Nuclear energy : the linchpin of safe and competitive electricity generation without CO2 emissions
Thanks to thecombined output of EDF nuclear and hydro power
generation facilities, 95 % of the electricity generated in France does not produce greenhousegas emissions....
Climate change
Wherever we are located around the world, we continuously invest in new
generation facilities that do not emit CO2. Nuclear : in France, EDF is constructing the first EPR unit at Flamanville (Manche). its first KWh produced will be sold by EDF in 2016.. A second reactor is planned at Penly (Seine Maritime...
Share of electricity and heat generated from renewable energy sources
In 2010, EDF R construction of a building-laboratory Carbon capture and storage with the construction of a demonstrator at the thermal plant at Le Havre, with a view to developing an industrial-scale solution Optimization of recharging stations for electric vehicles (urban transportation and hybrid vehicles...
Strategy - Fossil-fired power - EDF Group
Our strategy How it works Key figures Flexible, responsive, and efficient, fossil-fired energy contributes to the performance of EDF's
generation facilities.... Upgrading and modernizing the fleet Most of the
generation facilities in France were built between 1950 and 1980 and have an average age of...
The EDF Group and the Dutch power company DELTA inaugurate the SLOE gas combined cycle thermal power station in the Netherlands
This highly efficient power station also includes the latest technological advances to significantly reduce the effects of its operation on the environment, particularly by reducing atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (Nox). Within the context of the partnership with Delta...
First half 2006 : sales of euros 30.4 billion, driven by international activities
Pursuant to the Group industrialproject, the investment programme currently implemented, in particularin new
generation facilities, will strengthen EDF's position as astrategic player in the energy sector " stated Pierre Gadonneix, EDFChairman and CEO. read more in the download sectionDisclaimer This...
EDF and EDF Energies Nouvelles have structured their development in decentralized energies
In France, it has mainly nuclear and hydro power
generation facilities at which 95 % of the electricity output involves no CO2 emissions....
EDF to become investor and operator in China in order to develop EPR nuclear power stations with its partner CGNPC
CGNPC takes responsibility for providing the building site and will make available its engineering and operational capabilities, developed over more than twenty years as operator of the Guangdong power
generation facilities....
EDF reinforces its construction programme of new conventional thermal power stations in France
EDF reinforces its construction programme of new conventional thermal power stations in France EDF 06/18/2007 At a meeting on 14 June 2007, the Board of Directors of EDF took the decision to invest 900 million euros in building new conventional thermal
generation facilities in France by 2010. These new...
Sales, EBITDA, contribution by country 2005 - EDF Group
This change was mainly due to the commissioning of new
generation facilities in Mexico and Asia as well as to more favourable market conditions in Brazil....