Hanseatic Works
| Hansewerk AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | October 1, 2014 |
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Quickborn , Germany
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| Number of employees | 1,800 |
| sales | 3.0 billion euros (2019) |
| Branch | energy |
| Website | hansewerk.com |
| Status: 2019 | |
The Hanseatic Werk AG is an energy service provider with a focus on network operation and distributed power generation based in Quickborn , which is majority-owned by E.ON is. The company operates around 48,000 kilometers of electricity and 21,000 kilometers of gas pipelines in many municipalities in northern Germany itself or through its subsidiaries. About 2.8 million people in the federal states of Schleswig-Holstein , Hamburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Brandenburg and Lower Saxony are supplied with electricity , natural gas or heat via the group's energy networks . Through its subsidiary Hanseatic Natur she is responsible for 800 kilometers heating networks, heating systems 1000 and 200 cogeneration units. In the past few years, the company has connected 36,000 systems for the generation of renewable energies with a feed-in capacity of 8,900 MW to the grids.
history
2003 E.ON Hanse AG founded
On September 1, 2003 E.ON Hanse AG was initially formed by merging from Schleswag , Hamburger Gaswerke , (colloquially HeinGas ) and HanseGas.
2010 Separation of power generation and grid
In 2010, E.ON AG, as the parent company, announced a change of strategy due to the expected financial burdens from the federal government's energy concept. Accordingly, the group should in future concentrate on the power plant business, primarily abroad. In order to reduce debt, it was expected in this context that the electricity and gas networks would lose their importance for E.ON AG and would be gradually sold. Northern Germany plays an important role for E.ON in order to take advantage of the entrepreneurial opportunities of the energy transition, emphasized E.ON CEO Johannes Teyssen with regard to the region's importance as a wind power location. Because more and more municipalities were interested in participating in the network operation, Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG was founded to give municipalities the opportunity to participate in the network. E.ON Hanse held 56.43 percent of the company at the time. E.ON Hanse operated the Hamburg network through its subsidiary Hamburg Netz GmbH. On November 28, 2011, contracts between E.ON Hanse AG and HGV were concluded, according to which HGV Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH acquired 25.1 percent of the networks with effect from July 2012. E.ON Hanse drew up the "Energy Concept for Hamburg" cooperation agreement with the Free and Hanseatic City, which was presented at the state press conference on November 29, 2011. In this cooperation agreement, the company declared its readiness to work for an energy supply oriented towards the common good and to support the achievement of climate protection goals.
According to an Infratest-Dimap survey from January 2012, the Hamburg Senate received majority support from the population for its efforts to participate in the networks. The loss of the Hamburg gas supply network would have a significant impact on the profit and loss situation of the E.ON Hanse Group, since the energy industry generates significant profit margins in the network business and the pure energy sales only generate low margins. The network charges are set and monitored by the Federal Network Agency.
2013 referendum on the purchase of the Hamburg gas network
The initiative "Our Hamburg - our network" , which had been demanding the full repurchase of the energy supply networks in the Hanseatic city since 2010, won a referendum on September 22, 2013 with just under 50.9 percent approval, which meant a lead of only 15,000 votes. The approval had fallen: In February 2013, 64 percent of Hamburg residents had spoken out in favor of a buyback. According to a ruling by the Federal Court of Justice in December 2013, municipalities must select the network operator in a non-discriminatory and transparent process. This also applies if a municipality intends to transfer the network to its own municipal utility. In the opinion of the BGH, the goals of network operation efficiency, consumer friendliness, inexpensive and safe supply and environmental compatibility must be given priority in the case of a non-discriminatory award. This judgment is of fundamental importance and also decisive for the further procedure after the referendum in Hamburg.
2014 restructuring and renaming as HanseWerk AG
On October 1, 2014, the company was restructured and renamed as HanseWerk AG . The further development of the corporate group and the renaming was preceded by a strengthening of the communal influence. The Schleswig-Holstein districts hold 31% in the company. The majority of HanseWerk belongs to the E.ON group of companies. With this measure, HanseWerk also complied with state requirements for the separation of networks and energy sales. The renaming of the company to HanseWerk did not change anything for electricity and gas customers, as this business area was also transferred to E.ON Vertrieb as part of the restructuring. In the same year, HanseWerk also took over the 110 kV high-voltage lines in Schleswig-Holstein.
