Engie SA is a French multinational

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company, headquartered in

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, which operates in the fields of

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and

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and

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. It is one of the few players in the sector to develop expert skills in both upstream (engineering, purchasing, operation, maintenance) and downstream (waste management, dismantling) activities. Engie supplies electricity in 27 countries in Europe and 48 countries worldwide. The company, formed on 22 July 2008 by the

merger Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

Gaz de France Gaz de France (GDF) was a French company which produced, transported and sold natural gas around the world, especially in France, its main market. The company was also particularly active in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other Europea ...

and

Suez Suez ( ar, السويس '; ) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 ) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boun ...

, traces its origins to the Universal Suez Canal Company founded in 1858 to construct the

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. As of 2018, Engie employed 158,505 people worldwide with revenues of €60.6 billion. Engie is listed on the

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exchanges in

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and

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

and is a constituent of the

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index. Engie was headed from 2016 to 2020 by

Isabelle Kocher Isabelle Kocher (born 9 December 1966) is a French businesswoman. She was the chief executive officer of Engie (previously GDF Suez) until February 24 2020. Early life and education Isabelle Kocher graduated from the École normale supérieure i ...

, who strongly transformed the company, notably by deciding to exit coal activities and by investing massively in renewable energy and energy transition services. During its General Meeting on 14 May 2020, Engie's

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approved its mission statement, which is "to act to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions".

History

Background (before 2006)

Prior to the GDF Suez merger plans in 2006, the company existed as two separate French multinational corporations - Suez S.A. and

. Suez was (and still remains, through GDF Suez) one of the oldest continuously existing multinational corporations in the world as the result of nearly two centuries of reorganisation and corporate mergers. One line of corporate history dates back to the 1822 founded ''Algemeene Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter begunstiging van de volksvlijt'' (literally: General Dutch Company for the favouring of industry) by King

William I of the Netherlands William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange, the King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He was the son of the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, who we ...

(see

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). The origin of its name 'Suez' traces back to its other founding entity – the '' Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez'' founded in 1858 to build the Suez Canal. Suez S.A. was the result of a 1997 merger between the '' Compagnie de Suez'' and '. Gaz de France was created in 1946 along with its sister company

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(EDF) by the

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. After the liberalisation of Europe's energy markets, Gaz de France also entered into the

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sector, having developed combined natural gas-electricity offerings. The company's capital was partially floated on the

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in July 2005, raising €2.5 billion for the

Evolution of GDF Suez (2006 - 2008)

On 25 February 2006, French Prime minister

Dominique de Villepin Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (; born 14 November 1953) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007 under President Jacques Chirac. In his career working at the Minist ...

announced the

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and treatment,

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and

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company

and power firm

, with the aim of creating the world's largest

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company. Since the French state owned over 80% of Gaz de France, it was necessary to pass a new law in order to make the merger possible. Whilst

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was for several months opposed to the Villepin government's plans for a merger of the two companies, preferring a three-way deal with Italy's

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which would maintain a controlling stake for the state, he subsequently accepted the government proposal. The plan for a merger between Gaz de France and Suez came under fire from the whole of the political left, which feared the loss of one of the last ways of preventing the price rises experienced over the previous three years, and by the social

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s and

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s. In August 2006, the left-wing opposition submitted a record-breaking 137,449 amendments to the proposed legislation. Under normal procedure, parliament would have been required to vote on the amendments, which would have taken 10 years. The French Constitution does give the government options to bypass such a

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, but in the end these were not used. Law No. 2006-1537 of 7 December 2006 on the energy sector authorised the

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of Gaz de France. On 3 September 2007, Gaz de France and Suez announced agreed terms of merger, on the basis of an exchange of 21 Gaz de France shares for 22 Suez shares via the absorption of Suez by Gaz de France. Various holdings of Gaz de France and Suez had to be

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in order to satisfy the concerns of the

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: GDF agreed to sell its approximate 25% stake in Belgian electricity producer

