Stadtwerke Stuttgart

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Stadtwerke Stuttgart

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legal form GmbH
founding 2011
Seat Stuttgart , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Olaf Kieser, Martin Rau (Managing Director)
Branch Electricity and gas supply
Website www.stadtwerke-stuttgart.de

The Stadtwerke Stuttgart GmbH is a 2011 established municipal electric and gas utility, which owns 100 percent of the state capital Stuttgart. Since the liberalization of the energy market in 1998 , the establishment of Stadtwerke Stuttgart was the second establishment of a municipal utility in a major German city. The

Stadtwerke Stuttgart rely exclusively on renewable energies , completely dispense with nuclear and coal power for power generation and avoid climate-damaging CO 2 emissions. Stadtwerke Stuttgart has been offering green electricity and gas for private and business customers since February 2013 . Stadtwerke Stuttgart also generates green electricity itself from its own wind and photovoltaic systems . The company also offers solutions for ecological electricity and heat generation and for increasing energy efficiency. In August 2019, Stadtwerke Stuttgart had more than 27,000 customers.

history

background

Until the end of 1996 there was a municipal utility company in Stuttgart with the Technische Werke der Stadt Stuttgart (TWS) . It was responsible for electricity, gas, water and district heating. In 1997 the TWS merged with the Neckarwerke Elektrizitätsversorgungs -AG (NW) in Esslingen am Neckar. After this merger to form Neckarwerke Stuttgart (NWS), the company was merged into EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) in October 2003 . In 2002, the state capital of Stuttgart sold its shares in Neckarwerke Stuttgart - and thus its supply networks for electricity, gas, water and district heating - to EnBW. The municipal council unanimously passed the resolution on the largest deal in the history of the state capital. The sales proceeds of more than two billion euros were invested. The concession contracts ran until December 31, 2013.

Foundation of the public utility company

The municipal council of the state capital Stuttgart decided on May 26th 2011 to re-establish its own municipal energy company. Its business areas should consist of, among other things

  • the general supply networks for electricity and gas,
  • the sale of green electricity and natural gas,
  • the generation of green energy and
  • other energy services.

The municipal utilities should supply green electricity and natural gas , possibly in cooperation with cooperation partners; in addition, a municipal own operation was planned for the water supply . Urban investments in the generation of green electricity were planned as early as 2012.

The articles of association of Stadtwerke Stuttgart GmbH were signed on August 8, 2011, and the entry in the commercial register took place on September 6, 2011.

The state capital Stuttgart is indirectly the 100% owner of the company. The share capital amounts to five million euros and is provided entirely by the Stuttgarter Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH . The Stuttgarter Stadtwerke are linked to the company via a domination and profit transfer agreement . Today the supervisory board includes Lord Mayor Fritz Kuhn , Mayors Thomas Fuhrmann, Peter Pätzold and Dirk Thürnau as well as eleven city councilors and four non-voting guests.

In February 2012, Elektrizitätswerke Schönau was won as a partner for the supply of green electricity and gas and it was decided to found a joint subsidiary - Stadtwerke Stuttgart Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH . EWS Schönau has a 40 percent stake in SWSV. The strict criteria for the Stadtwerke green electricity were defined together with EWS Schönau: The electricity is produced exclusively from renewable sources in systems that are no more than six years old. This promotes the energy transition and provides incentives for the construction of new power plants that supply electricity exclusively from renewable sources. There are no climate-damaging CO 2 emissions when generating green electricity . In addition, Stadtwerke Stuttgart only works with energy producers who do not have any economic relationships with nuclear power plant operators. The quality of the green electricity offered is regularly checked and certified by TÜV Nord . In 2019, Focus Money awarded Stadtwerke Stuttgart the seal of “Best Electricity Provider for Stuttgart”. Stadtwerke Stuttgart Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH is managed by Martin Rau and Michael Sladek.

Allocation of the electricity and gas network

In July 2012, the Stuttgart city council decided to remunicipalise the more than 5,000 km long electricity network and more than 1,700 long gas network. EnBW held the rights of use until the end of 2013 and paid the city an annual fee of 50 million euros.

In the subsequent award procedure, four bids were received for the concession of the gas and electricity network. On March 13, 2014, the Stuttgart City Council recommended - retrospectively from January 1, 2014 - a 20-year concession for the operation of the electricity and gas network to a cooperation between Stadtwerke Stuttgart and the EnBW subsidiary Netze BW. According to the information, the cooperation model received the highest number of points for both the electricity and the gas network. In second and third place were Stadtwerke Stuttgart and Netze BW as sole competitors. In mid-April 2014, Elektrizitätswerke Schönau, as a losing competitor, filed for abuse proceedings with the Federal Cartel Office. The award procedure was "fundamentally flawed" for a number of reasons. On July 1, 2014, the authority rejected the complaint as unfounded, thus clearing the way for the establishment of the consortium.