2017 founding of the subsidiary HanseGas GmbH
HanseWerk is transferring the gas networks it operates in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg to its newly founded subsidiary HanseGas GmbH.
2018 Implementation of the referendum to buy back the Hamburg gas network
Hamburg Netz GmbH becomes Gasnetz Hamburg.
2019 founding of the subsidiary ElbEnergie
HanseWerk buys the gas networks operated by Schleswig-Holstein Netz in the districts of Stade and Harburg and founds the new subsidiary ElbEnergie.
Corporate structure
Corporate governance
Board
The board consists of three members. The CEO is Matthias Boxberger. Further board members are Andreas Fricke and Jörn Klimant .
Supervisory board
The supervisory board consists of 20 members, including ten employee representatives and several district administrators. As of 2020, the following people sit on the Supervisory Board:
- Joachim Schneider, Senior Vice President Energy Networks Technology & Innovation, E.ON SE
- Peter Grau, Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG
- Rolf-Oliver Schwemer, Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
- Birgit Birkenstock, E.ON SE
- Marten Bunnemann , Avacon AG
- Lisbeth Buschkühl, E.ON SE
- Henning Görtz, Stormarn district
- Karina Hansen, Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG
- Heiko Fromm, HanseWerk AG
- Berith Jordan, Ver.di district of Lübeck / Ostholstein
- Mario Klepp, ver.di Northern District
- Björn Krings, ver.di district of Hamburg
- Christoph Mager, district of the Duchy of Lauenburg
- Martina Neas, Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG
- Dennis calculator, Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG
- Reinhard Sager, Ostholstein district
- Jan Peter Schröder, Segeberg district
- Melanie Wiese, Senior Vice President Accounting & Reporting, Innogy SE
- Sönke Vonsien, Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG
- Thorsten Weber, Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG
Shareholders
In addition to E.ON SE (66.53%), there are the following municipal shareholders (33.47%):
- District of Dithmarschen
- Circle Hzgt. Lauenburg
- North Friesland district
- Ostholstein district
- Pinneberg district
- Plön district
- District of Rendsburg-Eckernförde
- Schleswig-Flensburg district
- Segeberg district
- Steinburg district
- Stormarn district
subsidiary company
HanseWerk AG has the following subsidiaries.
- HanseGas GmbH 100.00%
- Hansewerk Natur GmbH 100.00%
- ElbEnergie GmbH 100.00%
- Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG 60.49%
- Schleswig-Holstein Netz Verwaltungs-GmbH 100.00%
- Neumünster Netz Beteiligungs-GmbH 50.10%
- Utilities Helgoland GmbH 49.00%
- SERVICE PLUS GmbH 100.00%
- NORD-direkt GmbH 100.00%
- Holsteiner Wasser GmbH 50.00%
- Windenergiepark Westüste GmbH 80.00%
- e.kundenservice Netz GmbH 13.82%
- GasLine Telekommunikationsnetzgesellschaft deutscher Gasversorgungsunternehmen mbH & Co. KG 5.00%
- GasLine telecommunications network management company of German gas supply companies GmbH 5.00%
- Society for Energy and Climate Protection GmbH 33.33%
- Charge-ON GmbH 20.00%
- Broadband network GmbH & Co. KG 13.18%
- OpenXS GmbH 10.00%
Status: 2019
Planning for the energy transition
For the period from 2014 to 2016, the company implemented an investment program of 500 million euros, among other things for the further implementation of the energy transition in northern Germany. Above all, the energy networks were expanded in order to meet the great demand for renewable energies and to ensure network stability in the future as well. Examples are:
- the new construction or reinforcement of three 110,000-volt power lines
- the construction or expansion of 80 substations
- the installation of hundreds of more powerful local network transformers
In the meantime, Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG, which belongs to the HanseWerk Group, has connected over 90 percent of the EEG generation capacity from sun, wind and biomass installed in the state to its network. Most of the approximately 36,000 systems connected to the grid are installed in the districts of North Friesland, Dithmarschen and Schleswig-Flensburg. HanseWerk runs several research projects for the energy transition, in which several million euros are invested every year: In 2015, the most modern power-to-gas plant in Germany went into operation in Hamburg , with which wind power is converted into gas and fed into the natural gas network. From 2012 to 2018, HanseWerk operated the first intelligent power grid in Northern Germany on Pellworm, in which EEG generation, power storage and consumption are coordinated. In order to be able to make even greater use of the great potential of renewable energies in the north, HanseWerk is pursuing a double strategy: on the one hand, the close coupling between the further expansion of the renewable energy systems and that of the power grids and, on the other hand, better on-site utilization of the green electricity generated in the region. HanseWerk also expands its vehicle fleet by ten additional electric cars every year. With 245 charging points , HanseWerk is one of the largest operators of charging infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein and offers municipal partners and business customers support from setting up and connecting to the grid to operating the charging station as a complete package. Last year alone, Hanse-Werk built 140 additional charging points in Schleswig-Holstein. A further 90 charging points are to be created in 2019.