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for €515 million. The stake was purchased by fellow SPE shareholder

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which exercised its

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, blocking a previous agreement to sell the stake to

. Suez, meanwhile, was forced to reduce its shareholding in natural gas distributor

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and sell its Belgian gas supply subsidiary

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GDF Suez (2008 - 2015)

The newly created GDF Suez came into existence on 22 July 2008; the world's second-largest

with over €74 billion in annual revenues. The deal resulted in the conversion of the French state's 80% stake in GDF into just over 35% of shares of the new company. The water and waste assets which formerly formed part of Suez were spun off into a new publicly traded company,

Suez Environment Suez SA (formerly Suez Environnement) is a French-based utility company which operates largely in the water and waste management sectors. The company has its head office in La Défense, Paris.European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

fined GDF Suez and E.ON €553 million both over arrangements on the

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. It was the second biggest fines imposed by the European Commission and the first one on the energy sector. In October 2009, GDF Suez placed 6th in an A.T. Kearney/''

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'' ranking of the "World's Best Companies", the highest-placed European firm. On 10 August 2010, the company announced a merger of its GDF SUEZ Energy International business unit, along with its operations within the

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and

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, with

International Power Engie Energy International, formerly International Power, is a multinational electricity generation company headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the French company Engie (formerly GDF Suez). The company was form ...

. The acquisition created the world's biggest independent power producer, and the enlarged company retained International Power's listing on the

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and was 70% owned by GDF Suez. In December 2010, GDF SUEZ became the key founding member of the 'Medgrid' company - a consortium of twenty plus utilities, grid operators, equipment makers, financing institutions and investors; which will implement the Medgrid project, a French

initiative within the framework of the

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(UfM). The project, planned in

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, aims to promote and develop a Euro-Mediterranean

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of 20 GW installed generating capacity, with 5 GW being devoted for exports to Europe. The Medgrid together with the German initiated Desertec project would serve as the backbone of the

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. On 16 April 2012, the purchase of the remaining 30% of International Power was announced by GDF Suez, and the transaction completed in July 2012. GDF Suez was advised by

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and Ondra Partners, while

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and

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advised International Power. On 9 August 2013, GDF Suez, through its Energy Services business line, announced the purchase of

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's UK Facilities Management business – Balfour Beatty WorkPlace. The legacy Cofely business incorporated the legacy Balfour Beatty Workplace Business which went on to acquire Lend Lease FM in 2014 from

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giving the new business a substantial platform in the operation of PFI assets in the UK.

GDF Suez becomes Engie: 2015 – present

On 24 April 2015 GDF Suez announced it was changing its name to "Engie", in an effort to further expand the company's international footprint. CEO and Chairman Gérard Mestrallet said the new name was a symbol to meet the challenges of the energy transition and accelerate the group's development. The subsidiary International Power became

Engie Energy International Engie Energy International, formerly International Power, is a multinational electricity generation company headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the French company Engie (formerly GDF Suez). The company was form ...

. In July 2015, Engie acquired 95% of Solairedirect, raising its photovoltaic production from 125 to 486 MW. On 2 March 2017, Engie acquired Keepmoat Regeneration for £330m to form the places and communities division, headed up by Keepmoat LTD's former CEO Dave Sheridan. The new division is focused on three key activities; energy, services and regeneration. GDF Suez has been ranked as among the 13th best of 92 oil, gas, and mining companies on indigenous rights and resource extraction in the Arctic. In April 2019, Engie announced the acquisition of 90% of Transportadora Associada de Gás (TAG), Brazil's largest natural gas transmission system owner (2,800 miles of pipeline, 47% of the country's gas infrastructure), for €7.7 billion. It is the largest acquisition since International Power in 2010. The operation allows Engie to develop on its strategic axis of energy infrastructure as well as in Brazil, one of the priority countries. In February 2020, the board of directors announces that it will not propose the reappointment of Isabelle Kocher at the next shareholders' meeting, which will bring to an end of her chief executive officer position. In 2021, Engie was ranked fiftieth in the Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI) that covers 120 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in resource extraction north of the Arctic Circle.

