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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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