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Uniper
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[1]Uniper SE ([ˈjuːnipɚ]) is a German multinational energy company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, which has been a state-owned enterprise since late 2022. It is the biggest energy company by revenue in the world.[2] The name of the company is a portmanteau of "unique" and "performance",[3][4] which was given by long-term employee Gregor Recke.[5] Uniper was formed by the separation of E.ON's fossil fuel assets into a separate company that began operating on 1 January 2016.[6] In 2019, the company employed about 11,000 people in over 40 countries.[7][8] In 2018, around one-third of the employees were based in Germany.[9] Until 2022, it owned a subsidiary company in Russia called Unipro. Uniper was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Company type | State-owned enterprise (Societas Europaea) |
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FWB: UN01 MDAX Component | |
ISIN | DE000UNSE018 |
Industry | Electric utility |
Founded | January 1, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-01) |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | Europe United States |
Key people | Michael Lewis, CEO |
Products | Electrical power Natural gas |
Revenue | €107.915 billion (2023) |
€6.308 billion (2023) | |
Total assets | €64.694 billion (2023) |
Owner | Government of Germany |
Number of employees | 6,863 (2023) |
Subsidiaries | Unipro |
Website | www |
The company has faced criticism for opening new coal-fueled power plants in Germany as recently as May 2020.[10] Uniper was one of the financiers of the Nord Stream 2 project, which the German government suspended two days before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11] The company was nationalised in December 2022.[12]