Strategy

Transformation of the company's business

Since 2014, Engie has operated a strategic shift, by reducing future exploration in fossil fuels and investing massively in renewable energies (solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, hydroelectric, and nuclear) and energy efficiency services. In 2015, Engie announced its decision to stop new investments in coal plants and to dispose of €15 billion in assets in order to reinvest into projects that promote low-carbon, distributed-energy. Engie also announced it will invest €22bn in renewable energies, energy services such as heating and cooling networks, and decentralized energy technology. In 2016,

defined the strategy of Engie as follows: to promote decarbonized energy (oil and coal replaced by renewables and natural gas that emit less greenhouse gases), decentralized energy (energy produced and stored as close as possible to its place of consumption), and digitized energy (big data and digital tools for energy efficiency and network management). The group created Engie Digital and planned to invest €1.5 billion on digital and new technologies related to energy. Engie also started promoting an open innovation approach with a dedicated entity named "Engie Fab" focused on the development of intelligent networks (smart grids), Internet of objects, green mobility, energy storage, and hydrogen. Between 2016 and 2018, Engie invested €15 billion in new activities, financed by the sale of coal and upstream oil and gas.

2019-2021 strategic plan

In 2019, Isabelle Kocher announces the strategic plan of the company for the 2019-2021 period, with an ambition to become the world leader in the zero-carbon transition. The strategic shift includes accelerating its investments in renewable energies and focusing on high-value-added services to the clients. Isabelle Kocher announces the definitive exit of coal activities. Engie plans to invest another €12 billion in renewable activities, partly financed by the sale of €6 billion assets (including the last coal plants). The 12 billion break down as follows: 3 to 3.3 billion into gas infrastructure; 4 to 5 billion into client services and solutions; and 2.3 to 2.8 billion into renewable energies, adding a 9 GWh production capacity, to reach a renewable installed capacity of 52 to 64 GW by 2026. As far as the services are concerned, Isabelle Kocher's plan is to develop "energy transition as a service" for large companies and metropolises, whom she says are driving the "second wave of energy transition" by searching ways to reduce their carbon emissions (the first wave having been driven by the states). She also says it might be "the invention of a new industry" of a 1 billion dollar potential value. Engie also announces its intention to leave 20 of the 70 countries where it is active, and focus its activities on 20 countries and 30 metropolitan areas, mainly in Southeast Asia and Africa.

Operations

Power generation

France

Thanks to former

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such as

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(CNR),

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and (SHEM), GDF Suez is the second-largest generator of electricity in France behind

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. The company indicated in December 2011 that of the group's production comes from sources that emit no CO₂ principally

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(through CNR and SHEM) and

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, the latter of which both Gaz de France and Suez moved aggressively into in 2007 and 2008. Recently acquired subsidiaries include (majority stake), the

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business of Nass & Wind and Erelia. The company also operates a natural gas-fired

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(DK6) in

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s at

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and

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are currently in various stages of development, as is a

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project in

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International

Engie also generates electricity in a number of countries outside France. Most notably, the company is the leading producer in both

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and the

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through

(and the fifth-largest generator in

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overall), as well as the largest non-

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generator in both

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and

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(thanks to majority stakes in Engie Brasil and

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respectively). The company also operates in

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and

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through its Suez Energy International unit, as well as in other European and

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n countries. The company generates electricity through various types of plants, including thermal power, nuclear power,

combined heat and power Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time. Cogeneration is a more efficient use of fuel or heat, because otherwise- wasted heat from elect ...

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

and

biomass Biomass is plant-based material used as a fuel for heat or electricity production. It can be in the form of wood, wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste from industry, farms, and households. Some people use the terms bi ...

