supplier of electricity in the country.
+==Power plants (BeNeLux)==
+* largest electricity producer in Belgium: 16.000 MW of generating capacity
+* largest electricity supplier in Belgium:97 400 GWh sales, 3.9 million customers
+* second largest natural gas supplier in Belgium: 72 000 GWh of sales, 2.15 million customers
+* largest producer and supplier of green electricity in Belgium
+* largest electricity producer in the Netherlands
+* 8.750 employees
+==Generating facilities (BeNeLux)==
+The company manages diversified generating facilities of 16 000 MW in the Benelux. They consist of power stations using renewable energy sources, power stations working on fossil fuels, such as natural gas and coal, pumped storage power stations and nuclear power stations.
+* Nuclear power station Tihange & Doel
+* Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGT): Amercoeur, Drogenbos, Herdersbrug, Saint-Ghislain, Esch-sur-Alzette, Eems
+* Combined Heat and Power: Solvay, Total, Almere …
+* Conventional power stations: Awirs, Amercoeur, Kallo, Mol, Rodenhuize, Ruien, Gelderland, Bergum ...
+* Pumped storage power stations: Coo-Trois-Ponts, Plate-Taille (Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure)
+* Renewables: hydroelectricity, photovoltaic, biomass, wind farms
+==Links==
-==Power plants==
-The larger power plants that Electrabel owns are:
-* The ''Eemscentrale'' in the [[Netherlands]], a [[combined cycle|combined cycle gas turbine]] plant with a generation capacity of 1705 MW.
-* [[Nuclear Plant Doel]] and [[Nuclear Plant Tihange]] in [[Belgium]], both [[nuclear power plant]]s with a capacity of 2736.9 MW and 2423.1 MW respectively.
-* The ''Coo-Trois-Ponts'', a [[pumped storage hydroelectricity|pumped storage hydroelectricity plant]] in [[Belgium]], with a total capacity of 1307 MW.
-* ''Dunamenti'' in [[Hungary]], a [[Thermal power station|thermal power plant]] with a capacity of 1238.4 MW.
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