npower

former UK-based electricity generator and supplier of gas and electricity
Organization business Q829558
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npower

Summary

npower is a business[1]. npower ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • npower is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • npower is in the country of GB[4].
  • npower's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • npower's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • npower is owned by RWE Generation[7].
  • npower is owned by E.ON UK[8].
  • npower followed National Power[9].
  • npower followed Northern Electric[10].
  • npower's headquarters location is recorded as Swindon[11].
  • npower's headquarters location is recorded as Essen[12].
  • npower's industry is recorded as energy industry[13].
  • January 1, 2000 marks the founding of npower[14].
  • 1998-10-21 marks the founding of npower[15].
  • npower was dissolved in 2021[16].
  • npower's parent organization or unit is recorded as E.ON UK[17].
  • npower's legal form is recorded as public limited company[18].
  • npower's legal form is recorded as H0PO[19].
  • npower's owner of is recorded as Fawley Power Station[20].
  • npower's IPv4 routing prefix is recorded as 144.98.0.0/16[21].
  • npower's IPv6 routing prefix is recorded as 2a03:8180:1101:10e::/64[22].
  • npower's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17328'}[23].
  • npower's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15376'}[24].

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Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 2000[14] and 1998-10-21[15].

Identity

Predecessors include National Power[9] and Northern Electric[10].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Swindon[11], a big city[25], in United Kingdom[26] and Essen[12], a college town[27], in Germany[28], headquartered in Essen City Hall[29]. npower's parent organization or unit is recorded as E.ON UK[17].

Industry

npower's industry is recorded as energy industry[13].

Ownership

Owners include RWE Generation[7], a subsidiary company[30], in Germany[31], founded in 2013[32], headquartered in Essen[33] and E.ON UK[8], a public electricity supplier[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1990[36], headquartered in Coventry[37].

Dissolution

npower was dissolved in 2021[16].

Why It Matters

npower ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 5d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    X (twitter) username npowerhelp
    Facebook username npowerofficial
    Wikidata description former UK-based electricity generator and supplier of gas and electricity
    Osm name suggestion index id npowerlimited-9ac094
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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