Northwest German power plants
| Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1899/1900 |
| resolution | 1985 |
| Reason for dissolution | fusion |
| Seat | Hamburg , Germany |
| Branch | power supply |
The Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG , often abbreviated NWK , was a German electricity supply company based in Hamburg . The area of activity extended to western Lower Saxony, the Hamburg area and southern Schleswig-Holstein.
In 1899/1900 Siemens Elektro Betriebe AG was founded from the GmbH of the same name , a subsidiary of Siemens & Halske . From 1925 onwards, the company, now majority owned by Preußische Elektrizitäts-AG ( PREAG , later PreussenElektra ), operated as Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG . The company existed until 1985 when it merged into the parent company.
The power plants of the NWK included u. a. the power plant Farge , the coal-fired power station Lübeck-Siems , the nuclear power plant Unterweser and Torfkraftwerk Wiesmoor .
literature
- Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG (ed.): 75 years of NWK. 75 years of reflections on the development of electricity in words and pictures, collected for the Friends of the NWK (1900-1975) . Self-published, Bremen 1975.