Kelag
| KELAG-Kärntner Elektrizitäts-Aktiengesellschaft
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1923 |
| Seat | Klagenfurt |
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| Number of employees | 1,494 |
| sales | 1,284.6 million euros |
| Branch | power supply |
| Website | www.kelag.at |
| Status: 2018 | |
The Kelag Group is one of the leading energy service providers in Austria. Group companies are active throughout Austria in the fields of electricity, gas and heating, with a focus on Carinthia. The company, founded in 1923, has extensive experience in the generation, procurement, distribution and sale of grid-bound energy. Kelag is one of the largest electricity producers from renewable energy - hydropower, wind power and photovoltaics - in Austria. The subsidiary KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH is Austria's largest provider of heat based on biomass and industrial waste heat. KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH handles the distribution network operation for electricity and gas in Carinthia. International activities in the fields of hydropower, wind power and photovoltaics as well as energy trading abroad are bundled in KI-KELAG International GmbH. In addition to expanding the use of regenerative energy sources at home and abroad, the focus of Kelag is on activities for the sustainable improvement of energy efficiency. These include, for example, energy efficiency or energy management solutions such as photovoltaics, smart metering and smart home. In addition, Kelag deals with the strategic development fields of e-mobility and broadband / fiber optics. With a group turnover of EUR 1,284.6 million and 1,494 qualified employees, the Kelag Group is one of Carinthia's leading companies.
history
Kelag emerged from KÄWAG (Kärntner Wasserkraftwerke AG), which was founded on January 28, 1923. KÄWAG was given the task of generating peak electricity and setting up a regional electricity network in Carinthia. The Forstsee pumped storage power station was built to generate peak electricity and supplied electricity to the grid from February 1925. Starting from the Forstsee power plant, overhead lines to Klagenfurt , St. Veit and Villach were built, thus merging the existing local electricity networks into a supra-regional network.
In 1939 the company was renamed from KÄWAG to Kärntner Elektrizitäts-Aktiengesellschaft (KELAG). This year Kelag has 46 employees and supplies 68 localities with 2.4 million kWh of in-house electricity and 3.1 million kWh of external electricity via 18 transformer stations . In 1940, the Lassendorf substation connected Carinthia to the national network.
During the Second World War there were frequent failures and malfunctions. The company's own electricity generation drops by 31%, from 5.65 million kWh to 3.9 million kWh. After the end of the war, the Kelag was handed over to the public administration, with a temporary head being appointed. The Kelag plants as of December 31, 1945: Forstsee power plant, Lieserbrücke power plant, five substations, 76 switching and transformer stations, 380 km of high and 196 km of low-voltage lines, 93 transformers and 1,581 built-in meters.
With a resolution of the National Council of March 27, 1947, the electricity industry in Austria was reorganized with the law of nationalization of the electricity industry; All private households, agriculture, trade and industry were to be supplied with electricity. The public administration of Kelag is abolished with the decision of the Federal Ministry for Asset Protection and Economic Planning.
The second nationalization law came into force on March 1, 1948, reorganizing the Austrian electricity industry. In the course of this law, the power plants of Feldkirchen , Spittal , St. Veit, Villach and Wolfsberg were merged with Kelag in order to establish the "new Kelag" as a regional company. The new Kelag had a generation capacity of 13,000 kW and generated around 59 million kWh of electricity per year. The power grid comprised 362 transformer stations, 2,950 km of high and low voltage lines; around 31,000 customer systems were supplied. The company had 222 employees, 353 workers and 35 apprentices.
From 1948 to 1958, Kelag invested in expanding the power grid in Carinthia. In 1949 the construction of the Kamering power station began. When it went into operation in 1951, Kelag's electricity production increased by 50%. In the following years, Kelag took over many smaller EVUs and appeared for the first time at the Klagenfurt trade fair in 1953 to provide information about the company's tasks. In 1955 the program started as part of the residual electrification “Electricity in every Carinthian village”.
In 1957 Kelag opened its own apprenticeship school in St. Veit / Glan, which has trained over 1,300 electrical engineering apprentices to date. With a vocational school, workshop and boarding school, the apprenticeship school was the first of its kind when it opened, and Kelag has been a state-certified training company since 1997.
In 1958 the storage power plant in Freibach and in 1961 the Gail power plant Schütt II went into operation. In addition to its own power plant construction, Kelag acquired power purchase rights to power plants from other companies. In addition, Kelag gradually participated in the ÖDK / Draukraft . In 2000 the 49% stake in Draukraft was converted into a 10% stake in Verbund Hydro Power AG .
