!!!Gasversorgung

Gas Supply: In 1998 gas accounted for 23 % of Austria´s 
total energy consumption (1994: 15 %). The use of energy sources 
like gas and  District Heating requires a network of mains, which is 
rather expensive; this is why it is not recommendable to install mains 
for both sources of energy in one area. Gas and district heating help 
reduce CO%%(vertical-align:sub; font-size:80%)2%% emissions (esp. in the case of cogeneration 
facilities).

\\
Almost 100% of the gas consumed in Austria is  natural gas, cracked 
gas/dual process gas, decomposition gases and liquefied petroleum gas 
are only minimal. Between 1997 and 1998 natural gas production rose by 
4.6.% to 7790 million m %%sup3/% of which 1568 million (20%) was 
extracted domestically. Austria imports a major share of its natural 
gas from Russia (88%), with 7% from Norway and 5% from Germany. The 
Landesferngasgesellschaften (utilities which are mainly owned by the 
provincial governments and which distribute gas to end-users) have a 
gas storage capacity with a working volume of approximately 2.630 
million m %%sup 3/%, of which about 61% were filled as of December 31, 
1998. Austrian gas supply companies invested 2.77 billion ATS in 1998, 
most of which was used for the enlargement and renewal of the 
distribution network.



%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Gasversorgung|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]