!!!Illwerke AG, Vorarlberger

Illwerke AG, Vorarlberger, electricity supplier with headquarters in 
Bregenz, previously subsidiary of  Verbundkonzern with special status, 
largely owned by the province of Vorarlberg since 1999. Operates 
high-capacity power stations on the upper and middle sections of 
River Ill. The Obere Ill-Luenersee power station provides 
high-capacity energy; the Walgau power station delivers 
medium-capacity energy. The Luenersee and the Rodund I and 
Rodund II power stations convert energy stored from off-peak 
periods into high-capacity energy by pumped storage. Total annual 
capacity of water-driven turbines of the VIW amounts to 1,248 
megawatts; annual electric production is 2.2 billion 
kilowatt-hours. The VIW supplies electricity to the federal provinces 
of Tirol and Vorarlberg and to the Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG, 
Karlsruhe, Germany. Shareholders are the province of Vorarlberg 
(95.5 %) and WEG-Wertpapiersges.m.b.H. Bregenz (4.5 %).


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