Stadtwerke Heidelberg
| Stadtwerke Heidelberg | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1970 (as an AG) |
| Seat | Heidelberg, Germany |
| management | Managing director: Rudolf Irmscher, chairman of the supervisory board: Eckart Würzner |
| Number of employees | 1,060 |
| sales | € 270.1 million |
| Branch | Energy supply, public utilities |
| Website | www.swhd.de |
The Stadtwerke Heidelberg GmbH is an energy supplier with the electricity, gas and heat. They have also taken over the drinking water supply on behalf of the city of Heidelberg and other municipalities. In Heidelberg, they also operate the swimming pools, several parking garages and the mountain railways and carry out organizational and financial tasks in public transport for the city. Stadtwerke Heidelberg is 100% owned by the city of Heidelberg. The company is organized as a group with a holding company and subsidiaries.
history
The public water supply in Heidelberg began in 1872 with the first spring taps and distribution via supply lines in the city. Five years later, in October 1877, the gasworks in the Bergheim district of Heidelberg became the property of the city. The municipal power station was built in 1899 and completed in 1900, and in 1934 the first district heating was built. The systems and networks were gradually expanded, with interruptions during the war.
The beginnings of public transport took place at the same time: In 1885 the Heidelberg tram and mountain railway company Leferenz & Co. was founded and the horse-drawn tram opened in Heidelberg's old town. In 1890 the cable car's maiden voyage from the Kornmarkt station in Heidelberg's old town to Molkenkur took place halfway to the Königstuhl summit. In 1902 the first electric tram ran between what was then Heidelberg Central Station and the market square.
In 1970 the Stadtwerke, previously run by the city itself, were converted into a stock corporation. In 1975 the company group was renamed Heidelberger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (HVV) with the subsidiaries Stadtwerke Heidelberg AG (SWH) and Heidelberger Straßen- und Bergbahn AG (HSB). In 1980 the Heidelberger Garagengesellschaft mbH (HGG) was added as a new division. From 1971 to 1989 the public utilities were headed by Andreas Christou. He initiated u. a. the district heating network and, as a novelty in Germany, wheelchair-accessible buses on every line.
In 1989 the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) was founded. The HSB joined this transport and tariff association. There was another major change in 2005: Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV), as a subsidiary of HSB, VBL, RHB, MVV Verkehr and MVV OEG, has been operating their city and tram lines, railway lines and bus routes since March 1st.
In 2007, HVV was renamed Heidelberger Stadtwerke GmbH and restructured at the same time: SWH Stadtwerke Heidelberg Netze und Umwelt GmbH, responsible for network operations, and SWH Stadtwerke Heidelberg Handel und Vertrieb GmbH, responsible for energy sales, emerged from Stadtwerke Heidelberg AG. This took account of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) , which stipulates the separation between network and sales . The Heidelberg Tram and Mountain Railway (HSB) was converted from an AG to a GmbH. In the same year, the municipal swimming pools also switched to Heidelberger Stadtwerke GmbH and were integrated into the group of companies as Heidelberger Schwimmbäder GmbH & Co. KG.
Two years later the Heidelberger Stadtwerke GmbH received the name Stadtwerke Heidelberg GmbH, which is still valid today. The names of the other companies changed in line with the group. Stadtwerke Heidelberg Netze und Umwelt GmbH became two companies: Heidelberg Netze GmbH and Municipal Infrastructure and Service GmbH (KIS), renamed Stadtwerke Heidelberg Umwelt GmbH in 2011.
Locations
The head office of Stadtwerke Heidelberg is in the Kurfürsten-Anlage in Heidelberg near the main train station of Heidelberg. Another factory site is located in the Pfaffengrund district.
Supervisory board
The supervisory board consists of 15 members:
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Eckart Würzner, Lord Mayor of the City of Heidelberg
- 1 representative of the city of Heidelberg
- 6 representatives of the Heidelberg City Council
- 7 employee representatives
Subsidiaries
Energy business
Stadtwerke Heidelberg's energy business is carried out by its subsidiaries Stadtwerke Heidelberg Energie, Stadtwerke Heidelberg Netze, Stadtwerke Heidelberg Umwelt and Stadtwerke Neckargemünd. The Stadtwerke Heidelberg Group holds more than 50 percent stakes in these companies, the remaining stake is held by the City of Heidelberg or Stadtwerke Neckargemünd near the city of Neckargemünd.
- Stadtwerke Heidelberg Energie (59.1% stake): The tasks of Stadtwerke Heidelberg Energie include energy procurement and delivery, energy sales and energy management.
- Stadtwerke Heidelberg Netze (94.9% stake): Stadtwerke Heidelberg Netze is responsible for the expansion and operation of the energy, water and broadband networks and systems. They also offer network services and operations management.
