BS Energy
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| legal form | Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG |
| Seat | Braunschweig , Germany |
| management | Julien Mounier, Paul Anfang, Matthias Henze, Dr. Volker Lang |
| Number of employees | 1,239 (group of companies) (2016) |
| sales | 699.2 million euros (parent company) (2015) |
| Branch | Public utilities |
| Website | bs-energy.de |
BS Energy (official long form: Braunschweiger Versorgungs-AG & Co. KG ) and the associated subsidiaries are active in the fields of electricity, gas, district heating, drinking water, urban drainage, urban lighting and traffic lights and are responsible for network operations in Braunschweig . It also appears as a nationwide electricity provider.
history
The "Braunschweigische Gaserleuchtungsgesellschaft" was founded in 1851. The city water supply was started in 1865. The public power supply network went into operation in 1900 with direct current. In 1901 the Giersberg water tower was built , which still shapes the image of the surrounding district today. From 1924 the district heating network was expanded, which has been operated using combined heat and power since 1931 . In 1938 the plans for the electric street lighting of the city of Braunschweig were drawn up and the individual municipal businesses were merged to form the Braunschweig municipal utilities. In 1943, drinking water was obtained from the Harz for the first time. From 1997 to 2000, subsidiaries were founded for the telecommunications, energy services and energy networks sectors. After the liberalization of the electricity market in 1998, Braunschweiger Versorgungs-AG supplied the first private customer outside of his traditional area on May 1, 1999. Like its sister company, Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG , Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG was a 100% subsidiary of Stadtwerke Braunschweig GmbH. Up to 2002 there was a control and profit transfer agreement. The municipal utilities worked “in the name and for the account”. Until 1998 the public utility company appeared to the customer. Then the market communication switched to supply AG. A brand change took place in 2001, the logo color changed from green to blue, accompanied by a more modern font and the introduction of the BS Energy brand.
In 2002 a majority stake in Stadtwerke was sold to the American energy company TXU , whose European company had to file for bankruptcy that same year. In 2005, the shares in TXU were sold to the French environmental service provider Veolia Environnement (Veolia for short) in a public bidding process by the city of Braunschweig . In the same year, the subsidiary SE | BS was founded, which is responsible for urban drainage. After the Braunschweig city lighting was taken over in another bidding process in a consortium with Siemens, the number of employees at BS Energy has grown again to over 1000. The legal form changed in 2006 to an AG & Co. KG.
Ownership structure
Shareholders / corporate governance
In addition to the majority of the capital (50.1%) held by Veolia through its German subsidiary Veolia Deutschland, the city of Braunschweig holds 25.1% of the shares through the municipal subsidiary Stadtwerke Braunschweig GmbH; the city of Braunschweig provides the mayor Ulrich Markurth as the chairman of the supervisory board. Thüga AG, based in Munich, has a further 24.8% of the shares.
Holdings
In addition to its stakes in the divisional companies SE | BS (urban drainage), BS | NETZ (energy networks), KOM | DIA (digitization agency ), BELLIS ( traffic light systems) and the Harz waterworks , BS Energy also holds shares in the SOWIWAS-Sonne Wind und Wasser GmbH generation project & Co BS Wind KG (wind turbine in Geitelde, Vestas V80 ).
In 2007, BS Energy acquired a stake in a formerly pure heat supplier in Thale, which BS Energy supported in the development of a complete municipal utility. The investment was sold to G + D Gesellschaft für Energiemanagement mbH in April 2017.
In 2008, BS Energy, Veolia Water and Stadtwerke Hameln (each 16.5% of the shares) were awarded the contract in a tender process for the concession contracts of the City of Springe . The city of Springe holds 50.5% of the shares in Stadtwerke Springe .
In 2009 BS Energy and Veolia Water were awarded the contract in a tender process for the concession contracts of the city of Pulheim . The city of Pulheim holds 51% of the shares in Stadtwerke Pulheim GmbH. The stake was sold to Rheinenergie AG in January 2018.
In 2011, BS Energy founded the Elm-Lappwald public utility together with the city of Königslutter am Elm , the municipality of Nord-Elm and the municipality of Mariental . BS Energy holds 49% of the shares in Stadtwerke Elm-Lappwald GmbH.
In 2013, BS Energy ran the Gifhorn public utility together with the city of Gifhorn. BS Energy holds 49% of the shares.
Products and sales volumes
In 2016, electricity sales were 2530 million kWh, natural gas sales were 2750 GWh and heat sales in the district heating networks were 859 million kWh. The city's water supply required the supply of 13.2 million m³ of drinking water. In addition, BS Energy is in charge of the maintenance and repair of public lighting in six German cities. A total of around 47,000 lighting points are operated. In addition to common gas and electricity products, BS Energy also offers natural electricity to household and small customers. In addition, BS Energy supplies electricity to commercial, bundled and large customers throughout Germany on the basis of special contracts or public tenders.
Gas is only offered in the Lower Saxony region. The gas network and now two natural gas filling stations are operated in Braunschweig. District heating makes up a high proportion of room heating in Braunschweig, currently around 45%.
The city of Braunschweig is almost completely supplied with drinking water from the Harz region . Most of the well production was stopped. Only the waterworks on Bienroder Weg is still in operation. Approx. 2% of the city's needs are currently funded here. The treated wastewater is partly rained on agricultural arable land on which maize is grown for biogas production and renewable energy generation.
BS Energy supports the city of Braunschweig in expanding the network of electric charging stations. There are now 17 publicly accessible fast charging stations in operation in the Lion City. There are also two charging stations at the company's headquarters on Taubenstrasse and another for research purposes on the main campus of the TU Braunschweig .
As an infrastructure service provider, BS Energy is also responsible for the fiber optic network in Braunschweig.
Generating plants
On the traditional power plant site in Braunschweig, BS Energy has the combined heat and power plants HKW Mitte (hard coal, gas), a gas and steam turbine system that went into operation in 2010 and HKW Nord (gas turbine). In addition, smaller block-type thermal power stations based on biomass and biogas are operated in Braunschweig to generate electricity and heat. Green electricity is also generated with the water turbine in the pressure station of the drinking water supply and with wind turbines on Geitelder Berg. In the Steinhof sewage treatment plant , biogas is used as fuel for internal processes.
Promotion of culture and sport
BS Energy is a long-term sponsor of Eintracht Braunschweig , the Basketball Löwen , the Braunschweig State Theater and the Braunschweig Community Foundation . BS Energy also supports numerous community and social projects, including at schools in Braunschweig.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.bs-energy.de/privatkunden/unternehmen/bsenergy-im-profil/management/
- ↑ https://www.bs-energy.de/privatkunden/unternehmen/bsenergy-im-profil/kennzahlen/
- ↑ Comparison of CHP Separately ( Memento from September 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The BS Energy history on the company's official website, accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Stadtwerke Thale: GETEC and Deutsche Wohnen strengthen partnership by acquiring Stadtwerke Thale. Retrieved July 28, 2017 (English).
- ↑ stadtwerke-springe.de: home page. Retrieved July 28, 2017 (English).
- ↑ stadtwerke-pulheim.de: Homepage of Stadtwerke Pulheim GmbH. Retrieved July 28, 2017 (English).
- ↑ stadtwerke-pulheim.de: Stadtwerke Pulheim get new shareholders. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ^ Stadtwerke Elm-Lappwald: Home page. Retrieved July 28, 2017 .
- ^ Stadtwerke Gifhorn: Home. Retrieved July 28, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Key figures - BS | ENERGY. Accessed January 24, 2018 (German).
Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 44.4 " N , 10 ° 31 ′ 45.4" E