British Energy
British Energy Group
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legal form | Public limited company (Plc) |
founding | 1995 |
resolution | 2009 |
Reason for dissolution | Takeover by EDF Energy |
Seat | East Kilbride , Scotland , UK |
management | Adrian Montague, (Chairman) William Coley, (CEO) |
sales | € 4.089 billion (2006) |
Branch | Power generation |
Website | www.british-energy.com |
British Energy was one of the largest power generation companies in the UK and was listed on the FTSE 100 index . British Energy owned eight nuclear power plants in Great Britain and the Eggborough coal-fired power plant . The seat of the company was the Scottish city of East Kilbride . British Energy was founded in 1995 to operate the UK's eight most modern nuclear power plants. In 1996 British Energy was privatized. British Energy was acquired on September 24, 2008 by EDF Energy , a subsidiary of Électricité de France (EDF), for £ 12.5 billion. The transaction was finalized in February 2009.
EDF sold 20 percent to the British energy group Centrica (the parent company of British Gas ) in the summer of 2009 .
Power plants
- Eggborough Coal Power Station
- Dungeness B nuclear power plant
- Hartlepool nuclear power plant
- Heysham Nuclear Power Plant
- Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Plant
- Hunterston B Nuclear Power Plant
- Sizewell B nuclear power plant
- Torness nuclear power plant
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC: 2008
- ↑ www.centrica.co.uk ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ^ Wirtschaftswoche - acquisition of British Energy - supplier EDF increases sales thanks to purchase of BE on May 12, 2009
Web links
Coordinates: 55 ° 46 ′ 16 ″ N , 4 ° 13 ′ 46 ″ W.