ERG S.p.A.
TypePublic
BIT: ERG
IndustryRenewable energy[1]
Founded2 June 1938 (1938-06-02)
Headquarters
Genoa
,
Italy
Key people
Edoardo Garrone (Chairman)
[2]Paolo Luigi Merli (CEO)[3]
ProductsElectric power[1]
RevenueIncrease €749 million[4] (2022)
Increase €379 million[4] (2022)
Total assetsIncrease €5,226 million[4] (2022)
Total equityIncrease €2,055 million[4] (2022)
Number of employees
573[4] (2022)
Websitewww.erg.eu

ERG S.p.A. is a publicly listed Italian energy company, founded in 1938, and based in Genoa, Italy.[5]

History

Former logo

ERG was founded by Edoardo Guida Garrone in 1938, founding a company for the refining of petroleum.[6]In 1952, ERG signs an agreement to refine the oil on behalf of BP.

During the 1960s and 1970s the company started to build some oil refineries and pipelines in Italy, particularly a pipeline in Arquata Scrivia[6] and an oil refinery in Priolo Gargallo (ISAB).[7]

In the 1980s ERG acquired the petrol stations networks owned by Elf, Chevron, and BP in Italy, through ERG Petroli.[6]

Since 1997 the company is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange.[5] In 1999 it opened gas, (petrol), stations network in Spain through ERG Petroleos, sold in 2008 to Saras S.p.A.[8]

In 2007 ERG started to operate in the French[9] and German[10] wind markets, acquiring wind farms also in Bulgaria, Romania, Polonia and United Kingdom.[11]

In 2008 it signed an agreement with Lukoil, sharing the 49% of oil refinery in Priolo Gargallo.[12][13]

In 2009 it launched its own Mobile Virtual Network Operator: ERG Mobile, becoming the first Italian oil company with its own telecommunications company.[14]

In 2010 ERG Petroli and Total Italia merged to become TotalErg and started operation on October 1, 2010.[15]

In early 2011 ERG reduced its share in ISAB from 51% to 40%.[16] Two years later ERG completed the exit from the refining sector.[17][18]

In the meantime (since 2010) ERG grew in the Italian wind power sector becoming the leading wind operator in Italy in 2013.[19][11]

In 2015 ERG entered the hydroelectric sector, via acquisition of E.On's Italian assets, with 527 MW of capacity.[20][21]

In January 2018, ERG completed the closing with the API Group regarding the sale of its 51% shareholding in TotalErg, completing its industrial transformation process towards renewables.[11] In the same year, ERG entered the solar power business through the acquisition of 89 MW (30 photovoltaic plants) in Italy.[22]

Profile

Following a period of profound transformation (sale of the ISAB refinery and of the ISAB Energy power station, creation and sale of the TotalErg joint venture and the sale of the ERG Oil Sicilia network),[23] ERG Group is now the leading operator in wind energy in Italy and is currently among the top ten in Europe (onshore). It also owns a combined cycle power plant (ERG Power, 480 MW) in Priolo Gargallo in Sicily and in 2015 purchased the Terni (527 MW) hydroelectric unit from EON Produzione. ERG is also active in Italy in the generation of electricity from solar sources (140 MW).[24]

ERG is present with 359 MW in France, 272 MW in Germany, in Romania (70 MW) and in Bulgaria (54 MW).[25]

With regard to sustainability issues, in October 2022, Standard Ethics Aei upgraded ERG's sustainability rating to "E+" with a positive outlook on a scale of F to EEE within the SE European Utilities Index.[26][27]

ERG Mobile

ERG Mobile

The service was founded in February 2009 and launched on 15 April 2009.

They based on Vodafone GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS network.

The service closed on 30 March 2019.[28]

Sponsorship

ERG was the main sponsor of U.C. Sampdoria (until 2011), a football club that was owned by the Garrone family (Riccardo Garrone was the chairman, with Edoardo as the vice-chairman, and Vittorio as director), for more than 9 years.[29]

References

  1. 1 2 "Reuters - Exclusive: Total, Erg prepare sale of Italian petrol-station network - sources". Reuters. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Erg, petrolio di famiglia Garrone lascia ai figli" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Erg, cambio al vertice in vista della "transizione" energetica: Merli nuovo amministratore delegato" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "2022 ERG Group Annual Report". Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Dal petrolio alle rinnovabili, Erg celebra 80 anni di storia" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Rugafiori, Paride; Fasce, Ferdinando (2008). Dal petrolio all'energia, ERG 1938 - 2008, Storia e cultura d'impresa (in Italian). Editori Laterza. ISBN 9788842088097.
  7. ↑ "Finisce a Priolo l'era della Erg dei Garrone: ceduta a Enel la centrale elettrica" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Distributori di benzina, Saras approda in Spagna" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Si espande in Francia la strategia 100% rinnovabile di Erg". LIFEGATE (in Italian). 9 April 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Erg compra 11 parchi eolici in Francia e Germania". Milano Finanza (in Italian). 15 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 "Garrone (Erg): dal petrolio al vento Come abbiamo "girato" l'azienda". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 16 April 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Erg, accordo da 1,3 miliardi con Lukoil per le raffinerie" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Erg, un miliardo e mezzo da Lukoil per il 49 per cento della raffineria Isab" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "Erg, dal petrolio alla telefonia mobile" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "Nasce TotalErg, la Ue dà il via libera" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "La Erg vende ai russi e incassa 400 milioni". La Repubblica (in Italian). 1 February 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "ERG waves goodbye to refinery business with stake sale". Reuters. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Erg, accordo da 1,3 miliardi con Lukoil per le raffinerie". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). 24 June 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "Erg chiude l'acquisto degli asset eolici Gdf Suez" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "C'è il closing per l'acquisizione di Eon: da Erg rinasce il Nucleo Idroelettrico di Terni". Umbria 24 (in Italian). 30 November 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  21. ↑ "Erg, futuro verde. Non siamo più petrolieri". La Stampa (in Italian). 23 May 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "Rinnovabili, Erg entra nel solare rilevando il 100% di Forvei" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  23. ↑ "Erg vende Erg Oil Sicilia per 30 mln" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  24. ↑ "Il petrolio è un lontano ricordo: ora il gruppo è leader in Italia nella produzione di energia eolica" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  25. ↑ "2019 ERG Annual Report". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  26. ↑ "Standard Ethics Corporate Rating". Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  27. ↑ "ERG, Standard Ethics assegna outlook "Positivo"" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  28. ↑ "Cessazione definitiva servizi ERG Mobile al 30/03/2019" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  29. ↑ "Gli arabi e Garrone comprano la Sampdoria" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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