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World leader on the electricity production market, GDF SUEZ is the number five producer and seller of electricity in Europe. With a strong base in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East, the company plans to develop its capacities to 100 GW by 2013.
GDF SUEZ has the capacity to produce 68 GW of power and it is the 10th largest producer of electricity in the world.
| As the world’s leading independent electricity producer, GDF SUEZ is: | |
The Group also ranks significantly in Central Europe (Poland, Hungary, for example), Latin American (Brazil, Chile), and Asia (China, Thailand, Singapore) and the Middle East. | |
Its electricity production base is one of the most diversified and is comprised of:
In order to increase energy production and meet ever increasing energy needs, GDF SUEZ is pursuing in Europe, the Americas and Asia, an active policy of industrial capital expenditures. The goal is to reach a production capacity of 100 GW by 2013, by favouring an energy mix that is respectful of the environment.
The commitment of GDF SUEZ is to produce more without jeopardizing environmental equilibrium. In that sense, the Group is focusing on developing new production capacities by favouring the most efficient solutions that produce the lowest amounts of carbon emissions.
To date 20% of the Group’s power capacities comes from renewable resources. Hydropower is of course the most used source of this type of energy, but wind power, solar power, biomass, and biogas occupy a growing position in the company’s energy mix.
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| Steam-gas combined cycle thermal power plants in Herdersbrug (Bruges, Belgium)
The plant combines a gas turbine and classic thermal power plant, and produces twice the amount of electricity. |
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| Biomass plant in Awirs (Liège, Belgium)
With a capacity of 80 MW, the plant consumes 400,000 t of wood pellets per year, reducing CO2 emissions by 500,000 t. |
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| Wind turbine of Izegem
Built in 2008, these two wind turbines have a power of 2 MW each. The tower is 140 m tall and the blades span 80 m. |
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| Pumped storage power station of Coo
This hydraulic plant is used to adjust the power supply to the variable need of the grid. |
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| Drogenbos plant
This power plant near Brussels, combines a gas turbine with a traditional thermal power station with a cooling tower. |
