EnBW

Infobox_Company
company_name=EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
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foundation=1997
location=flagicon|GermanyKarlsruhe, Germany
industry = Electric utilities
revenue = profit € 13,219 billion (2006)
homepage = http://www.enbw.com

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly traded electric utilities company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.

History

On 1 January 1997, EnBW was formed from the merger of two utilities companies from Baden-Württemberg, Badenwerk AG and Energieversorgung Schwaben AG (EVS). On 16 July 1999 two subsidiaries of the former EVS decided to retroactively merge into EnBW Ostwuerttemberg DonauRies AG (ODR). On 1 October 2003 the merger of EnBW with Neckarwerken Stuttgart AG took place. EnBW is at present the main sponsor of VfB Stuttgart and Karlsruher SC.

Company structure

hareholders

The two principal shareholders of EnBW are Électricité de France (EDF), with a 45% share and Oberschwäbischen Elektrizitätswerke (OEW), with a 45% share. In accordance with a closed consortium agreement between EdF and OEW, EdF will take over the supervision over EnBW in 2012. Furthermore, the two shareholders agreed to keep the share ratios as they are and to vote in mutual agreement on important decisions.

Figures

About 5.4 million customers make EnBW the third-largest utilities company in Germany. With just under 24,600 employees an annual turnover of approximately 10.6 billion euro was generated in 2003. After the first mid-year 2004 19,500 coworkers remained generating a turnover of approximately 5.8 billion euro.

Facilities

Power plants

*Fossile Altbach Power Station
*Steam power plant Heilbronn Power Station
*Steam power plant Marbach am Neckar
*Steam power plant Walheim
*Steam power plant Stuttgart-Gaisburg
*Steam power plant Stuttgart-Münster
*Nuclear power plant Neckarwestheim
*Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant
*Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant
*Pumped-storage plant Glems (Metzingen)
*Pumped storage plant Schluchsee
*Hydroelectric power plant Rheinfelden

Power lines

*Overhead line crossing the Eyachtals (facility 615) (high voltage transmission line with largest span in Germany)
*facility 0704 (disconnected 110kV-three phase AC powerline near Gomaringen)
*facility 9461 (disconnected 110kV-three phase AC powerline near Göppingen)

A further special feature is, that on many powerlines of EnBW, which were built by former EVS before 1985 the air cable for telecommunication is installed like a garland on the ground conductor or an auxiliary rope.

External links

* [http://www.enbw.com/content/en/index.jsp EnBW website]