. Engie is currently developing a $15.8 billion nuclear power plant in

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in partnership with

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and

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the predecessor of Mitsubishi Mo ...

. In November 2016, Engie signed an agreement with Moroccan energy company Nareva. The two companies are planning to develop energy assets in North and Western Africa that will produce 5,000 and 6,000 megawatts. The plans will take place between 2020 and 2025. In December 2016, Engie announced that Azzour North One Independent Water & Power Project (IWPP) has started full commercial operations. The power and water plant is Kuwait's most efficient source of electricity. In January 2017, Engie has been awarded the contract and achieved financial closing for the greenfield Fadhili independent power project (IPP) in Saudi Arabia, the most efficient cogeneration plant in the country.

Coal-fired power plants

In October 2015, Engie announced that it will no longer build coal-fired power plants. Gérard Mestrallet said projects for which Engie had already entered into firm commitments would be honored, but projects, where contracts had not yet been signed, will de facto be suspended. As a result, Engie abandoned two coal-fired power plants projects in Ada Yumurtalik (

) and in Thabametsi (

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

). In February 2016, Engie announced the selling of its stakes in the Paiton power plant located in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

and in the Meenakshi power plant located in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Engie also announced the closing of the

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power station in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. In May 2016 Engie CEO Isabelle Kocher told a French Senate committee that it was planning a gradual withdrawal from coal-fired generation over the coming years. This could include closure of, or sale of its stake in, the lignite-fired

Hazelwood Power Station The Hazelwood Power Station is a decommissioned brown coal-fuelled thermal power station located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria, Australia. Built between 1964 and 1971, the 1,600-megawatt-capacity power station was made up of eight 200MW unit ...

in Victoria, Australia. Hazelwood power plant closed at the end of March 2017. Engie sold to Enea its Polaniec power plant, in Poland. In February 2019, Engie announced the definitive exit of all coal activities.

Renewable energy

Engie's renewable installed capacity represented 19.5% of its

energy mix The energy mix is a group of different primary energy sources from which secondary energy for direct use - such as electricity - is produced. Energy mix refers to all direct uses of energy, such as transportation and housing, and should not be c ...

at the end of 2016. The Group's renewable energy mix is composed of hydropower, solar energy, onshore and offshore wind power, biomass, and geothermal sources. Engie has won bids for several solar and wind projects since 2016: a 338 MW solar project in India (April 2017), 209 MW in contracts for solar and wind projects in Mexico, and a 40 MW solar project in Peru. It has begun construction of the 100 MW Kathu solar park in South Africa. Engie invested in Heliatek, a German company pioneering technologies in organic photovoltaics, in September 2016. The Group also assumed 100% control of La Compagnie du Vent in March 2017, and a 30% stake in Unisun, a Chinese solar photovoltaics company, in April 2017. In Brazil, Engie's largest international hydroelectric project, and the fourth largest power plant in the country (3,750 MW) was inaugurated in December 2016. Engie built its first international geothermal power generation plant in Indonesia. In October 2016, Engie developed France's first marine geothermal power station in Marseilles. In May 2017, Mexico's ministry of energy awarded Engie three geothermal exploration permits. In February 2019, Engie announced plans to add 9 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy generation capacity to its portfolio by 2021, as part of its plan to accelerate the investments in renewable and low carbon energies. In May 2019, Engie and Portuguese power company EDP announced the future creation of a 50-50 joint venture in offshore wind, starting with a total of 1.5 gigawatts (GW) under construction and 4 GW under development. Engie's

Willogoleche Wind Farm The Willogoleche Wind Farm is a wind farm in the vicinity of Hallett in the Mid North region of South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most ar ...

(119MW) opened in South Australia on 30 July 2019. It also owns Pelican Point (500MW) and Dry Creek (156MW) gas-fired power stations and

Canunda Wind Farm Canunda Wind Farm (formerly named Lake Bonney Central Wind Farm) is a $92.5 million, 46 MW wind power project located on grazing land approximately 16 kilometres south of Millicent, and 6 kilometres west of Tantanoola in South Australia. It is j ...

