Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm

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SWU Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding 1982
Seat Ulm , Germany
management Klaus Eder
Number of employees 1017
sales 492 million euros
Branch Public utilities
Website www.swu.de
As of December 31, 2019

The Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH are a Founded in 1982, Urban business group. As a municipal utility company, SWU mainly supplies the Ulm and Neu-Ulm region with electricity, gas, water and heat and offers telecommunication services. In addition, the SWU provide local public transport in the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm.

In Baden-Württemberg , SWU is one of the leading energy service providers among municipal utilities with more than 200,000 customers, a group turnover of 492 million euros and an employment equivalent to 1017.9 full-time equivalents (as of December 31, 2019). Since the restructuring of the municipal utilities into the SWU group of companies in 1998, the SWU founded various subsidiaries and developed services in the areas of telecommunications, IT management and consulting.

history

Hydroelectric power plant "Böfinger Halde"

In 1853, the Ulm City Council decided to light the streets with gas and the construction of the gas works at Neutor began. To meet the increased demand, the Ulm municipal gas factory was built in 1857 . In 1871 the company signed a gas contract with the city of Neu-Ulm.

The water supply was also centrally regulated in Ulm from 1873. After the invention of electricity , the Ulm electricity works on Olgastraße went into operation in 1895 . Two years later, on May 15, 1897, the first electric tram in Ulm ran .

In 1906 urban street lighting was switched from gas to electricity. At the same time, the first hydropower plant in the Neu-Ulm district of Ludwigsfeld was completed.

After the Second World War in 1946 the transformation of the individual companies were in an urban own establishment . Due to the increasing demand for electricity, the largest hydropower plant in Ulm, Böfinger Halde, went into operation in 1953 .

In 1982 the city's own company Stadtwerke was converted into a GmbH and one year later the city of Neu-Ulm became a partner in the new Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH.

For economic reasons, the municipal utilities were restructured in 1998 to form the SWU group of companies with the founding of SWU Energie GmbH and SWU Verkehr GmbH. For the same reason, Energie Plus Handels- und Servicegesellschaft mbH (Energie Plus) was founded in 1999 and the “SchwabenStrom” brand was introduced. Energie Plus was renamed SWU Vertrieb GmbH in August 2008.

The evaluation of the price comparison of German gas providers submitted by the Federal Cartel Office in January 2007 placed SWU 34th among 35 compared companies, making it the second most expensive provider in Germany.

The history of Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH

  • 1853 Construction of the gas works at Neutor
  • 1857 Construction of the "Städtische Gasfabrik Ulm"
  • 1871 gas contract with the city of Ulm
  • 1873 Commissioning of the first central water supply in Ulm
  • 1895 Commissioning of the Ulm electricity works on Olgastraße
  • 1897 Ulm's first tram drives through Hirschstrasse
  • 1899 Delivery of the first electricity from hydropower
  • 1906 Conversion of street lighting in Ulm from gas to electricity
  • 1906 Completion of the Ludwigsfeld hydropower plant
  • 1946 Conversion into a municipal company
  • 1953 Commissioning of the largest Ulm waterworks "Böfinger Halde"
  • 1982 Transformation of the Stadtwerke into a GmbH
  • 1983 The city of Neu-Ulm becomes a partner
  • 1998 Restructuring of the municipal utilities to the SWU group of companies
  • 1998 Foundation of "SWU Energie GmbH" and "SWU Verkehr GmbH"
  • 1999 Foundation of the "SWU Vertriebs-Gesellschaft mbH"
  • 1999 Introduction of the "SchwabenStrom" brand
  • 2000 Foundation of "SWU TeleNet GmbH"
  • 2001 Introduction of eco-audit and ISO 14001
  • 2002 employment of more than 1,000 employees and around 50 trainees
  • 2005 Foundation of SWU Netze GmbH
  • 2007 Anniversary: ​​150 years of gas supply in Ulm
  • 2008 Introduction of "SWU NaturStrom"
  • 2008 Construction of one of the largest photovoltaic systems at EvoBus in Neu-Ulm
  • 2009 Extension of tram line 1 to Böfingen
  • 2009 Commissioning of the Kostheim hydropower plant
  • 2010 Increasing the barrage at the Böfinger Halde hydropower plant
  • 2010 Introduction of SWU "NaturGas 10" and "SWU NaturGas 30"
  • 2010 Opening of the "ServiceCenter Neue Mitte" (combines all services of the SWU with the citizen services of the city of Ulm)
  • 2011 Completion of the wood gasification cogeneration plant in Senden
  • 2018 Commissioning of tram line 2

Corporate structure

The SWU group of companies consists of the superordinate holding company SWU Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH, which is owned by the cities of Ulm (94 percent company share) and Neu-Ulm (6 percent) and which has the following direct investments:

  • FUG - Fernwärme Ulm GmbH (50 percent)
  • Regional Energy Agency Ulm gGmbH (6.15 percent)
  • Bayerngas Gas GmbH (5 percent)
  • WV Energie AG (0.24 percent)

The holding company has three operationally independent subsidiaries (each 100 percent):

  • SWU Energie GmbH
  • SWU Telenet GmbH
    • G-Fit Gesellschaft für innovative Telekommunikationsdienste mbH & Co. KG (25 percent)
    • citysens GmbH (50.1 percent)

Managing directors

Since July 1, 2015, Klaus Eder has been chairman of the management board of the SWU group of companies and sole managing director of SWU Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH; before that, Matthias Berz held this position for almost 20 years.