- Stadtwerke Heidelberg Umwelt (100% stake): Stadtwerke Heidelberg Umwelt build the company's generation plants and provide energy services for the city of Heidelberg.
- Stadtwerke Neckargemünd (54.96% stake): Stadtwerke Neckargemünd supply the city of Neckargemünd including the districts of Dilsberg, Mückenloch and Waldhilsbach with gas, heat, water and street lighting. They also operate a parking garage in the old town.
Further services for the municipality
Stadtwerke Heidelberg with further subsidiaries takes on tasks in the city of Heidelberg:
- Stadtwerke Heidelberg Bäder (100% stake)
- Stadtwerke Heidelberg garages (100% stake)
- Heidelberg Tram and Mountain Railway (HSB) (62.7% stake)
(see business areas and services).
Other holdings
Stadtwerke Heidelberg has the following shares in other energy supply companies:
- Stadtwerke Schwetzingen, administration (25.1% stake)
- Stadtwerke Schwetzingen (20.1% stake)
- Heidelberg Services (20% stake)
- Trianel Aachen (1.2% stake)
All participations of Stadtwerke Heidelberg in a graphical overview.
Business areas and services
energy
Stadtwerke Heidelberg Energie offers energy products for end customers in the fields of electricity, gas, district heating and services such as energy saving advice on the efficient use of energy.
As part of their 2020/2030 energy concept, they are expanding new systems to generate their own electricity and heat from renewable energies and gas. In 2014, a wood-fired thermal power station went online on the factory premises in Pfaffengrund, and six new block-type thermal power stations were built. A heat store is being planned. At the same time, they are expanding and consolidating their district heating network.
In the field of photovoltaics, Stadtwerke Heidelberg operates systems for private and commercial customers. Stadtwerke Heidelberg's largest solar system is located on the former Feilheck landfill on the border with Oftersheim.
water
Stadtwerke Heidelberg supplies around 150,000 citizens and two distribution plants with around ten million cubic meters of drinking water on behalf of Stadtbetriebe Heidelberg, a company owned by the city of Heidelberg. A distribution network with 34 elevated tanks, 22 supply zones and 28 intermediate pumping stations is used for this purpose. Around five percent of the drinking water in the city of Heidelberg comes from seven sources and around 50 percent from the Entensee, Rauschen and Schlierbach groundwater works. The water supply association for Kurpfalz supplies around 45 percent from the immediate vicinity of Heidelberg.
Baths
Stadtwerke Heidelberg operates two outdoor pools, the thermal pool in Bergheim and the zoo in Neuenheimer Feld, as well as the indoor pools Hasenleiser, Köpfel and City-Bad in the Darmstädter Hof Centrum.
Garages
Stadtwerke Heidelberg has four public parking garages in Heidelberg's old town: Parking garage Kraus (P6), parking garage Friedrich-Ebert-Platz (P10), parking garage Kornmarkt / Schloss (P12) and parking garage Nordbrückenkopf (P16).
Tasks in local public transport and operation of the mountain railway
Stadtwerke Heidelberg takes on coordination tasks and part of its financing for the city of Heidelberg in local public transport. The rnv is responsible for the operative business . Furthermore, Stadtwerke Heidelberg operates the two mountain railways between Heidelberg's old town and the Königstuhl on behalf of the Heidelberg city services .
Network area
The network area of Stadtwerke Heidelberg includes the concession communities Heidelberg, Eppelheim, Sandhausen, Leimen, Dossenheim, Nussloch and Wiesloch.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b https://www.swhd.de/de/SWH/Downloads/Downloads/GB-2016.pdf
- ^ Brigitte Neff: The drinking water supply of the Stadtwerke Heidelberg AG . Ed .: Heidelberger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH.
- ^ Chronicle of the city of Heidelberg for 1900. 1st edition. 8th year. Verlag von Hörning, Heidelberg, p. 25 .
- ^ Brigitte Neff: The district heating supply of the Stadtwerke Heidelberg AG . Ed .: Heidelberger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH.
- ^ Brigitte Neff: The Heidelberg mountain railways. Stations of romance . Regional culture Heidelberg / Ubstadt Weiher / Basel, 2016, ISBN 3-89735-458-6 , p. 31 .
- ^ Frank Muth: Tram in Heidelberg. 100 years of "blue and white" in the Neckarstadt . Ed .: GeraMond - Tram Magazine Library. 1st edition. 2003, ISBN 3-7654-7197-6 .
- ^ Stadtwerke Neckargemünd. Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
- ^ Annual report Stadtwerke Heidelberg 2016. Retrieved on November 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Feilheck solar system. Retrieved October 12, 2017 .
- ^ Stadtwerke Heidelberg, water. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
- ^ Stadtwerke Heidelberg, baths. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
- ^ Stadtwerke Heidelberg, garages. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 20.8 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 50.8" E