(46MW) in South Australia.

Renewable gas

Engie covers the whole biomethane chain, from project development with farmers to distribution to the final clients. The group has announced that, by 2030, it would have invested 2 billion euros in renewable gas, 10% of which will be injected into the networks, and that it will produce 5 TWH a year of biomethane.

Natural gas

In its historic activity of gas, Engie covers the whole gas chain, from exploration and production to distribution. It is the: * second-largest gas transportation network in Europe * largest gas distribution network in Europe * fifth largest

LNG Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volu ...

portfolio in the world * largest LNG importer in Europe * second-largest LNG terminal operator in Europe. In November 2016, Engie and Statoil have reached an agreement on the renegotiation of their long-term gas supply contracts to adapt them to the evolution of European natural gas markets and to better reflect current market rates. In 2016, Engie has negotiated new contracts for gas supply around the world: an agreement with UkrTransGaz, Ukrainian transmission system operator, on gas transmission and storage; an agreement with AES Andres to foster growth in LNG and natural gas sales in the Caribbean. Engie also committed the ''Neptune'', one of the two FSRU (floating storage and regasification units) of its fleet, to deliver LNG to the first floating LNG import terminal in Turkey. In China, after an LNG supply agreement with Beijing Gas, Engie is looking at opportunities in the underground gas storage to hold stocks to meet seasonal demand. The bunkering vessel ''Engie Zeebrugge'' performed for the first time in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, in June 2017. It was the first to provide ship-to-ship supplies for LNG as fuel. In March 2017, Engie sold its licenses for shale gas exploration in the UK to petrochemicals firm Ineos, as part of its decarbonized strategy In May 2017, Engie enters into exclusive negotiations with Neptune Energy for the sale of its 70% interest in Exploration & Production International ("EPI"). Engie signed in 2016 a technical and commercial cooperation contract with Göteborg Energi to push further the industrialization of the dry biomass-to-gas production approach. Engie is also involved in the Ambigo project, the first dry biomass-to-gas project which will be located in Alkmaar, Netherlands. As a co-investor in the canceled

Nord Stream 2 Nord Stream 2 (German-English mixed expression; german: Nord and en, Stream 2, literally 'North Stream2'; russian: Северный поток — 2) is a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany running through the Baltic Sea, financed by ...

project, Engie wrote off €987 million in April 2022.

Energy services

Engie provides energy efficiency and environmental services. 90,000 of the group's employees are dedicated to these services. * Engineering: consulting, feasibility studies, engineering, project management and client support * Systems, installations and maintenance: electrical installations, industrial maintenance, air conditioning and refrigeration, and systems integration * Energetic services: energy efficiency, multi-technology maintenance management, cogeneration and facilities management * Housing services: cost-effective energy, energy performance improvements, renewable energy and thermal renovation * "Smart city": urban heating and cooling community systems, development of high-end technology, a streamlined energy mix, carbon footprint reduction of buildings * Micro grids and decentralized energy: local energy production and consumption systems, energy supply in isolated areas, residential self-consumption or in industrial and commercial sectors, eco-district * Green mobility: alternative fuels (NGV, bioNGV, hydrogen, etc.), charging stations for electric vehicles, transport infrastructures, smart transit systems and upstream design and planning In March 2017, Engie acquired the Dutch

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, one of the suppliers in electric vehicle charging. Engie (50%) and Axium Infrastructure US (50%) won a 50-year concession to ensure the sustainable energy management of the

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

in Columbus, one of the largest university campuses in the United States with 485 buildings.

Student accommodation

In 2019, Engie won a contract from the

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to oversee the development of 1,164 new student homes and the refurbishment of a grade II listed building to be used as office and study space, and the construction of a multi-storey car park and the creation of a new teaching and learning centre.