The chairman of the supervisory board is the Lord Mayor of Ulm, Gunter Czisch . Deputy chairman of the supervisory board is the mayor of Neu-Ulm, Gerold Noerenberg, and Claus Jürgen Deyle is chairman of the group works council of SWU Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH. Other supervisory boards are various city councils from Ulm and Neu-Ulm.

SWU Energie GmbH

The area of ​​responsibility of SWU Energie GmbH with the subsidiary SWU Energie Beteiligungsgesellschaft II mbH is both energy production and supplying customers with electricity, natural gas, district heating and drinking water. In addition, the distribution of all SWU products is located here. Because of the unbundling requirements, network operation is organizationally separated from sales and is located in Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm Netze GmbH.

For years, the SWU has been pursuing the strategy of further expanding its generation capacities, relying mainly on regenerative energy sources. By 2020, the company's own generation from renewable energies should fully cover the electricity needs of households. By 2050, the entire region - including commercial and industrial customers - should be able to generate its own demand. Production takes place in our own regional plants as well as in power plants elsewhere in which the SWU has stakes (see participations).

Hydropower plants
power plant place Power [MW] Height of fall [m] Number of turbines Standard energy capacity [GWh] Construction year Waters River kilometers
Ludwigsfeld power plant New Ulm 0.58 4.3 1906 Illerkanal
Wiblingen power plant Ulm 1.25 8.0 1907 Danube
Öpfingen power plant Öpfingen 3.0 5.50 3 12.6 1923 Danube
Neu-Ulm power plant New Ulm 0.59 4.3 1926 Illerkanal
Donaustetten power plant Ulm 4.5 21.8 1926 Danube
Böfinger Halde power plant Ulm , Neu-Ulm 8.8 7.0 2 51 1953 Danube 2581.5
Söflingen power plant Ulm 0.006 0.03 1992 blue
Ersingen power plant Erbach 0.056 0.31 2003 Danube
Kostheim power plant (participation) Ginsheim-Gustavsburg , Hochheim am Main 4,960 3 2 2009 Main 3.209
Herbrechtingen power plant (participation) Herbrechtingen 0.146 1991 Brenz
Blautal pumped storage power plant Blaubeuren (60) (162) Discontinued in 2016 blue

SWU TeleNet GmbH

The SWU TeleNet GmbH is 100 percent a subsidiary of SWU Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH. The company's competence lies in both information technology and telecommunications. In addition to the Ulm / Neu-Ulm urban area, SWU TeleNet GmbH is increasingly also supplying the districts and the surroundings of the two Danube cities with its solutions for cable television, Internet and telephony. Customers include both private and business customers.

SWU Verkehr GmbH

SWU Verkehr GmbH
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Basic information
Company headquarters Ulm
Reference year 2019
Managing directors André Dillmann
Transport network THING
Employee 184
Lines
tram 2
bus 19th
number of vehicles
Tram cars 22nd
Omnibuses 53
statistics
Passengers 40.8 million
Mileage 5.2 million km per year
Length of line network
Railway lines 24.4 km
Tram lines 20.3 km
Bus routes 178.8 km
Combino tram at the Donaustadion stop

The SWU Verkehr GmbH operates 19 bus lines (including 6 night bus lines ) and two tram lines out the majority of the public transport (public transport) in the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm.

Since January 1, 2018, SWU Verkehr GmbH, as the owner of the line concessions, has been responsible for the timetable and is a partner in the DING transport association . In addition, SWU Verkehr is responsible for the infrastructure and its maintenance. Since 2006, the services have been provided by SWU Verkehr GmbH and Schwaben Mobil Nahverkehr Service GmbH, in which SWU Verkehr GmbH was the majority shareholder with a 51 percent share. Since January 1, 2018, Schwaben Mobil Nahverkehr Service GmbH has been operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of SWU Verkehr GmbH under the name SWU mobil GmbH.

In 2019, a total of 40.8 million passengers were carried on a route network with a length of 199.1 kilometers.

