Opus Energy
UK energy company
title: "Opus Energy" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["utilities-of-the-united-kingdom", "energy-companies-established-in-2002", "companies-based-in-northampton", "natural-gas-companies-of-the-united-kingdom", "electric-power-companies-of-the-united-kingdom", "east-midlands", "2002-establishments-in-the-united-kingdom", "2017-mergers-and-acquisitions"] description: "UK energy company" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Energy" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary UK energy company ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox company"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Opus Energy Limited |
| logo | Opus Energy logo.svg |
| type | Private |
| industry | Utilities |
| key_people | Paul Sheffield, (Managing Director) |
| products | Electricity, Gas |
| num_employees | 860 (January 2017) |
| foundation | 2002 |
| location | Drax Power Station, England, UK |
| parent | Drax Group |
| homepage | |
| :: |
| name = Opus Energy Limited | logo = Opus Energy logo.svg | type = Private | industry = Utilities | key_people = Paul Sheffield, (Managing Director) | products = Electricity, Gas | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 860 (January 2017) | foundation = 2002 | location = Drax Power Station, England, UK | parent = Drax Group | homepage =
Opus Energy Limited supplies gas and electricity to businesses across the United Kingdom. It purchases electricity from wind, solar, hydro, and anaerobic digestion generators, and provides support to develop energy-generating sites. It is headquartered in Northampton, United Kingdom with an additional office in Oxford. It shares the same management as Haven Power.
History
The company was established in 2001 as Oxford Power Holdings Limited; it was renamed on 28 October 2010. On 6 December 2016 it was announced that Opus Energy had entered into a binding conditional agreement for the sale of the entire issues share capital to Drax Developments Limited, a member of the Drax Group. The deal completed on 10 February 2017.
In 2021 Opus Energy was the 2nd largest provider of business gas in the UK and the 5th largest provider of business electricity.
In 2025, Opus Energy was listed as a recommended business energy supplier by EnergyCosts.co.uk, due to its "competitive energy prices, flexibility in tariffs, and a commitment to green energy".
Operations
Opus Energy sources its electricity from renewable sources.
Opus Energy provides a power purchase agreement product whereby it offers to buy excess power from companies who create their own renewable energy.
On Thursday 8 October 2020, Opus Energy announced that its Fuel Mix Disclosure for the reporting period April 2019 to March 2020 remained 100% renewable. It is the third consecutive year that its electricity is 100% renewable, where its electricity supply has been independently verified by EcoAct.
References
References
- (2016-12-06). "Drax moves away from coal to bid on Opus Energy and gas plants". [[The Guardian]].
- (2017-02-16). "Preliminary results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2016". [[Drax Group]].
- "2021 business spending and supplier review".
- "Opus Energy Pricing and Tariffs Review".
- "Our energy sources".
- "Research suggests SMEs favouring on site renewable energy".
- "Opus Energy announces 100% renewable electricity in 2020 Fuel Mix Disclosure".
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::