And so was the main message at the launch of the 2019er Numbers on Tuesday evening, the municipal utilities want to do business with their subsidiaries in this year, no compromising on the investment. "We are monitoring the impact of the Corona-crisis closely, but our investments in a total volume of 120 million euros. Also, according to Corona, the world continues to turn,“ said Stadtwerke-in-chief, Matthias Lux.

modernisation of the energy Park in the diesel street

the municipal utilities continue to move forward on your chosen course, the story mainly revolves around sustainability. The modernisation of the energy Park in the diesel road goes on, for example. The power and heat generation should not only be more efficient, but through the use of renewable energy and carbon dioxide savings. "The municipal utilities make an important contribution to climate protection concept of the city," said mayor Bernd Wiegand (independent).

These include the investment in urban rail program - this year, the construction work in the middle section of the Merseburger Straße is to go further and in the good future (without the final stop, which will be re-scheduled) to begin. Also the plans to be pursued, to ride the bus line 21 from 2022 with three electric buses best.

commissioning of the fifth aeration basin in the sewage treatment plant Latvian

Speaking of the environment: The municipal utility, a subsidiary of HWS wants to work even harder to reduce the Nitrates in the waters of the Saale further. With the commissioning of the fifth aeration basin in the sewage treatment plant Latvian, it has been possible to improve the cleaning of wastewater. But also on the drinking water side, something is happening: The municipal utilities want to replace in the city area of about 28,000 water meters to the respective land step-by-step technique, the radio read out. Lux sees a number of advantages.

"We can minimize the reading effort, reading errors can be avoided and even faster tube damage in the network to locate." Currently, approximately 9.400 radio counter were in the hall already in use. 2024 the complete conversion to be completed.

Live data on the Position of buses and trams

This is just one example of the digital offensive of the Stadtwerke, which makes no Stop. So the App "My hall had" with the Live data on the Position of buses and trams in the past year, around a Million hits. And with the new control centre for the waste disposal, the municipal utilities want to save this year, 1,000 kilometers of distance, because of the garbage vehicles will be conducted in real time and routes can be planned in case of traffic jams immediately.

revenue growth

The municipal utilities have increased their consolidated sales by 615,3 million euros in 2018 now 624,5 million Euro in the previous year. "This outcome is not successful, although conditions were not easy," said mayor Bernd Wiegand (independent). The urban group has in its subsidiaries, approximately 2,900 people and is one of the largest employers in the city.

The use of public transport, secured by Havag, is one of the most important tasks of the company. 2019 were counted in the trams and buses 56.7 million for the three transport cases, 1.6 million more than in 2018. Since 2014 (51.8 million) increased numbers of passengers. In 2020, the recovery is likely to be slowed down by Corona. The carriage broke in March. Instead of over 200,000 passengers, with only about 60,000 people took advantage of the daily public TRANSPORT. Currently, the Numbers are recovering, although, with the 150,000 users per day, but still well below the usual level.

In the regenerative power generation to operate the municipal utilities of numerous facilities outside the urban area. Their performance would be sufficient for the needs of 60,000 households. The energy transition to succeed, thanks to the energy initiative is always better - 26 actors work together. (mz)

This article was written by Dirk Skrzypczak

*The contribution of "No buckling prior to Corona: Where do you want to invest, the municipal utility of more" published by Central German newspaper. Contact with the executives here.

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Date Of Update: 24 June 2020, 16:26