Page 13 - KELAG Annual Report 2019

transformer and the 20-kV switchgear, this project also
includes the 110-kV line connection as well as several 20-kV
To build on and intensify their long-standing constructive
connections to the existing electricity grid in the region.
collaboration, KELAG and the Carinthian state police
headquarters joined forces in a safety partnership in July as
In the ongoing smart meter rollout, the 100,000th smart
part of the GEMEINSAM.SICHER “(TOGETHER:SAFE”)
meter was installed in September. A milestone in the smart
initiative.
metering project. Around 30% of the grid customers in
Carinthia have thus converted to the electronic power
The information security management system (ISMS) of
metres.
KELAG and KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH was certified for
the first time in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC
The natural gas grid of KNG-Kärnten Netz GmbH was
27019. The certification is an important milestone in the
certified with repeated positive results by the Austrian
area of information security in the KELAG Group. This
Association for Gas and Water (Österreichische Vereinigung
enables us to counter the future challenges facing
für das Gas- und Wasserfach - ÖVGW).
providers of essential services and the increasing threats of
cyber-attacks as well as protect the information assets of
In October, the Forstsee reservoir was partially drained in
the company.
order to inspect the underwater system components and
prepare the plan for refurbishment in 2020.
On account of the refurbishment of the upper reservoir
(Feldsee) and the lower reservoir (Wurtenboden),
Following a construction period of approximately four
maintenance work was also performed on the machine
weeks, the three PV on-roof systems at the operational
units and the ball valves of the Feldsee pumped storage
sites in Kirchengasse, Villach and Wolfsberg went into
power station.
operation and since then have fed around 500 MWh of
clean and renewable PV electricity per year into the public
In addition to many new technological developments, an
grid.
ecologically innovative solution was also implemented in
the course of the complete renovation of the Schütt weir
KELAG supported the art project FOR FOREST by
system. Since July 2019, a combination of an Archimedean
sponsoring trees. This project, which received attention
screw and a hydrodynamic screw turbine has allowed fish
worldwide, deals with a temporary art intervention of the
to pass the weir over a six-meter difference in water levels.
art mediator Klaus Littmann based in Basel who turned the
Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt into Austria‘s largest
public art installation up to the end of October 2019.
The Jasenice wind farm near Zadar in Croatia commenced In the autumn, KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH acquired
test operations after a construction period of only a few WRS Naturwärme Holding GmbH and as a result of the
months. purchase of the company with six existing biomass heating
plants and district heating grids further expanded its
With the newly constructed substation in Gmünd, the market position. The share of waste heat and biomass thus
Gmünd/Liesertal/Maltatal region can be adequately and increased from 62% to 65%.
reliably supplied with electricity over the next few decades.
In addition to the substation with the 110/20-kV