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8 | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2009 | VERBUND IN BRIEF ECONOMY The year 2009 was positive for Verbund, despite the continued economic crisis. In a difficult environment, we continued to press ahead with our growth projects in Austria and abroad and further expanded our position in key strategic markets. Verbund had its second best results ever in fiscal 2009, just behind the record figures of 2008. Sales declined from € 3,744.7 million to € 3,483.1 million (–7.0 %), the operating result fell by 8.5 % from € 1,138.6 million to € 1,042.3 million and consolidated net profit dropped by 6.2 % to € 644.4 million. ENVIRONMENT Since the launch of a Group-wide environmental management programme, our power plants and grid locations are being successively audited or certified under EMAS and ISO 14001. Since the end of 2009, more than 80 % of all hydropower plants of Verbund in Austria have had an environmental system regularly subject to review. Verbund’s thermal power plants in operation have also been externally audited for many years; the respective preparations are underway for the headquarters in Vienna. The integrated management system of the independent Verbund grid subsidiary was once again successfully certified at all locations including the lines in the areas of environment, quality, safety, health and information security. Verbund’s electricity is also certified: Verbund’s customers receive energy that originates 100 % from hydropower plants. This is inspected by TÜV Süddeutschland. SOCIAL Careful selection, fair pay, providing encouragement and challenging our employees are top priorities for our corporate success. We carefully recruit our future employees and offer fair market salaries using a performance-based salary model. Comprehensive training and education helps our employees develop continually. We offer a comprehensive health programme to keep employees healthy longer in the work process, and in 2009 we were awarded the “Work and Family Audit” basic certificate. We train a large number of apprentices – in 2009 we had 142 – and we awarded a women's scholarship at the Technical University of Vienna for the first time in 2009. For more than 50 years, we have supported aid organisation SOS Children’s Villages and for two decades, we have helped sponsor a school in Vienna for children with physical disabilities. In 2009, two major initiatives for disadvantaged persons were launched: “Verbund Stromhilfefonds der Caritas” assists households in Austria that need assistance with energy-saving measures and energy bills. With “Verbund Empowerment Fund der Diakonie”, we assist people with disabilities that are heavily dependent on electrical devices to communicate in their surroundings. GENERATION Verbund is by far Austria’s largest electricity producer, covering about 40 % of Austria’s electricity consumption in 2009. 91 % of our electricity production in 2009 came from our hydropower plants, which are the Group’s foundation for sustainable energy generation. We are continually renewing and expanding our power
plants with state-of-the-art technologies and in close cooperation with ecology experts. Verbund’s household customers receive electricity that is 100 % derived from Verbund’s own hydropower production. Business and industrial customers can choose between 100 % hydropower – for a surcharge – or the European UCTE mix, which consists of different energy sources. For 2009, the UCTE mix, according to preliminary information, was as follows: 13 % hydropower, 7 % other renewable energies, 51 % fossil fuels, 29 % nuclear energy. KEY FIGURES – POWER PLANTS NUMBER EPL RAV 2006 2007 2008 2009 MW GWh GWh GWh GWh GWh HYDROPOWER 103 6,297 23,695 20,836 21,406 22,221 23,858 HYDROPOWER PROCUREMENT RIGHTS 20 590 3,030 3,017 2,915 3,087 3,241 WIND/PHOTOVOLTAICS 5* 52* – – – 106 THERMAL POWER 8 1,520 4,233 3,986 3,352 2,351 THERMAL POWER PROCUREMENT RIGHTS 1 165 – – – 363 TOTAL 137 8,624 26,725 28,086 28,307 28,660 29,918 *THREE WIND FARMS IN LOWER AUSTRIA (BRUCK AN DER LEITHA, HOLLERN, PETRONELL-CARNUNTUM) WITH A TOTAL OF 49 MW AND TWO PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS IN SPAIN WITH A TOTAL OF 3 MW. GROUP PROCUREMENT GWh GWh % 2008 2009 CHANGE HYDROPOWER* 25,308 27,099 +7.1 % WIND/PHOTOVOLTAICS – 106 – THERMAL POWER* 3,352 2,714 –19.0 % OWN GENERATION 28,660 29,918 +4.4 % PURCHASED ELECTRICITY 27,397 21,371 –22.0 % GROUP PROCUREMENT 56,057 51,289 –8.5 % FORWARD CONTRACTS 36,468 60,673 +66.4 % * INCL. PROCUREMENT RIGHTS Verbund’s 123 hydropower plants generated 27,099 GWh in 2009. Our 21 pumped storage hydro power plants are a particular asset. These flexible plants make energy rapidly available at peak times, ensuring stable grid operations despite heavy increases in the volatility of wind energy. A number of projects focus on expanding domestic power plant capacity, including pumped storage hydro power plants that make a significant contribution to safeguarding the power supply. The Limberg II power plant is under construction, the Reisseck II pumped storage hydro power plant project obtained EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) approval in 2009 and EIA documents were submitted for the Inn cross-border/joint venture power plant. On 31 July 2009, the Salzach power plant Werfen/Pfarrwerfen, a joint facility of Verbund and Salzburg AG that delivers power to 22,000 households, was opened. Some of our existing power plants were expanded and revitalised in 2009. Examples include the expan- sion to the Hieflau power plant and the revitalisation of the Pernegg power plant. In addition to two photovoltaic facilities in Spain since January 2009 we have operated three wind farms in the Lower Austrian municipality of Bruck an der Leitha. In May 2009, we started a wind VERBUND IN BRIEF | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2009 | 9 HYDROPOWER NEW RENEWABLE ENERGIES
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