Events and sponsorship
- SH Netz Cup - annual rowing competition in Rendsburg
- Support for the Hamburg homeless newspaper Hinz und Kunzt
- Sponsor Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
Footnotes
- ↑ The HanseWerk Group in numbers. (No longer available online.) In: Website of HanseWerk AG. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014 ; accessed on October 8, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hansewerk is investing 500 million euros in the energy network. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved October 2, 2014 .
- ↑ High investments planned. In: Die WELT Online. Retrieved October 6, 2014 .
- ↑ HanseWerk GmbH
- ↑ E.ON Hanse becomes HanseWerk. In: Lauenburger online newspaper. Retrieved October 6, 2014 .
- ^ History. (No longer available online.) In: E.ON Hanse AG website. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010 ; Retrieved March 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ROUNDUP: Eon boss announces change of strategy - more billions in sales. In: Finanz.net . November 10, 2010, accessed March 21, 2012 .
- ↑ Johannes Teyssen : Ways, detours and wrong ways into the energy future. (PDF; 72 kB) Lecture at the New Year's Reception of the IHK in Kiel on January 12, 2011. Accessed on March 21, 2012 .
- ↑ E.ON Hanse Subsidiaries and Holdings. (No longer available online.) In: Homepage eon-hanse.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010 ; Retrieved July 24, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Communication from the Senate to the citizenship. (PDF; 132 kB) Accessed July 24, 2012 .
- ↑ Energy concept for Hamburg: Cooperation agreement for future-oriented gas and heat supply Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg - E.ON AG. (PDF; 117 kB) Accessed March 16, 2012 .
- ↑ Hamburg creates the energy transition. (PDF; 3.0 MB) Presentation before the state press conference on November 29, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2012 .
- ^ Communication from the Senate to the citizenship. (PDF; 132 kB) Accessed July 24, 2012 .
- ↑ LandesTREND Hamburg, January 2012. Majority of Hamburg residents in favor of buying back energy networks. (No longer available online.) In: Infratest dimap . Archived from the original on August 26, 2013 ; Retrieved March 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Federal Network Agency Network Charges. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 24, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Majority achieved in referendum: citizens in Hamburg buy back their energy networks. In: focus.de . Retrieved January 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Majority of Hamburgers for buying back the energy networks In: welt.de . Retrieved January 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Federal Court of Justice for the award of electricity network concessions by the municipalities. In: Press release of the Federal Court of Justice of December 18, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2014 .
- ↑ BGH makes it difficult for municipalities to buy back electricity grids. In: welt.de . Retrieved January 13, 2014 .
- ↑ a b E.ON Hanse becomes HanseWerk. In: Kiel News. Retrieved October 7, 2014 .
- ↑ HanseGas as a subsidiary. In: Website entry HanseWerk. Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ The Hamburg gas network has been completely urban again since the beginning of the year. In: Press release on Hamburg.de. Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ The founding of ElbEnergie. In: Website entry HanseWerk. Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Management. In: Website of the HanseWerk AG. Retrieved October 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Shareholder. Retrieved October 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Daughters and holdings. In: Website of the HanseWerk AG. Retrieved October 1, 2014 .
- ↑ 500 million euros in investments. In: Börse Online. Retrieved October 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Eon Hanse is now called HanseWerk. In: newspaper for local economy. Retrieved October 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Charging solutions for e-cars. In: Website of the HanseWerk AG. Retrieved August 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Schleswig-Holstein Network Cup. In: Website of the Schleswig-Holstein Netz Cup. Retrieved October 1, 2014 .
- ↑ Main sponsors of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. In: Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Retrieved October 8, 2014 .