Shareholder structure

# State of France (23.64%) #

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(5.02%) #

Caisse des dépôts et consignations The Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC; ) is a French public sector financial institution created in 1816, and part of the government institutions under the control of the Parliament. Often described as the "investment arm" of the French ...

(1.83%) #

CNP Assurances CNP Assurances S.A. is a major French insurance corporation. CNP stands for ''Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance''. It is listed on the Fortune Global 500. The company was formed in 1959 as a subsidiary of Caisse des dépôts et consignations, which ...

(0.99%) # employees of the company (3.97%) # free float (63.57%) #

treasury stock A treasury stock or reacquired stock is stock which is bought back by the issuing company, reducing the amount of outstanding stock on the open market ("open market" including insiders' holdings). Stock repurchases are used as a tax efficient ...

(0.98%)

Organisation

Business units

In April 2019, as part of its strategic project to develop zero-carbon transition "as a service", Engie announced the organization of its businesses around four business lines: Thermal, Infrastructures, Customer Solutions and Renewables. Engie also announces the creation of Engie Impact, a business entity in charge of strategy for the largest clients. Engie is also organised in geographic and transverse business units: * 11 are geographic: Africa, Latin America, Northern America, Asia Pacific, Benelux, Brazil, China, Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe, "Génération Europe" (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom), Middle East, Southern, Central Asia, and Turkey, United Kingdom. * 8 are set up in France: "France BtoB", "France BtoC", "France Renewable Energy", "France Networks", "Natural Gas Transport" (GRTgaz), "Natural Gas Distribution" (GRDF), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals (Elengy), Natural Gas Storage (Storengy). * 5 are global: "Exploration and Production International", Global LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), Global Energy Management, Tractebel Engineering, GTT (

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Subsidiaries and holdings

* Altiservice Engie * Engie Axima * Engie Cofely * Engie Ineo * Engie Impact * Engie Electrabel * Engie Endel * Engie Fabricom * Engie Global Markets * Engie Home Services * Engie IT (Engie Information & Technologies) * Engie Lab * Engie MtoM * Engie Réseaux *

ENGIE Solutions Engie SA is a French multinational utility company, headquartered in La Défense, Courbevoie, which operates in the fields of energy transition, electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, nuclear, renewable energy and petroleum. It ...

Solairedirect Solairedirect is a global renewable energy company focused on solar power. Headquartered in Paris, the company is the main solar power producer in France and has also international operations in the US, Chile, India and South Africa. In develops, ...

* Tractebel Engie *

* Engie EPS *

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Engie main subsidiaries

GrDF

GrDF is the distribution subsidiary of gas, major gas distributor in France and Europe. GRDF builds, operates, and maintains the distribution network. It transports natural gas to customers. It has around 12000 employees and the actual CEO (2017) is senior executive Edouard Sauvage.

Engie Cofely

Engie Cofely is a subsidiary of energy efficiency and environmental services. It employs 12000 collaborators and generates a turnover of €2,5 billion. The CEO is Jean-Pierre Monéger.

Engie IT

Engie IT or Engie Information & Technologies is the IT subsidiary of Engie group, founded in 2012 by CEO Jean-Michel Carboni (2012–15). Originally Engie's IT departments were managed by the DSI (€1.35bn of revenue in 2012); Carboni pooled IT departments to create a single subsidiary named Engie IT (Information & Technologies). In 2013 the turnover is around 600 million of EUR.

Sportive teams

Engie Impact host the multi-championship winning team Real Impact FC (formerly Power Soccer Crusaders). In December 2019, Real Impact FC won the Tractebel championship final by 3-to-1 against Project Fusion FC.