The Fragant power plant group was built from 1963 to 2011 . This group consists of a Europe-wide unique system of storage and run-of-river power plants. Today the power plant group has around 480 MW of power plant capacity and generates around 840 million kWh per year. This power plant group is particularly important because of the existing pumped storage power plants. By opening up this high mountain region for the construction of power plants, the Wurtenkees could be expanded into the ski area "Mölltaler Gletscher 3000".
In 1987, Kelag began building the Koralpe storage power plant . The Slovenian company ELES has a 20% stake in this power plant. The storage power plant, which was completed in 1990, was built with strict nature and environmental protection requirements. The Soboth reservoir is now a popular leisure and recreation area. In 2009 the storage power plant was expanded with a pump. It has been in operation since 2011. With it, the annual generation of this power plant has almost doubled to around 160 million kWh of peak electricity.
After Austria joined the EU in 1995 and with the Electricity Industry and Organization Act (ElWOG), the Austrian electricity industry was liberalized . In 2000, the state of Carinthia brought its Kelag shares into the Carinthian energy holding company. In 2001, 49% of the Kärntner Energieholding shares were sold to RWE . 1% of the Kelag shares were acquired by employees of the company.
Customers in Carinthia are supplied with electricity via the network of KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH, with the exception of the Klagenfurt area and a small, private network area in Upper Carinthia.
natural gas
In 1972 Kelag took over all of the shares in Kärntner Ferngas GmbH, which was merged with Kelag in 1982. Local supplies for natural gas have been set up since 1989 .
warmth
In 1972 Kelag also entered the heating business. Today, KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH is the largest provider of heat based on waste heat and biomass in Austria - and also in Carinthia. In 1998 Kelag acquired the Wärmebetriebe Gesellschaft mbH (WBG), in 2007 the Österreichische Fernwärmegesellschaft mbH, which was merged with the Wärmebetriebe Gesellschaft mbH on July 1, 2008 to form KELAG Wärme GmbH.
KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH
KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH is a subsidiary of Kelag, founded in 2005. KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH is responsible for network operation of electricity and network operation of gas in Carinthia. This also includes the implementation of investment and maintenance projects as well as fault clearance management.
Since 1996, the entire line-based energy supply in Carinthia has been monitored and remotely controlled from the main control center in Klagenfurt. With the step-by-step implementation of a central operational management concept, Kelag has been breaking new ground in Austria since 1970.
Companies
owner
- 51.07% Kärntner Energieholding (51% Province of Carinthia, 49% RWE)
- 35.17% composite
- 12.85% innogy
- 0.91% free float
structure
Kelag is 100% owner of KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH, KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH and KI-KELAG International GmbH. Kelag holds important stakes in VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH (10.02%) and in Kärntner Restmüllverwertungs GmbH (74.9%).
Subsidiaries
The subsidiary KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH is responsible for network operation for electricity and network operation for gas in Carinthia. KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH currently has 46 substations, approx. 7,300 transformer stations, approx. 18,000 km of electricity network, 34 reduction stations and approx. 800 km of natural gas network.
The heating business is bundled in KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH. Today it is the largest provider of heat based on waste heat and biomass in Austria. The company operates 77 district heating networks, 27 biomass heating plants and around 900 heating centers. The heat generated by KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH reached a value of 2,216 GWh in 2018.
Fernwärme Arnoldstein supplies waste heat from the garbage recycling plant of Kärntner Restmüllverwertungs GmbH to more than 1,500 households and companies in Arnoldstein. The district heating network is operated by KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH.
Kelag's international business is bundled in KI-KELAG International GmbH. These include the energy company Interenergo, based in Ljubljana, as well as hydropower and wind power projects in south-east Europe.
Board
- Armin Wiersma
The Wiersma department comprises the following organizational units: Finance / Controlling / Accounting, Customer Service / Organization / Processes, Corporate Development / Energy Management, Personnel Management, Sales / Marketing / E-Business
The affiliated companies KI-KELAG International GmbH and Interenergo doo are also assigned to the Wiersma division
- Manfred Friday
The Friday department comprises the following organizational units: Generation / Technical Services, IT / Telecommunications, Group Purchasing and Logistics, Group Communication / Corporate Affairs
The affiliated companies KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH , KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH and Kärntner Restmüllverwertungs GmbH are also assigned to the Friday department .
Energy performance (fiscal year 2018)
Electricity generation: 18,595 million kWh Gas generation: 2,396 million kWh Heat generation: 2,216 million kWh
Key figures 2018
The share capital is EUR 58 million, sales are EUR 1,285 million and the operating result was EUR 111 million.
