Terna Energy ( el, ΤΕΡΝΑ Ενεργειακή) is a Greek renewable energy company that is listed on the

Athens Exchange The Athens Stock Exchange (ASE or ATHEX; el, Χρηματιστήριο Αθηνών (Χ.Α.), ''Chrimatistírio Athinón'') is the stock exchange of Greece, based in the capital city of Athens. It was founded in 1876. There are currently five ...

. The company is a subsidiary of Greek conglomerate

GEK Terna GEK Terna Holding Real Estate Construction ( el, ΓΕΚ ΤΕΡΝΑ) is a large Greek conglomerate which is listed on the Athens Exchange. Its construction branch Terna is one of the leading enterprises of its sector in Greece. GEK Terna's elec ...

, which through its subsidiary Heron S.A. is as well involved in the construction and operation of

thermoelectric The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa via a thermocouple. A thermoelectric device creates a voltage when there is a different temperature on each side. Conversely, when ...

power generation Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery ( transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its sto ...

fuelled with natural gas. ''Terna Energy'' however exclusively produces energy from renewable energy sources, including

wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind tur ...

s and small

hydroelectric plant Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

s. It also constructs renewable energy plants and integrated process units for the overall management and energy utilization of wastes and biomass. The company was incorporated in 1997 as a subsidiary of

Terna Terna may refer to: Places * Terňa, a village in the Prešov Region of Slovakia * Terna River, Latur District, Maharashtra, India Religion * A terna is a list of three candidates for the office of bishop used in the episcopal selection process o ...

, which in 1999 merged with GEK to form Greece's largest conglomerate. The

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

-based company has been listed at the

since 2009 and belongs to the 25 companies forming the

FTSE/Athex Large Cap The FTSE/Athex Large Cap is the stock index of the twenty-five largest companies on the Athens Stock Exchange. the stocks comprising this index are: Viohalco, Coca-Cola HBC AG, EYDAP, Terna Energy, Lamda Development S.A., Hellenic Petro ...

index. In 2013, U.S. investment firm York Capital Magagement bought a 10% share of parent company GEK Terna and another 3% share of Terna Energy.

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