Key figures

Revenues: 60,1 bn€ (2019) Revenue in each region: * North America: 4,5 bn€ * Latin America: 5,3 bn€ * Europe: 47,3 bn€ * East Middle: 1 bn€ * Africa: 0,2bn€ * Asia & Oceania: 1,7 bn€ Revenue by activity: * Client Solutions: 21 bn€ * Renewable Energy: 2,7 bn€ * Networks: 6,6 bn€ * Thermal: 4,0 bn€ * Other activities: 25,8 bn€ Capacity of installed power production: 104,3 GW in 2018, of which: * Natural gas: 55% * Renewables : 27% * Coal: 7% * Nuclear : 6% * Other: 5% Produced electricity: 420 TWh in 2018 Employees: 171,100 Employees in each region : * North America: 6,300 * Latin America: 14,300 * Europe: 137,200 * East Middle: 3,100 * Africa: 3,500 * Asia & Oceania: 6,700 Employees by activity: * Client Solutions: 119,350 * Renewable Energy: 4,600 * Networks: 22,500 * Thermal: 5,200 * Other activities: 19,450

Governance

The Engie general management: * Claire Waysand, Executive Vice President and Group's General Secretary, assuming the position of interim chief executive officer until the nomination of a new CEO * Catherine MacGregor, newly appointed company CEO, starting January 2021 * Bankole Cardoso, Chairman The members of the group executive committee are: * Claire Waysand, Executive Vice President and General Secretary of the group, and interim CEO after Isabelle Kocher leaves the company. * François Graux, group Deputy General Secretary and Group General Counsel. He reports to Claire Waysand, General Secretary and interim chief executive officer of Engie. * Paulo Almirante, Executive Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer. He is also supervising Brazil, NECST (North, South and Eastern Europe Business Units), and MESCAT (Middle East, South, and Central Asia and Turkey) Business Units. Until the nomination of a new CEO, he is temporarily entrusted in a collegial manner with Judith Hartmann and Claire Waysand. * Judith Hartmann, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. She is responsible for steering publicly listed subsidiaries: supervision of GTT and coordination with Suez. She is also in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). * Gwenaëlle Huet, Executive Vice President, in charge of the Renewable and Hydrogen Business Units France, responsible for the Global Renewable Business Line and General Manager of the North America Business Unit. * Olivier Biancarelli, Executive Vice-President, Chief Executive Officer of Tractebel, responsible for Global Business Line Customer Solutions and supervision of Engie Impact. * Franck Bruel, Executive Vice President, supervising UK, LATAM (Latin America) and NORAM (US, Canada) Business Units. * Ana Busto, Executive Vice President, Brand & Communication. * Pierre Chareyre, Executive Vice President, supervising GEM (Global Energy Management), Generation Europe, B2C France, and Benelux Business Units. He is responsible for the Thermal Global Business Line. * Pierre Deheunynck, Executive Vice President, in charge of Group Human Resources, Transformation, Corporate, Global Business Support, Global Care, and Real Estate. * Didier Holleaux, Executive Vice President, supervising Elengy, GRDF, GRTgaz, Storengy, China, and APAC (Asia Pacific) Business Units. He is also supervising the Gas & Power Networks Global Business Line. * Shankar Krishnamoorthy, Executive Vice President in charge of Strategy & Innovation, Industrial Development, Research & Technology, and Procurement. He is also supervising the Africa Business Unit. * Yves Le Gélard, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, in charge of Group Information Systems. * Wilfrid Petrie, Executive Vice President, CEO France B2B and supervising France Réseaux Business Unit. Engie is administered by a board of directors of 13 members: * 6 appointed by the shareholders' General Assembly: Bankole Cardoso ,

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, Françoise Malrieu, Ross McInnes, Marie-José Nadeau and Lord Ricketts of Shortlands * 1 representing the French State, appointed by ministerial order: Isabelle Bui * 2 appointed by the shareholders assembly upon proposal of the French State: Patrice Durand and Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière * 3 representing the employees: Christophe Agogué, Alain Beullier, and Philippe Lepage * 1 representing the employee shareholders: Christophe Aubert The board is backed by the recommendations of four specialized committees (audit; appointments and compensations; ethics, environment and sustainable development; strategy, investment, and technology).

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