2011 Annual Report - OTCIQ.com

20 Corporate Profile and Operating Environment
Power Procurement
The E.ON Group’s owned generation declined by 2 percent, from
276.1 billion kWh in 2010 to 271.2 billion kWh in 2011. By contrast,
power procured increased by 15 percent to 894.3 billion kWh.
The reduction in Generation’s owned generation is primarily
attributable to the shutdown of Unterweser and Isar 1 nuclear
power stations in Germany after the expiration of the moratorium
period set by the German federal government. The
decline was also due to narrower margins in the United Kingdom,
which made some plant less economic to operate.
Renewables’ owned generation of 24 billion kWh exceeded
the prior-year figure (22.2 billion kWh). Owned generation in
the Hydro reporting unit declined by 0.5 billion kWh due to
lower water levels in nearly all countries, particularly in Germany,
which saw considerably less precipitation than in the prior
year. By contrast, owned generation in Sweden rose due to high
inflows. Owned generation at the Wind/Solar/Other reporting
unit rose by 29 percent to 10.2 billion kWh. Wind farms
accounted for 96 percent of Renewables’ owned generation,
with biomass and micro-hydro facilities accounting for the rest.
Owned generation at the Germany regional unit’s distributed
generating facilities was 6.6 billion kWh, slightly below the
prior-year level. Lower flowthrough was responsible for the
decline in hydro output, warm weather (and the resulting
reduction in the use of cogeneration units) for the decline in
output from natural-gas and oil assets.
Other EU Countries’ owned generation declined by 0.8 billion
kWh, mainly because narrower margins in the United Kingdom
made some gas-fired units less economic to operate.
Owned generation declined in Sweden and the Netherlands
due to less demand from our Trading unit. The 2011 and 2010
figures for this segment include CHP output in the United
Kingdom.
Power Procurement
Generation Renewables Trading Germany
Other EU
Countries Russia Consolidation E.ON Group
Billion kWh 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010
Owned generation 170.8 182.9 24.0 22.2 – – 6.6 7.1 7.3 8.1 62.5 55.8 – – 271.2 276.1
Purchases
Jointly owned
30.3 50.2 6.2 6.3 982.2 804.9 180.4 190.4 159.8 156.7 4.3 5.3 -468.9 -437.7 894.3 776.1
power plants
Trading/out-
9.9 12.0 1.9 1.8 – – 0.2 0.1 – – – – – -0.9 12.0 13.0
side sources 20.4 38.2 4.3 4.5 982.2 804.9 180.2 190.3 159.8 156.7 4.3 5.3 -468.9 -436.8 882.3 763.1
Total 201.1 233.1 30.2 28.5 982.2 804.9 187.0 197.5 167.1 164.8 66.8 61.1 -468.9 -437.7 1,165.5 1,052.2
Station use,
line loss, etc. -2.3 -2.6 -0.5 -0.7 – – -5.7 -6.2 -10.2 -9.9 -2.0 -1.8 – – -20.7 -21.2
Power sales 198.8 230.5 29.7 27.8 982.2 804.9 181.3 191.3 156.9 154.9 64.8 59.3 -468.9 -437.7 1,144.8 1,031.0