Premium Company Profile: British Energy Group plc

Introduction

British Energy Group's aim is to produce electricity more reliably by investing and optimizing its plants. The company is also focused on improving the condition of its power stations and on minimizing its carbon dioxide emissions by building nuclear power plants.

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Highlights

British Energy Group (British Energy) is an energy company focusing on nuclear power. Its services include electricity generation and supply, energy trading and engineering services to the energy and electricity industry.

The company recorded revenues of 2,999 million during the fiscal year ended March 2007, an increase of 15.7% over 2006. The increase in the revenues was primarily due to an increase in the average realized price per unit. The company's revenue recorded a CAGR of 12% during the period 2003-2007.

The company's generation capacity, as in March 2007, in the UK, was 11,528 megawatts (MW), which includes seven advanced gas-cooled reactor power stations with a combined capacity of 8,380 MW, one pressurized water reactor power station with a capacity of 1,188 MW and a coal fired power station with a capacity of 1,960 MW.

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