Renewable energies
It is investing heavily, primarily in hydropower,
wind power and solar power, supported by EDF Energies Nouvelles (96.71 % EDF-owned) and its major European companies....
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...
Emissions to air
Throughout the year, EDF Energies Nouvelles continued its strong development of
wind power, its main growth driver, and accelerated its development of solar power.... EDF Energies Nouvelles ' installed
wind power capacity amounted to 2,922.9 MW gross, a 272.9 MW increase on the previous year....
Nuclear operations
The reduction in emissions outside France was the result of both changes in scope (leaving of EnBW) and an increase in " decarbonised " electricity generation (increase in nuclear generation by combined-cycle gas and capacity growth in wind and solar power)....
Climate change
Inventing the electricity of the future with a low-carbon energy mix and CO2-free power generation We already boast a large number of low-carbon power plants using hydro, nuclear, and
wind power as well as a host of new renewable energies....
Renewable energies, Energy efficiency
Wind power and solar power, with a goal of 4,200 MW by the end of 2012 (3,700 MW wind, 500 MWc solar),
wind power is a mature technology....
Wind power is currently experiencing spectacular growth worldwide and the EDF Group is investing in it in order to be amongst the leaders in the sector....
Joint venture with Hellenic Petroleum in Greece
The Agreement also calls for the development of new projects, including hydroelectric and
wind-power facilities....
EDF Energies Nouvelles launches its Initial Public Offering
" We willhave access to the new resources required to further our expansion, with
wind power as a priority, and to meet our objective of 3,000 MW inowned generation capacity by year-end 2011 for all forms ofrenewable energy in which we are active....
Ordinary General Meeting of EDF
The ambitious programme of investment embarked upon in France and elsewhere in Europe encompasses nuclear and thermal production, power grids and interconnections, and renewable energies - wind and solar power in particular - in addition to offering customers energy efficiency services....
EnBW acquires E.ON power station shares and strengthens its generating position
Over the last few weeks EnBW has also assigned all the main contracts for Baltic 1, one of four
wind power projects being pursued by EnBW with a total output of around 1200 megawatts....