Electricity and gas

Edison, 100% owned by EDF, is the second largest integrated energy company in the Italian market.

In 2015, Edison's net electricity generation in Italy totaled 18.5 TWh, i.e. 6.8% of Italian power demand, while the company's gas supply amounted to 12.7 billion cubic metres, representing 21% of Italian demand.

  • Edison and electricity generation in Italy

    • Edison is the second largest company in the Italian electricity market. A highly-efficient and well-balanced fleet of power plants enables it to produce energy with optimum mix ranging from combined cycle gas-fired, hydro and other renewable energy sources.

      The current generation fleet consists of 47 hydroelectric plants, 21 thermoelectric plants, 35 wind farms, 9 solar plants and 1 biomass plant.

      • 7 GW
      total installed capacity in 2015
      18.5 TWh
      net power production in 2015
  • Edison and gas utilities in Italy

    • Edison, with 12.7 billion cubic meters of gas available in 2013, or 21% of Italian demand, has an integrated presence in the oil and gas supply chain, from production to importation, distribution and sale of both natural gas and crude oil.

      Edison is active in the exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil through 126 concessions and exploration permits in Italy and abroad: Egypt, Norway, Croatia, Algeria, UK and the Falkland Islands.

      • 12.7 Bn
      cubic meters of gas available in 2015
      21 %
      of Italian demand in 2015
  • Gas infrastructure

    • Edison plays a leading role in the development of new infrastructures to import natural gas for Europe and Italy.

      The Adriatic LNG Terminal, the first offshore facility of this kind in the world, became operational in 2009. It imports eight billion cubic meters of natural gas a year, equal to 10% of Italy’s natural gas needs.

      Other important projects under development are the Galsi gas pipeline, to link Algeria to Sardinia and Tuscany, the ITGI gas pipeline, to link Italy and Europe to the Caspian Sea region, and the IGB gas pipeline connecting Greece to Bulgaria.

  • Edison and commitment to renewables energies

    • Edison has been traditionally active in the area of renewable energy sources. Specifically, Edison's installed capacity includes 1,358 MW from hydroelectric power plants, 471 MW from wind farms, 13 MW from photovoltaic systems and 6 MW from biomasses system.

  • Edison abroad

    • With 66 concessions and permits, Edison is active in hydrocarbon Exploration and Production in Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Israel, Norway and UK.

      In the electric power sector Edison operates in Greece through ElpEdison – a Joint Venture with Hellenic Petroleum – running 2 gas fired plants in Thessaloniki (390 MW) and Thisvi (460 MW).

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