Community public utilities Kamen, Bönen, Bergkamen

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GSW Gemeinschaftstadtwerke GmbH Kamen, Bönen, Bergkamen

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Seat Kamen (Germany)
Number of employees 194 (2017)
sales 138.5 million euros (2016)
Branch Energy and water supply, leisure facilities
Website http://www.gsw-kamen.de http://www.gsw-freizeit.de

The GSW Community Stadtwerke GmbH Kamen, Bönen, Bergkamen is a local utility company for Kamen , Bönen and Bergkamen . The company, based in Kamen, supplies electricity, natural gas, district heating and drinking water and also operates two outdoor pools, four indoor pools, a small swimming pool and a sauna. At the same time, GSW offers telecommunications and Internet services.

history

The gas supply in Kamen was established in 1865, the water supply in 1888, and the electricity supply in 1921. On January 1, 1989, the Stadtwerke GmbH was founded - initially as a company owned by the city of Kamen.

In 1994 it became apparent that the concession contracts with the United Electricity Works Westphalia (VEW) would expire and should not be extended. With the aim of using synergies, minimizing losses and increasing profits, GSW Gemeinschaftstadtwerke GmbH Kamen, Bönen, Bergkamen was founded - a supply company for three municipalities with around 125,000 inhabitants. The construct: the cities of Bergkamen and Kamen have a 42 percent stake in the municipal utilities, the municipality of Bönen holds 16 percent of the shares. The partnership agreement was certified in December 1994. The VEW initially continued to supply the electrical energy, but the GSW distributed it. In addition, several leisure facilities of the shareholder communities as well as the former Kamen public utility were transferred to the new company. GSW currently maintains two outdoor pools, four indoor pools, a small swimming pool and a sauna.

In 1999 the gas network concessions in Bergkamen and Bönen were transferred to GSW. In the same year, the company entered the telecommunications business with the establishment of the GSWcom sales company . GSW has been operating the district heating network in Bergkamen-Mitte and -Weddinghofen since 2003 . The coupling of electricity and heat generation is used by GSW in its four combined heat and power units (CHP).

GSW has been involved in various companies since 2005 and in the following years - for example in the Trianel public utility network , which was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between public utilities, municipal and regional utilities. While the GSW in the urban area of ​​Kamen-Mitte has always been responsible for the supply of drinking water, it has also been in Bergkamen, Bönen and the Kamener districts since 2010. With the founding of GSW Wasser-plus GmbH, they supply the people there together with GELSENWASSER AG.

The electricity network concession contracts with the municipalities ended at the end of 2014, but the GSW successfully applied for the new network concessions. The new contracts came into force on January 1, 2015 and run for 20 years. Street lighting also remains the responsibility of GSW.

structure

The shareholders of GSW Gemeinschaftstadtwerke GmbH Kamen, Bönen, Bergkamen are each 42 percent of the cities of Kamen and Bergkamen and 16 percent of the municipality of Bönen. Jochen Baudrexl is the managing director of GSW. The chairman of the supervisory board is Roland Schäfer.

numbers

In 2017, GSW's network operations managed a network length of 444 kilometers in the gas sector, a network length of 545 kilometers in the drinking water sector, a network length of 1,558 kilometers in the electricity sector and a network length of 60 kilometers in the district heating sector. Of the net income for the 2017 financial year of 2.5 million euros, 1.5 million euros were distributed to the shareholders and 1.0 million euros were transferred to the retained earnings.

Holdings

The GSW are involved in the following companies:

In the field of energy and water supply:

  • GSW Wasser-plus GmbH (50%)
  • Stadtwerke Energieverbund SEV GmbH (15%)
  • Stadtwerkverbund Hellweg-Lippe Netz Verwaltungs-GmbH i. L. (33%)
  • Stadtwerkverbund Hellweg-Lippe Netz GmbH & Co. KG (33%)
  • Energiehandelsgesellschaft West mbH (9.59%)
  • Trianel GmbH (0.83%)

In the area of ​​generation:

  • Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG (2.5%)
  • Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. KG (2.69%)
  • Trianel Gaskraftwerk Hamm GmbH & Co. KG (2.2%)
  • Trianel Gasspeicher Epe GmbH & Co. KG (2.0%)
  • Trianel Erneuerbare Energien GmbH & Co. KG (2.41%)

In the telecommunications sector:

  • GSWcom Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH (100%)
  • HeLi NET Verwaltung GmbH (24%)
  • HeLi NET Telekommunikation GmbH & Co. KG (29.5%)

In the area of ​​other:

  • Technopark Kamen GmbH (8%)
  • Provion Stadtwerke IT Gesellschaft (50%)

Commitment to renewable energies

The production and sale of electricity from renewable energies such as sunlight and heat, wind energy, hydropower, biomass and geothermal energy play a major role for GSW. Together with 33 municipal utilities, GSW is involved in Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG (TWB). To the north of the Borkum coast, 80 Multibrid wind turbines are being built, which in the long term will supply around 400,000 households with green electricity. The first 40 systems went into operation in early 2015. GSW has also been involved in Trianel Windpark Borkum II GmbH & Co. KG since the beginning of 2017 and is thus expanding your wind farm portfolio. It is the second expansion stage of the municipal offshore wind farm in the North Sea. GSW has been operating its own onshore wind farms in southern Germany since 2012 - one of the largest investments in the history of the energy provider. In the meantime, GSW has seven wind turbines in Bergtheim and Hardheim. In addition to wind energy, the company relies on the power of the sun to generate electricity and has 18 photovoltaic systems on urban roof surfaces.

Recreational facilities

The company operates two outdoor pools, four indoor pools, a small swimming pool and a sauna. In addition, the community utilities organize swimming courses, fitness courses and events in their facilities.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h https://www.gsw-kamen.de/unternehmen/geschaeftsberichte-imagebroschuere cf. GSWgemeinschaftstadtwerke GmbH Kamen, Bönen, Bergkamen, 2014 annual report and GSWgemeinschaftstadtwerke GmbH Kamen, Bönen, Bergkamen, tradition meets future, company brochure 2014
  2. ↑ Westfälischer Anzeiger Bergkamen December 31, 1994, Westfälische Rundschau December 17, 1994, Westfälische Rundschau February 15, 1995
  3. ↑ https://www.gsw-kamen.de/unternehmen/geschaeftsberichte-imagebroschuere cf. GSW Gemeinschaftstadtwerke GmbH Kamen, Bönen, Bergkamen, brochure 125 years of water supply in Kamen-Mitte, 2013

Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 20.2 "  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 53.7"  E