!!!Draukraft, Österreichische Draukraftwerke AG

Draukraft, Oesterreichische Draukraftwerke AG, founded 1947 as a 
special society of the  Verbundkonzern, headquarters at Klagenfurt 
(Carinthia); took over the operation of the Schwabeck and Lavamuend 
power stations and the Voitsberg caloric power station; builds and 
operates large power stations. The electricity suppliers 
Verbundgesellschaft and  KELAG own 51 % and 49 % of Draukraft 
respectively. Draukraft operate steam power stations in 
St. Andrae im Lavanttal (Carinthia), Voitsberg and Zeltweg (both 
in Styria), 10 run-of-river power stations on the River Drau/Drava and 
the storage power stations of Reisseck/Kreuzeck and Malta with a total 
output of 2.2 GW, making it the largest electricity-generating 
business in Austria. Draukraft is innovative in the use of biomass in 
St. Andrae and Zeltweg (first use of gasification). On the 
Kanzelhoehe mountain OeDK run a solar-energy project and a pilot wind 
power station at the Malta main reservoir (Rottau).


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