On October 16, 2014, the Stuttgart municipal council voted in favor of the cooperation. The corresponding contracts were signed on October 24, 2014 by Mayor Fritz Kuhn, the then Stadtwerke manager Michael Maxelon and Harald Hauser, head of the regional center of Netze BW GmbH. The consortium was entered in the commercial register in autumn 2014 with retroactive effect from January 1, 2014.

The cooperation model provided for the establishment of two joint network companies for a period of transition: Stadtwerke holds 74.9 percent of the shares in the newly founded network ownership company, and Netze BW the remaining 25.1 percent. At the network operating company, the ownership structure was initially exactly the opposite. After a five-year transition period, the two companies were to merge into one large network company called Stuttgart Netze GmbH in 2019 . Stadtwerke Stuttgart should now hold a majority of 74.9 percent in this large company.

However, it is disputed between the two partners whether the high-voltage and high-pressure lines in the Stuttgart district also fall under the concession award. For this reason, Stuttgart Netze GmbH filed a lawsuit with the Stuttgart Regional Court on December 1, 2015 for the surrender of the high-voltage electricity and high-pressure gas network. The Stuttgart Regional Court and the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court have affirmed the obligation to surrender to Stuttgart Netze in the first and second instance. The final judgment of the Federal Court of Justice is expected in autumn 2019. If the contractual partners so agree, the lawsuit has no influence on the further cooperation of the two companies at Stuttgart Netze.

The joint network operating company has been operating the Stuttgart electricity network since January 1, 2016. Stuttgart Netze Betrieb GmbH, based at Stöckachstrasse 48 in Stuttgart-Ost, is managed by Dr. Arvid Blume and Harald Hauser. The third managing director, Klaus Brändle, resigned from the management as agreed at the end of 2018. Stuttgart Netze is responsible for the safe distribution of electricity to around 380,000 households in Stuttgart. The roughly 220 employees operate the 5,400 kilometer long medium and low voltage power grid and keep lines, network stations and substations up to date. In addition, Stuttgart Netze expands and strengthens the grid, for example when charging stations for electric vehicles are required, and citizens install solar systems or new residential areas arise.

The Stuttgart gas network has so far been operated by Netze BW. Due to the pending legal dispute, the complex unbundling of the high-pressure gas network was postponed until after the judicial clarification in order to avoid an unnecessary double unbundling. After the unbundling, the operation of the gas network will also be transferred to Stuttgart Netze GmbH.

distribution

Green electricity and natural gas

Stadtwerke has been operating a customer center on the ground floor of the Tagblatt Tower (illustration) since 2013.

On February 2, 2013, Stadtwerke Stuttgart began selling green electricity and gas under the stuttgartEnergie brand. On the same day, a customer center was opened in the historic Tagblatt tower . At the opening, Lord Mayor Fritz Kuhn said that the Stadtwerke would herald "the age of renewable and citizen-oriented energy supply ". Stadtwerke Stuttgart was recognized as a top local supplier for the electricity sector in 2014 and 2015 by the energy consumer portal. In spring 2018, Focus Money awarded Stadtwerke Stuttgart the seal of “Best Electricity Supplier in Stuttgart” on the basis of a consumer survey.

The company had more than 27,000 customers in June 2019.

One of the prominent green electricity customers is the Stuttgart TV tower . The well-known campaign motif “TV tower loves green electricity”, which is still in use today, emerged from the energy partnership with SWR Media Services GmbH .  

Campaign motif TV tower loves green electricity

In addition to the Stuttgart TV tower, numerous other well-known Stuttgart institutions rely on the supply of green electricity from Stadtwerke Stuttgart, including the Stuttgarter Kickers , the Mercedes-Benz Arena , the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle , the Wizemann, the Theaterhaus Stuttgart , the Rosenau, and Wilhelmer Gastronomy and various major Stuttgart events such as the Stuttgart Christmas market or the wine village. Most of the large properties in the state capital Stuttgart have also been supplied with green electricity from the municipal utility company since 2018.

Blue and white stream

Stadtwerke Stuttgart has been the energy partner of the SV Stuttgarter Kickers football club since July 1, 2016 . The Stadtwerke supply the office, the fan shop, the cabin wing, the youth center and the floodlight system of the Stuttgarter Kickers with renewable electricity or natural gas. In this way, the Kickers will in future avoid 38 tons of climate-damaging CO 2 emissions each year compared to conventional power generation.

Power generation

The company's goal is to be able to theoretically supply the electricity for all 303,000 household electricity customers in Stuttgart entirely from renewable energy sources. The amount of electricity required for this is around 850 million kilowatt hours per year. Stadtwerke Stuttgart is investing in generating facilities to achieve this goal.

With its wind power and photovoltaic systems, the company can currently (as of August 2019) supply more than 72,000 households with green electricity.

Wind energy

Stadtwerke has invested in onshore wind turbines at six locations in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. There they operate eight wind parks with a total of 31 wind turbines.

