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10 | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2009 | VERBUND IN BRIEF THERMAL POWER power project in Bulgaria and in Rumania we took initial steps to launch a wind power project as well. In 2009, we generated a total of 106 GWh from wind power and photovoltaics. As part of our energy partnerships with the Almenland and Bruck/Leitha regions, we support sustainable, eco-friendly regional development and are committed to state-of-the-art technology in order to produce wind energy most efficiently. In the field of thermal power, Verbund has eight power plants – three of which are operational, five of which are currently offline or leased out. In 2009, thermal power generation including drawing rights was 2,714 GWh. We focus on those three locations that offer the best conditions for electricity production and district heating. District heating is decoupled at the district heating plants at Mellach and Neudorf-Werndorf 2. The amount of district heating delivered is about 800 GWh annually. Going forward, for our new plants in Austria, we will use natural gas, which emits lower CO2 emissions than coal. The gas and steam combination power plant in Mellach will deliver electricity and district heating from the end of 2011. GRID VERBUND Austrian Power Grid AG, the independent grid subsidiary of Verbund, is in charge of planning, operations, maintenance and expansion of the some 3,500 km line route length. It is operated as a high and extra high voltage grid at 110 kV, 220 kV and 380 kV. Guaranteeing continuous supply is at the heart of all activities, which makes the three largest projects of the company particularly important: the commissioning of the new main control centre “Power Grid Control” in October 2009, the Styria line that went into operation in June 2009 and the Salzburg line that has been underway since mid-2009. GRID DATA VOLTAGE OVERHEAD CABLE 2009 SUBSTATIONS/ LINE ROUTE LENGTH IN KM SYSTEM LENGTH IN KM GRID SWITCHING STATIONS 380 kV 1,104 2,218 220 kV 1,661 3,313 110 kV 706 1,232 TOTAL 3,471 6,763 57 TRADING AND SALES Apart from energy production and transmission, trading and sales are key areas of the company’s success. The core competence of the Verbund Group’s international electricity trading company includes marketing Verbund’s own production, trading electricity on European electricity exchanges and on the bilateral trading market as well as direct supply to distributors or public utilities in Austria and other countries. Apart from the core electricity business, Verbund is also active in primary energy trading and in the field of environmental products with CO2 and “green” certificates. Verbund is thus one of Europe’s key traders on the electricity market.
In Austria we supply some 225,000 household, commercial and agricultural customers with electricity derived from 100 % hydropower. The business and industrial customers of the electricity subsidiaries can choose between 100 % renewable energy sources – for a surcharge – or energy from undetermined sources (UCTE mix – see table “Generation”, page 9). The customer base increased to more than 280 business and industrial customers with a total supply volume of about 6 TWh in 2009; in the industrial customer segment, demand for electricity from renewable sources – a premium product – is continually on the rise. INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATING INTERESTS In 2009, Verbund reinforced its foreign activities as well. The portfolio of participating interests continues to develop in a positive way: In Italy, Sorgenia – which has grown to become the fifth largest energy provider and largest private energy supplier in Italy with partner CIR Compagnie Industriali Riunite S.p.A. – celebrated its ten-year anniversary. In the coming years, Sorgenia plans to invest in an increased share of renewable energy sources. In France, POWEO is a competitor on the end customer market and invested in gas, wind and photovoltaic plants; in September 2009 the first gas powered plant and another wind farm went into operations. The Verbund share was increased to some 46 % in 2009. The EnerjiSA joint venture with Turkish partner Sabanci Holding intends to build 5,000 MW of new power plant capacity by 2015 – a significant part thereof from hydropower and wind power, thereby gaining an electricity market share of 10 %. Başkent EDAŞ, the energy supplier in the Ankara region with three million customers that was acquired in early 2009, is to be developed to become one of the leading distribution grid companies in Turkey by 2012. In Albania, following brief but intensive preparations, we are about to build a hydraulic power plant in the northern part of the country, scheduled to supply energy in 2012. VERBUND’S MEMBERSHIPS Verbund’s memberships in sustainability organisations include: • respACT austrian business council for sustainable development • AGAW Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpine Wasserkraft e.V. • IG Windkraft • International Hydropower Association • Kleinwasserkraft Österreich • ÖK-IAD Österreichisches Komitee Donauforschung • Photovoltaic Austria Federal Association • WEC World Energy Council (Austrian National Committee) VERBUND IN BRIEF | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2009 | 11
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