Wienstrom#

Wienstrom (Wiener Stadtwerke Wienstrom), power supply company for Vienna and its environs (first power supply 1902), part of the Wiener Stadtwerke since 1949. Wienstrom runs thermal power plants in the districts of Simmering, Donaustadt and Leopoldau as well as hydroelectric power stations in Opponitz and Gaming (Lower Austria). It also has the right to draw power from the Danube power stations at Greifenstein and Freudenau. All power stations have cogeneration facilities (86% primary energy exploitation). The new power station which is under construction on the site of the Donaustadt power station will play a particularly significant role and replace a number of older power stations. Wienstrom is the largest district-heating provider in Austria.