Environmental Report 2000 - EnBW
Environmental Report 2000 - EnBW
Environmental Report 2000 - EnBW
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State of the Environment <strong>Report</strong> for the Business Divisions<br />
On the 10th April 2001 – and for the<br />
first time since May 1998 – three containers<br />
with used fuel elements were<br />
transported from the Philippsburg plant<br />
to the nuclear reprocessing plant in<br />
La Hague. Thus the restarting of unit<br />
1 of the plant is now ensured after<br />
the maintenance inspection in May.<br />
<strong>EnBW</strong> Gas GmbH<br />
<strong>EnBW</strong> Gas GmbH is a wholly owned<br />
subsidiary of <strong>EnBW</strong> AG and in its<br />
capacity as a holding company is responsible<br />
for all the natural gas activities<br />
of <strong>EnBW</strong> AG.<br />
Key Figures<br />
60<br />
1999 <strong>2000</strong><br />
Employees 82 78<br />
Sales (€ million) 82 105<br />
Deliveries (b. kWh) 4.1 4.2<br />
Customers 43,253 46,544<br />
New customers 3,291<br />
Length of<br />
conduit network 4,574 km<br />
No. of local<br />
control stations 247<br />
Supplied volume showed a further<br />
positive development during <strong>2000</strong>,<br />
increasing by around 2.4% to 4.2 billion<br />
kWh. This relatively modest increase<br />
in deliveries – despite 3,291<br />
new private and corporate customers<br />
– is due to mild weather conditions.<br />
<strong>EnBW</strong> Gas GmbH has holdings in<br />
three companies in different districts<br />
in Baden-Württemberg: Badenwerk<br />
Gas GmbH, EVS Gasversorgung Süd<br />
GmbH and EVS Gasversorgung Nord<br />
GmbH.<br />
The environmental budget amounted<br />
to € 353,790 of which € 255,650<br />
alone was invested in the construction<br />
of filling stations for natural gas.<br />
In 1998 Badenwerk Gas GmbH pioneered<br />
the eco-audit in the gas sector.<br />
When certification was awarded<br />
in 1999 Badenwerk Gas GmbH introduced<br />
an environmental management<br />
system for the central office as well<br />
as regional branches in Eppingen,<br />
Ettlingen, Forst and Söllingen. The<br />
system’s objective was to reduce the<br />
emissions of CO2 in the area served<br />
by the company by 110,000 tonnes<br />
by 2003. For the higher the number<br />
of end users who switch to natural<br />
gas, the bigger the drop in CO2 emission<br />
levels will be.<br />
CO2 emissions from natural gas are<br />
up to 30% less than those of heating<br />
oil whilst emission levels of nitrogen<br />
oxides, carbon monoxide and nonmethane<br />
hydrocarbons are around<br />
20% lower. Soot emission is more<br />
than 90% lower and sulphur dioxide<br />
emission is as good as eliminated.<br />
Last year, in accordance with the<br />
guidelines of the eco audit, we made<br />
a decisive contribution to the improvement<br />
of regional infrastructure by<br />
constructing and operating two natural<br />
gas stations in the area served by the<br />
Badenwerk Gas GmbH.<br />
Increased acceptance for<br />
natural gas<br />
The steadily rising acceptance levels<br />
for natural gas among the general<br />
population and the expansion of our<br />
customer base has necessitated<br />
enlargements to the present natural<br />
gas storage capacities of Badenwerk<br />
Gas GmbH. It is fully in keeping with<br />
the environmental commitment of<br />
Badenwerk Gas GmbH that it should<br />
discard plans for a conventional above<br />
ground storage depot – which among<br />
other drawbacks also consumes an<br />
inordinate amount of raw material<br />
resources – and opt for technology<br />
with relatively low material use and<br />
minimum environmental impact. After<br />
minor technical conversions, the company<br />
increased the pressure in the<br />
integrated high-pressure line network<br />
between Dürrn and Kirchardt from 16<br />
to 25 bar to achieve the required additional<br />
storage capacity.<br />
Within the framework of the “Natural<br />
Gas for Transport” promotion programme<br />
we also offered one year of<br />
free tanking for 40 private customers<br />
who run natural gas-fuelled cars.<br />
<strong>EnBW</strong> Regional AG<br />
With a staff of around 2,400, <strong>EnBW</strong><br />
Regional AG is one of our Group’s largest<br />
operating companies. It both<br />
owns and operates the <strong>EnBW</strong> distribution<br />
network in the high-, mediumand<br />
low-voltage category. This network<br />
has an overall length of around<br />
80,000 kilometres, represents the<br />
latest in technological development<br />
and is cabled to the tune of over 50%<br />
in the medium- and low-voltage categories.<br />
Apart from operating its own network,<br />
<strong>EnBW</strong> Regional AG is responsible<br />
for the construction, maintenance<br />
and upgrading of the Group’s extrahigh<br />
voltage network (220/380 kV).<br />
It also manages <strong>EnBW</strong>’s extended<br />
communications network comprising<br />
more than 6,000 kilometres of copper<br />
and fibre optic cable, the internal telecommunications<br />
network (intranet)<br />
and the data network and TV cable<br />
facilities.<br />
Facts and Figures<br />
<strong>EnBW</strong> Regional AG (REG) and <strong>EnBW</strong><br />
Ostwürttemberg DonauRies AG (ODR)<br />
No. of substations<br />
110/20 kV: 246<br />
No. of transformer stations<br />
20/0.4 kV 30,324<br />
Employees<br />
combined total of ODR and<br />
REG (as at 31st Dec. <strong>2000</strong>) 2,883<br />
Facts and Figures<br />
<strong>EnBW</strong> Regional AG (REG) and <strong>EnBW</strong> Ostwürttemberg DonauRies AG (ODR)<br />
110 kV 20 kV 0.4 kV<br />
Line lengths km 6,197 27,526 57,593<br />
Incl. buried cable km 39 14,161 38,186<br />
Regional Centres and Holdings of <strong>EnBW</strong> Regional AG<br />
Holdings of<br />
<strong>EnBW</strong> Regional AG<br />
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