Société nationale d'électricité et de thermique (SNET) is a French
electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...
generation and distribution company. As the inheritor of
Charbonnages de France
Charbonnages de France was a French enterprise created in 1946, as a result of the nationalization of the private mining companies. It was disbanded in 2007.
References
Mining companies of France
French companies established in 1946
Non- ...
's
thermal power station
A thermal power station, also known as a thermal power plant, is a type of power station in which the heat energy generated from various fuel sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, etc.) is converted to electrical energy. The heat ...
s, SNET has an installed capacity of 2.4 gigawatts, or around 2% of the capacity of
Électricité de France
Électricité de France SA (; ), commonly known as EDF, is a French multinational corporation, multinational electric utility company owned by the government of France. Headquartered in Paris, with €139.7 billion in sales in 2023, EDF ope ...
.
Overview
SNET has been a competitor of
EDF since the opening of the French
electricity market
An electricity market is a system that enables the exchange of electrical energy, through an electrical grid. Historically, electricity has been primarily sold by companies that operate electric generators, and purchased by consumers or electr ...
in 1999. In September 2004, the company was acquired by the Spanish company
Endesa
Endesa, S.A. (, originally an initialism for ''Empresa Nacional de Electricidad, S.A''.) is a Spanish multinational electric utility company, the largest in the country. The firm, a majority-owned subsidiary of the Italian utility company Enel, ...
. According to ''
L'Humanité
(; ) is a French daily newspaper. It was previously an organisation of the SFIO, ''de facto'', and thereafter of the French Communist Party (PCF), and maintains links to the party. Its slogan is "In an ideal world, would not exist."
History ...
'', this was followed by the
downsizing of 30% of the staff.
In June 2008 SNET was sold to the German group
E.ON
E.ON SE is a European multinational electric utility company based in Essen, Germany. It operates as one of the world's largest investor-owned electric utility service providers. The name originates from the Latin word '' aeon'', derived from ...
.
As of 2012 SNET was building several
combined cycle
A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. On land, when used to make electricity the most common type is called a combined cycle gas turb ...
gas turbine
A gas turbine or gas turbine engine is a type of Internal combustion engine#Continuous combustion, continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas gene ...
s, the two first French ones at the thermal plant ''Emile Huchet'' in
Saint-Avold
Saint-Avold (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Sänt Avuur'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is situated east of Metz, France and southwest of Saarbrücken, Germany.
History
The Saint-Avold area ha ...
in northeastern France.
See also
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Energy in France
*
List of French companies
France is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in western Europe, as well as Overseas France, several overseas regions and territories. A member of the Group of Seven, Group of 7 (formerly G8) leading industrialised countries ...
References
External links
Official WebsiteGreen Electricity
E.ON
Energetický a průmyslový holding
Electric power companies of France
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