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Company in Essen, Germany
Steag GmbH, the former "Steinkohlen-Elektrizität AG" ("Anthracite Electricity Company"), is a German power company. As of 2022, it is Germany's fifth largest utility. It operates also in the field of transport, processing and distribution of hard coal, coke and byproducts from coal processing, as also in the field of gas supply, transport and trading.2 It was founded in 1937.1 It is headquartered in Essen.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Steag GmbH, the former "Steinkohlen-Elektrizität AG" ("Anthracite Electricity Company"), is a German power company. As of 2022, it is Germany's fifth largest utility. It operates also in the field of transport, processing and distribution of hard coal, coke and byproducts from coal processing, as also in the field of gas supply, transport and trading.2
Steag is part of a group headed by KSBG Kommunale Beteiligungsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG. 7 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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As a result of restructuring of RAG Group, STEAG became a part of Evonik Industries AG in September 2007. In 2014, the company was sold to holding company KSBG, which bundles the shares held by utilities in the western German municipalities of Duisburg, Dortmund, Bochum, Essen, Oberhausen and Dinslaken.
From Wikipedia’s article on STEAG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
The company operates ten hard coal-fired power plants, of which seven are located in Germany, Colombia and Philippines. It is on the Global coal exit list.
From Wikipedia’s article on STEAG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
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