{{Short description|Polish energy company}} {{Infobox company | name = Tauron Polska Energia S.A. | logo = 250px | caption = | type = State owned | traded_as = {{WSE|TPE|PLTAURN00011}} | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 2006 | founder = Ministry of State Treasury of Poland | defunct = | location_city = Katowice | location_country = Poland | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Grzegorz Lot <small>(President of the Management Board)</small><br>Ilona Malik <small>(Chairman of the supervisory board)</small> | industry = Power generation | products = electric power and heat | services = electricity distribution | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = [https://www.tauron.pl www.tauron.pl] (Polish) | footnotes = | intl = }} '''Tauron Polska Energia S.A.''' is an energy holding company in Poland. It is headquartered in Katowice. The company owns power and heat generation and distribution, and coal mining assets through a number of companies, particularly in south-western Poland. It is the second biggest company in terms of energy production in Poland.
The name refers to the Latin word "taurus", meaning bull. In Greek mythology, the bull represented by Zeus, who kidnapped Europa from Tyre.
Tauron was established in December 2006 as '''Energetyka Południe''' (Energy South). In 2007, the Ministry of State Treasury of Poland transferred to the company 85% of shares in Południowy Koncern Energetyczny, 85% of shares in Enion, 85% of shares in EnergiaPro, 85% of shares in Elektrownia Stalowa Wola, 95.5% of shares in Elektrociepłownia Tychy, and 95.66% stake in Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej. As a result, the Tauron Group became one of the largest companies in Poland.<ref name="alstom080409"> {{cite web | title= Being among the largest | url = http://www.polishmarket.com.pl/document/:19011,Being+among+the+largest.html | work = Polish Market Online | publisher= RYNEK POLSKI Publishers Co. Ltd. | date = 2009-01-22 | accessdate=2010-11-29}} </ref>
==Sponsorship==
* The company was the official jersey sponsor of Poland's national basketball team at the 2015 EuroBasket.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150615064901/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_347.html Poland {{!}} EuroBasket 2015]}}, FIBA.com, Retrieved 27 May 2016.</ref> * The company is also the strategic sponsor of Polish football club Raków Częstochowa. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://rakow.com/aktualnosci/tauron-sponsorem-strategicznym-rakowa-11417 | title=TAURON sponsorem strategicznym Rakowa! | date=5 November 2022 }}</ref> * It is also an official partner of New Horizons Film Festival in Wroclaw<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horyzonty |first=Stowarzyszenie Nowe |title=Statement regarding concerns regarding cooperation with the title partner {{!}} TAURON New Horizons |url=https://www.nowehoryzonty.pl/akt.do?lang=en&id=6692 |access-date=2026-05-25 |website=www.nowehoryzonty.pl |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official|http://www.tauron-pe.pl/sites/en/Pages/default.aspx}}
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