# STEAG

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**Steag GmbH**, the former *"**St**einkohlen-**E**lektrizität **AG**"* ("Anthracite Electricity Company"), is a German power company.[1] As of 2022, it is Germany's fifth largest utility.[2] 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.

## History

As a result of restructuring of [RAG Group](/source/RAG_Group), STEAG became a part of [Evonik Industries AG](/source/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.[3]

## Business

The company operates ten [hard coal](/source/Hard_coal)-fired power plants, of which seven are located in [Germany](/source/Germany), [Colombia](/source/Colombia) and [Philippines](/source/Philippines).[4] It is on the Global coal exit list.[5]

## References

1. ["Stadtwerke-Konsortium | STEAG GmbH"](https://www.stadtwerke-konsortium.de/sk-steag-gmbh.html). *www.stadtwerke-konsortium.de*. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

1. Vera Eckert (1 August 2022), [Owners plan to sell German utility Steag](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/owners-german-utility-steag-aim-full-sale-spokesman-2022-08-01/) *[Reuters](/source/Reuters)*.

1. Vera Eckert (1 August 2022), [Owners plan to sell German utility Steag](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/owners-german-utility-steag-aim-full-sale-spokesman-2022-08-01/) *[Reuters](/source/Reuters)*.

1. ["İSKEN İskenderun Enerji Üretim ve Ticaret A.Ş. Sugözü Enerji Santralı"](https://www.isken.com.tr/kimlik-karti.aspx). *www.isken.com.tr*. Retrieved 2021-10-12.

1. ["Home | coalexit.org"](https://coalexit.org/database?name=Steag&production=All&power_capacity=All&revenue=All&field_divest_cspp=All). *coalexit.org*. Retrieved 2021-10-12.[dead link]

## External links

- [Company website](https://www.steag.com/en/)

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