Technical equipment
Power plants (as of May 23, 2018)
The Kelag power plants have a power plant output of 755 MW and a generation from renewable energy of 1,574 million kWh per year. With subscription rights to other companies' power plants, Kelag has a power plant output of 599 MW and hydropower generation of 1,759 million kWh per year.
Storage power plants (11)
Pumped storage power plants are particularly important among the storage power plants. These power plants are able to both consume and generate electricity, which enables fluctuations in generation and consumption by customers to be balanced out.
- KW Extraordinary
- KW Feldsee (pump storage)
- KW Haselstein
- KW Oschenik (pumped storage)
- KW Wölla
- KW Wurten
- KW Zirknitz
- KW Forstsee
- KW Freibach (pumped storage)
- KW Kamering
- KW Koralpe (pump storage)
Run-of-river power plants (49)
39 Kelag power plants in Carinthia
- KW Althofen
- KW Arriach
- KW Bärental 1
- KW Bärental 2
- KW Bärental 3
- KW Bärental 4
- KW Dellach
- KW Ebriach
- KW diligence 1
- KW diligence 2
- KW Frantschach
- KW feed
- KW Gabl
- KW Gailitz
- KW Gmeineck
- KW Gmünd
- KW Gößfall
- KW Goessnitz
- KW Hüttenberg
- KW Kaningbach
- KW Kirchbach
- KW Kleinkirchheim
- KW Launsdorf
- KW Lieserbrücke
- KW topsoil
- KW Passering
- KW Peratschitzen
- KW Radegund
- KW Roter Graben
- KW Schütt 1
- KW Schütt 2
- KW Simmerlach
- KW Thörl
- KW Töplitsch
- KW Tröpolach (51% Kelag, 49% AAE Tröpolach)
- KW Untertweng
- KW honeycomb
- KW Waidisch
- KW Winkl
Mürzkraftwerke in Styria
- KW Rittis
- KW Mitterdorf 1
- KW Mitterdorf 2
- KW Lichtenegg 1
- KW Lichtenegg 2
- KW Wartberg 1
- KW Wartberg 2
- KW Wartbergkogel
- KW Kindthal
Kelag power plants abroad
- KW Postica (Serbia)
- KW Lumbardhi (Kosovo)
- KW Novakovici (Bosnia)
- KW Paloc (Bosnia)
- KW Rosewood (Bosnia)
Wind power plants
- Balchik wind farm (Bulgaria)
- Mihai Viteazu wind farm (Romania)
- Dudesti wind farm (Romania)
- Pogoanele wind farm (Romania)
- Nikitsch wind farm (Burgenland)
Heating systems
Kelag has 77 district heating networks, 27 biomass heating plants and approx. 900 heating centers.
Distribution network electricity
Kelag's power distribution network comprises around 18,000 km of electricity network, 46 substations and around 7,300 transformer stations.
Natural gas distribution network
The natural gas network is approx. 800 km long and has 34 reduction stations.
Projects
With projects such as “Generation Climate Protection” and energy consultancy, Kelag is committed to creating better energy and environmental awareness among its customers. For this purpose, Kelag places commercials and advertisements, and also offers energy-saving tips and advice online on its website. In addition, energy consultants are employed who, among other things, appear at home construction fairs and provide information.
With the smart metering technology, Kelag wants to create a further possibility for its customers to make the conscious consumption of energy and its control easier. The Ferlach pilot project is also running.
In addition, Kelag is committed to electromobility and e-filling stations in Carinthia. The Kelag fleet already has several e-vehicles. Furthermore, Kelag is committed to forming opinions in the field of e-mobility.
In September 2016, the company announced that it would not provide free electricity for electric cars at the 170 Kelag filling stations. The energy consumption should be billed to the minute.
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] (PDF file; 10.50 MB)
- ^ Anniversary edition "Energy for Carinthia" 1988
- ↑ Chronicle of Kelag ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Page accessed on September 3, 2013
- ↑ Natural gas and heat ( memento of the original dated November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Retrieved September 3, 2013
- ↑ KÄRNTEN Netz ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Retrieved September 3, 2013
- ↑ Owner of the Kelag Group ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Retrieved September 3, 2013
- ↑ Structure of the Kelag Group ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 7, 2014
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ ORF ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Carinthia today . Off for free electricity for e-cars, from September 4, 2016, 7:00 p.m., accessed on September 6, 2016
