headquarters brussels belgium key people gr goire dallemagne ceo products electrical power natural gas services electricity distribution number of employees 1 000 parent lectricit de france website www.edfluminus.be edf luminus main office in brussels edf luminus former names soci t productrice d lectricit spe and spe luminus is the second largest electricity producer and energy supplier on the belgian energy market . its main shareholder is lectricit de france with a 68.6 % stake . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was established as municipalities joint utility soci t productrice d lectricit 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 gr goire dallemagne took up office as ceo on 1 september 2011 . 7 on the 23rd of november 2011 the company was renamed edf luminus . 8 operations edit thermal plant in seraing edf luminus sells electricity and gas to 1.7 million private and professional customers bringing its commercial market share to more than 20 % . 9 the company has approximately 1 000 employees . 10 with an installed generation capacity of 2 137 mw the company accounts for 14 % of the national electricity generation . edf 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 edf luminus also exploited a classic thermal plant in harelbeke . 13 edf luminus seven hydroelectric power plants are located on meuse and sambre rivers . 14 the company also operates 13 wind farms amounting to a total of 56 wind turbines . 15 16 see also edit energy in belgium references edit nuclear a pawn in belgian politics . world nuclear news . 2011 11 16 . retrieved 2011 11 23 . elia background . elia . retrieved 2012 03 14 . bream rebecca ; shelley toby 2008 07 23 . centrica takes control of belgium s spe . financial times . subscription required . retrieved 2011 11 23 . edf wins approval for uk s centrica belgium s spe deals . power engineering . pennwell corporation . 2009 11 16 . retrieved 2011 11 23 . edf to buy out three shareholders of belgium s spe luminus . reuters . 2010 04 27 . retrieved 2011 11 23 . spe luminus takes on edf belgium sales . utility week . 2010 09 10 . retrieved 2011 11 23 . new ceo at spe luminus press release . edf luminus . 2011 07 26 . retrieved 2011 12 07 . spe becomes edf luminus . edf luminus press release . 2011 11 22 . retrieved 2012 03 16 . du bois fr d ric . liberalisation of the belgian energy market where has the power gone . 4p square corporate nv sa . retrieved 2012 03 14 . a b customer story edf . mecoms . retrieved 2012 03 14 . edf luminus in french . nuclear forum . retrieved 2012 03 14 . thermal power plants . edf luminus . retrieved 2012 03 14 . unreliable source elektriciteitscentrale harelbeke sluit na 40 jaar de deuren power plant in harelbeke closes its doors after 40 years in dutch . knack news . 2011 12 27 . retrieved 2012 03 14 . hydroelectric power plants . edf luminus . retrieved 2012 03 14 . unreliable source wind farms . edf luminus . retrieved 2012 03 14 unreliable source . check date values in access date help luminus koopt drie windmolens luminus buys three windmills . de tijd in dutch . 2012 03 08 . retrieved 2012 03 14 . external links edit official website http edfluminus.edf.com jobs http belgium.edf.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title edf luminus & oldid 740650651 categories power companies of belgiumcompanies based in brussels lectricit de francehidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentcs1 french language sources fr all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from march 2012cs1 dutch language sources nl cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 11 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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