EDP Renováveis

The EDP Renováveis ​​( German: EDP Renewables ) is a company founded in 2007, the Portuguese company Alternative energy with a focus on wind energy and the same world, the third largest company in the making. The headquarters is in Oviedo in Spain. EDP ​​is listed in the PSI 20, the main stock index of the Euro Next in Lisbon.

The EDP Group is the largest industrial group in Portugal and one of the major energy companies in Europe and major shareholder of EDP Renováveis ​​. In March 2007, the EDP Group took over from the U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs Group, founded in 1999 U.S. wind power company Horizon Wind Energy LLC from Texas and founded from the EDP Renováveis ​​.

In the Iberian Peninsula, the company is the third largest energy provider with business interests in the generation, distribution and supply of electricity and gas in Portugal and in Spain. In addition, EDP Renoáveis ​​also has a strong position in the important Brazilian electricity sector and is also active in business in France, Belgium, Poland, Romania and the USA.

Portugal presented by the end of 2010 about 30 percent of its required electrical power from wind energy here.

Shareholder

The shares of EDP Renováveis ​​has on the Portuguese Stock Index 20 ( € Next Lisbon ) a weighting of 3.87 % and is in the stock index for renewable energies ( RENIXX ) represented.