Energy supply Oberhausen

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Energy supply Oberhausen AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 1971
Seat Oberhausen , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Board:
  • Hartmut Gieske (commercial director)
  • Bernd Homberg (technical director)

Supervisory Board:

Number of employees 271
sales 199.4 million euros
Branch power supply
Website www.evo-energie.de
As of March 28, 2019

The Energieversorgung Oberhausen AG (evo) since 1971, the local energy service sunternehmen for the city of Oberhausen , which its customers with electricity , natural gas and district heating supplies and provides other energy-related services. The total number of customers is more than 127,000. Evo has two of its own combined heat and power plants and a biomass combined heat and power plant. All three produce electrical (electricity) and thermal (heat) energy by means of environmentally friendly and resource-saving combined heat and power .

Ownership and History

Alt-Oberhausen thermal power station : historical facade of the machine hall
Evo building on the corner of Mülheimer and Danziger Strasse

The Stadtwerke Oberhausen GmbH (STOAG) and Innogy SE each have a 50 percent stake in FSO GmbH & Co. KG (Vehicle Service Oberhausen) and in each case to 10% of the share capital involved the evo. The remaining 80 percent of the shares are held by FSO GmbH & Co. KG. Innogy's parent company has been E.ON since 2018 .

Oberhausener Netzgesellschaft mbH (until December 31, 2013: evo Energie-Netz GmbH) is a 100 percent subsidiary of evo. The company was renamed due to regulatory requirements of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).

The gas supply in Oberhausen began in 1869 with a zinc white plant and a zinc rolling mill. In 1867 the operator and the city sign a contract for the use of the city streets for the pipeline network of the gas works , which is to be laid for the two works. In June 1898, Mayor Otto Wippermann informed the city council about the railway administration's plans to supply Oberhausen station with electric light. The station's power supply begins on January 1, 1901; On May 1, 1901, public households are supplied with electricity via the new "Städtische Electricitaetswerk" (today: HKW 1 - Alt-Oberhausen thermal power station ). These are the beginnings of the energy supply in Oberhausen, from which evo emerged in 1971.

Holdings

Together with the regional utilities Stadtwerke Duisburg, DEW21 and Energieversorgung Nordeifel, the electricity provider strasserauf was launched in the second half of 2009 with the product "electricitaet". The only electricity tariff, which according to the company only consists of hydropower, should be available nationwide and above all appeal to young and environmentally conscious people. In 2012 strasserauf GmbH ceased its business activities. Your electricity product "strasserauf electricitaet" has since been continued and sold by evo.

activity

Evo is involved in many areas in the city of Oberhausen , for example in environmental protection. In the company's own power plants, electricity and district heating are generated in one work step by means of combined heat and power. That is effective and environmentally friendly. In addition, waste heat from the GMVA waste incineration plant and the OXEA Group Ruhrchemie plant is used for district heating, thus saving primary energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions .

Furthermore, evo supports numerous projects and associations in the fields of sport, culture and social affairs. According to the company, there is a particular focus on promoting children and young people. Therefore, according to its own information, the company also trains on demand.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Annual financial statements for the 2018 financial year and the activities of Energieversorgung Oberhausen Aktiengesellschaft In: Bundesanzeiger , July 29, 2019, accessed on February 8, 2020.
  2. Eon, RWE, Innogy: How the energy industry will change with the Innogy sale. Handelsblatt, March 11, 2018, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
  3. ruhr.business-on.de. October 23, 2009, accessed December 3, 2009 .