Background

This is Uniper

Luleå Uniper is a German multinational energy company that produces and sells energy derived from coal, nuclear, hydro and natural gas.

Uniper Group is active in more than 40 countries, with core markets in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. It has around 7.000 employees.

It has roughly 22.5 GW of power generation capacity. The gas portfolio consists of roughly 200 TWh of long-term contracts, LNG, and short-term market transactions. Uniper also has 7.4 billion cubic meters of underground gas storage capacity in Germany, Britain and Austria.

Uniper had external sales of €274 billion during 2022, and a profitability of €1.8 billion (EBITDA).

The strategy is that the entire business should be carbon-neutral by 2040. Uniper plans for its 22.5 GW of installed power-generating capacity in Europe to be carbon-neutral by 2035.

The company already ranks among Europe’s largest operators of hydroelectric plants and intends to further expand solar and wind energy.

Lennart Håkansson

editor@northswedenbusiness.com