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EDF (State-owned company, France)

Flag of EDF - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 July 2022

Presentation of EDF
Flag of EDF
- Former flag
EDF-GDF

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France

Presentation of EDF

EDF (Électricité de France) was established in 1946 as a state monopoly on production, transport and distribution of electricity. With funds partially supplied by the Marshall Plan (36%), EDF restored from 1948 to 1952 the French electricity transport network and built high-capacity production infrastructures. As a main outcome, the Tignes Dam was inaugurated on 4 July 1953 by President of the Republic Vincent Auriol; subsequent main sites were the Serre-Ponçon (1959) and Roselend (1960) Dams, all of them being located in the Alps. The Law promulgated on 21 December 1960 established the 220 V voltage at the national scale.
France's first nuclear power plant was inaugurated in 1963 in Chinon. Ten years later, Prime Minister Pierre Messmer announced the building of 13 new nuclear power plants.
In 2021, nuclear energy represented 87% of France's electricity production vs. 10% for renewable energies.
[Corporate website]

Ivan Sache, 27 July 2022

Flag of EDF

The flag of EDF is white with the company's logo: photo (2022), photo (2020), photo (2019).

The logo, unveiled on 7 July 2005 and designed by the Plan créatif agency as a "true human print", expresses "energy, proximity, diversity".
The acronym "EDF" was changed to "eDF", the small "e" being the symbol of the electron.
The blue color recalls that EDF evolves in an industrial, performing and durable universe. As a warm color, orange evokes vital energy.
[source : Libération, 7 July 2005 - Corporate magazine, July 2005]

Ivan Sache, 27 July 2022

Former flag

Former flag of EDF - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 July 2022

The former flag of EDF was blue with the company's former logo (photo, 2004).

Ivan Sache, 27 July 2022

EDF-GDF

Flag of EDF-GDF - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 July 2022

With Gaz de France (GDF), the state company in charge of production, transport and distribution of gas, EDF formed a common division, EDF GDF Services, renamed EDF GDF Distribution, mostly known as EDF GDF. The division was suppressed in 2007, electricity distribution being transferred to Électricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF, renamed to Enedis in 2016, fully-owned by EDF), while gas distribution was transferred to Gaz Réseau Distribution France, fully owned by GDF, itself renamed to GDF Suez in 2008 and Engie in 2015.

The flag of EDF-GDF was similar to the former flag of EDF, with the appropriate acronym (photo).

Ivan Sache, 27 July 2022