The following projects have been implemented so far:

  • In 2013 Stadtwerke bought eight wind turbines in Everswinkel (North Rhine-Westphalia). Their nominal output is 16 megawatts and should enable the supply of around 10,000 average households.
  • In 2013, the first wind power plant from Stadtwerke Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg went online in Alpirsbach . Stadtwerke acquired a 40 percent stake in the 2.3 megawatt system. The special thing about this repowering project is that the new system can produce ten times more green electricity than the old one.
  • In 2014, the municipal utility commissioned five wind turbines in Schwanfeld in Bavaria, each with a nominal output of 2.4 megawatts.
  • Since 2014, Stadtwerke has also owned a wind farm in Bad Hersfeld, Hesse, with a total output of 15 megawatts.
  • In the Bavarian town of Dinkelsbühl there have been four wind turbines from Stadtwerke Stuttgart since 2015. With a nominal output of 3.3 megawatts per system, they can supply more than 12,000 households with green electricity .
  • In 2015, Stadtwerke Stuttgart also acquired the two wind farms Lieskau I and II in Brandenburg. The two wind farms in the Spree-Neisse district can supply over 20,000 households with green electricity and thus save 41,000 tons of climate-damaging CO 2 per year.
Wind turbine of Stadtwerke Stuttgart in the municipality of Schwanfeld.

In addition, the municipal utilities develop further wind projects independently but also in cooperation with partners:

  • Together with Stadtwerke Heidenheim and Windenergie Baden-Württemberg GmbH , Stadtwerke Stuttgart has been developing a wind farm in the Welzheimer Wald state forest in the Rems-Murr district since 2013 . EnBW took over the project in November 2017.
  • In Stuttgart, the municipal utilities examined and developed the potential wind energy location in the exchange forest from 2012. The location discussed is on a ridge (up to 430 meters above sea level) in a wooded area between the districts of Feuerbach , Weilimdorf and Botnang . The exchange forest was the only location in the Stuttgart district that could realistically be considered for new wind turbines . Two systems would have been possible that would provide green electricity for around 5,000 households every year . A one-year wind measurement (start: September 2013) showed that two wind turbines with an output of 3.3 megawatts each can be operated economically. In May 2015, the Stuttgart city council commissioned the municipal utilities to develop the site until it was ready for approval. In September 2015, the Tauschwald wind energy site was not designated as a wind priority area by the regional assembly of the Stuttgart Region Association - unlike in the draft of the planning for the wind priority areas. On October 20, 2015 the supervisory board and the management of Stadtwerke Stuttgart decided not to pursue the project any further. For the implementation of the urban energy transition in the state capital, this means that the annually estimated 14 million kilowatt hours of green electricity from the two planned wind turbines at the "Tauschwald" location must be replaced by other renewable energies.

Urban energy systems

solar power

In Stuttgart around 75 percent of all roof areas are very well or well suited for photovoltaic systems. Among the one and two-family houses alone, around 30,000 buildings are predestined for photovoltaics .

The Stadtwerke support Stuttgart citizens and companies in realizing their photovoltaic system. Since 2012, they have installed almost 250 photovoltaic systems with a nominal output of over 2,040 kilowatt peak (kWp) in the state capital (as of August 2019).

The Stadtwerke's largest photovoltaic systems are located on the roof of the wholesale market in Wangen, the VfB Stuttgart's young talent center , the youth centers in Mitte and Bad Cannstatt, and the Kiess Innenausbau workshop.

In the case of photovoltaics, commercial and private customers can choose between purchase and lease solutions. The municipal utilities provide the complete planning and implementation of the system. The installation is carried out by a local specialist.

Heat generation

Stadtwerke also advises customers on the use of innovative heating solutions, such as solar thermal energy. The services include planning, financing, construction and long-term operation of heating systems for existing and new buildings from a certain size.

Electromobility

Stella sharing

Campaign motif stella -sharing.

Stadtwerke Stuttgart is the first energy supplier in Germany to offer rental of electric scooters . The use of stella -sharing is almost entirely digital - from registration to driving and billing. The e-scooter is localized and rented via the app. There are currently 200 e-scooters available regardless of the station in a business area of ​​48 square kilometers (inner city districts, Botnang , Degerloch , Feuerbach , Sillenbuch , parts of Cannstatt and the university locations Vaihingen and Hohenheim). The stella e-scooters can also be driven outside of this area. The app shows where the next e-scooter is.

For Stadtwerke Stuttgart, electromobility is an important component of the energy transition in Stuttgart. stella -sharing complements the existing mobility solutions in the state capital and helps to reduce traffic and air pollution. Electromobility only makes sense when using renewable energies . That is why the stella e-scooters are only charged with 100 percent green electricity from the municipal utility. The electric vehicles that are used to change the batteries of the e-scooters are also powered by 100 percent green electricity from the municipal utility.

The stella e-scooters come from the Lower Saxony manufacturer Emco and drive a maximum of 45 km / h. The range of the batteries is approx. 100 kilometers. stella -sharing can be used from the age of 18 (including one year of driving experience) with a regular motorcycle or car driver's license. Since the project started in August 2016, more than 15,000 users have registered for the offer (as of August 2019).

Web links

Individual evidence

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