Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Renewable energy |
Founded | 2000 |
Headquarters | London, England |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Danielle Lane (country manager) |
Products | Electrical power |
Parent | Vattenfall |
Website | www |
Vattenfall UK (formerly: Nuon Renewables) is a subsidiary of Vattenfall headquartered in London. It generates renewable energy, primarily through wind farms.
History
Vattenfall UK was established as Nuon Renewables in 2000. It was a United Kingdom-based subsidiary of N.V. Nuon Energy. It has built wind farms across the UK with a potential annual power generation total of eight hundred megawatts.
In 2009, N.V. Nuon Energy was acquired by Vattenfall. In January 2012, it was merged with Vattenfall's other assets in the United Kingdom and was renamed Vattenfall UK.
In March 2020, Vattenfall UK sold its electric vehicle network to Statkraft and its supply side business, iSupply Energy, to EDF Energy.
Operations
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Vattenfall's core businesses in the United Kingdom are renewable power generation, heating, business-to-business sales and distribution.
The company owns and operates several wind farms, some as small as their ten megawatt Parc Cynog wind farm, to others as large as their current project, a two-hundred and ninety-nine megawatt development in Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy.
Project | Location | Windmills | State | Generating Capacity | Total Height |
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Airfield Farm | Airfield Farm (in North West Bedfordshire) |
3 | Under Development |
? | ? |
Harrington | Former RAF Harrington Airfield |
7 | Under Development |
14 megawatts | 126 meters |
Hirddywel | Hirddywel | 9 | Under Development |
27 megawatts | 125 meters |
Llanbadarn Fynydd |
North of Llanbadarn Fynydd in Radnorshire, Powys |
17 | Active | 51 megawatts | 126.5 meters |
Mynydd Waun Fawr | Southwest of Llanerfyl in Powys, Wales |
15 | Proposed | 37.5 megawatts | 110 meters |
References
- Weston, David (27 June 2018) Vattenfall appoints new UK chief Windpower Monthly
- Renewable Energy Association. "Renewable Energy Association". Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ Nuon Renewables. "About". ProntoCMS. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- Nuon and Vattenfall Join Forces to Create a Leading European Energy Company (23 February 2009) Business Wire
- Nuon Renewables joins forces with Vattenfall in the UK (10 January 2012) Power Engineering International
- ^ Lempriere, Molly (2020-03-18). "Statkraft acquires Vattenfall's UK charging network as company continues to shift focus". Current±. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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