The SWU Verkehr also owns 15 kilometers of industrial tracks in Ulm and Neu-Ulm. In addition, in mid-2009 the company leased the approximately 9-kilometer-long Senden – Weißenhorn railway line from DB Netz , on which only freight traffic was taking place at the time of takeover . The Bavarian Railway Company then put out tenders for local rail passenger transport between Weißenhorn and Ulm in December 2012 . The winner of the award was the DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee (RAB). The planning approval procedure was initiated in December 2011 to expand the line and renew the stations . After this was completed, SWU Verkehr renovated the line in summer 2013 and finally bought it in the following October. Since December 2013, passenger trains have been running every hour between Ulm and Weißenhorn.

Until March 21, 2009 the Ulm tram was the smallest tram operator in Germany. On that day, the only tram line in Ulm (Line 1) was extended by 4.6 kilometers and seven stops to the Böfingen district .

On March 30, 2011, the Ulm municipal council commissioned SWU Verkehr GmbH with the design and approval planning for Line 2 - consisting of the branches "Kuhberg School Center" and "Science City" . With a total length of 10.5 kilometers, 9.3 kilometers of rail and 18 barrier-free stops had to be built. The total investment is around 115 million euros (including the necessary expansion of the SWU transport depot). After deducting the expected federal and state funding, the costs for the city of Ulm amount to around 50.2 million euros.

In July 2014, the section from the Kuhberg school center to the main train station, and in January 2015 the branch from the main train station to the science city, was approved by the Tübingen Regional Council , with the federal and state governments contributing 85.3 million euros to the updated construction costs of 192 million euros. On October 15, 2015, the groundbreaking ceremony for the first section of the route near the Wendeschleife on Egginger Weg on the Kuhberg took place. In the same month, preparatory measures for the construction of the public transport bridge over the tracks to the Kienlesberg north of the main train station took place. The new line 2 went into operation on December 9, 2018.

The tram network is to be further expanded: For this purpose, feasibility studies were commissioned for the following routes:

  • Central station - Neu-Ulm - Ludwigsfeld
  • Extension of line 1 Söflingen - Kohlplatte

Transport services

From 1947 to 1963, the SWU's traffic department also operated the Ulm trolleybus .

In 2017, the city of Ulm commissioned a comprehensive local transport plan from PTV Transport Consult GmbH , which, after completion, was legally decided by the local council on July 19, 2017. The local transport plan defines the current status of the public transport offer in Ulm, derives action regulations for the further development of local public transport and also acts as a basis for the allocation of transport services. In particular, fixed offer standards have been set that will be binding from January 1, 2020 for all mileage of the lines in the responsibility of the city of Ulm. Strict regulations regarding age, technical equipment and design (SWU design regulations) must be observed for the buses and trams used. Furthermore, a target network was defined in the local transport plan, which is divided into three implementation stages, the last of which in 2020.

Through a direct award by the city of Ulm, all line concessions of SWU Verkehr, which expired on December 31, 2019, were extended by 22.5 years. Furthermore, the licenses for all other lines in the Ulm city area will also be transferred to SWU Verkehr.

Vehicle fleet

The fully low-floor vehicle fleet consists of 52 Mercedes-Benz buses (including 51 articulated buses and one standard bus) as well as ten Siemens Combino trams and twelve Siemens Avenio M trams . All buses are equipped with air conditioning, TFT monitors , WiFi and video surveillance. Until the 1980s, the bus fleet consisted largely of the Magirus-Deutz and Setra brands , the manufacturers of which were based in Ulm. The historical inventory of the SWU still includes vehicles from these two manufacturers as old-timers .

Web links

Commons : Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c SWU number table 2019. (PDF) SWU Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ See SWU-Unternehmensgruppe, image brochure 2006, p. 10. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 8, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.swu.de  
  3. ↑ SWU group of companies with investments. In: swu.de. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Number table 2019. In: swu.de. Accessed August 6, 2020 ( PDF ).
  5. ↑ Consolidated financial statements and group management report. (PDF, 4.1 MB): www.swu.de . Stadtwerke Ulm, May 7, 2019, p. 24 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Stadtwerke forego the construction of the Blautal pumped storage power plant. Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH, July 6, 2016, accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  7. ↑ SWU Verkehr operates the Senden - Weißenhorn railway line - the lease agreement has been signed. In: newstix.de. Retrieved August 17, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Niko Dirner: Important Phase for revival of the railway line Send White Horn. In: Südwest Presse . February 10, 2012, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Michael Janjanin: "What more could the heart want?" In: Südwest Presse. December 14, 2013, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  10. ^ Jakob Resch: Official start of construction work for Line 2 with the Minister of Transport. In: Südwest Presse , October 15, 2015.
  11. ↑ Chirin Kolb: Plans for a longer tram line 1. In: Südwest Presse . August 23, 2018, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Ulm local transport plan. In: ulm.de. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ulm local transport will continue to be operated by the SWU. In: B4B Swabia. Retrieved November 5, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Vehicle fleet and rental. In: swu.de , accessed on December 9, 2018.

Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 15 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 4 ″  E