Environmental Report 2000 - EnBW

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