Slovenské elektrárne, a.s. is an
electric utility
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company based in
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
,
Slovakia
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, and successor to the former
state monopoly
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. It operates
nuclear
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*Nuclear ...
,
hydroelectric
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and
fossil fuel
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power plants. Since July 2016, 66% of Slovenské elektrárne's shares is owned by Slovak Power Holding BV, a company founded and 50:50 percent controlled by the Czech industrial group
Energetický a průmyslový holding
Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (EPH) is a Czech Republic (Prague) based company currently investing mainly in the energy sector in Europe, founded in 2009. The group's business lines covers the complete value chain ranging from highly e ...
and the Italian energy company
Enel
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Business agreements
Slovenské elektrárne has signed a business agreement with Consorzio Paleocapa on September 12, 2010, for future collaboration in fossil fuel power plants operation in Italy and Slovakia.
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References
External links
Official website (English)
Electric power companies of Slovakia
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