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Further rooftop projects, which are to be implemented in
The expansion of the apprentice school in St. Veit an der the financial year 2020, are currently being drafted. As the
Glan is currently in the implementation phase. The main ambitious climate targets cannot be achieved exclusively
construction work for the expansion was otherwise through the installation of on-roof systems, selected open
completed in 2019. On the ground floor of the Group spaces on the company’s own property as well as on third-
headquarters in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, major party land have been surveyed for suitability for the
renovation work was carried out until the end of the installation of a PV power plant. The suitability tests include
financial year to create a new, attractive and flexible
aspects pertaining to solar energy, the grid and nature
working environment which meets the requirements of the
conservation and suitable locations are put forward for
modern working world.
approval.

The wind power production capacity of the KELAG Group The KELAG Group pursues a selective growth strategy
was expanded from around 62 MW to 77 MW through internationally, primarily in the areas of hydroelectric power
expansion investments in the Nikitsch wind farm as well as and wind power. Of central importance in this regard is the
the commissioning of the Jasenice wind farm in Croatia. An 100% shareholding in Interenergo d.o.o. Based in Slovenia,
annual average production level of around 181 GWh will the company is active mainly in electricity trading and the
thus be achieved from the financial year 2020 onwards. development of hydroelectric power plant projects in many
KELAG operates a total of 12 wind turbines in Burgenland, countries in central and southeastern Europe. The KELAG
19 wind turbines near the Black Sea coast (Romania and Group currently has a total of 13 hydroelectric power plants
Bulgaria) and, at the end of the year, also 5 wind turbines in operating in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo
Jasenice (Croatia). with a total installed capacity of around 52 MW and an
annual production of around 174 GWh. Construction of the
The development of further new wind power projects in small-scale hydroelectric power plant in Vrbnica
the municipality of Nikitsch, amounting to around 50 MW, (Montenegro) with a capacity of around 6.5 MW is
is dependent upon the Burgenland government’s scheduled for completion at the beginning of 2020. In
identification of suitable zones. The state of Burgenland is addition, several small-scale PV power plants with a total
currently working on a climate and energy strategy. installed capacity of around 3 MW are operated in Slovenia.

Through further acquisitions of heating plants, Interenergo
The PV on-roof systems that were surveyed in the financial d.o.o. extended its production environment to include the
year 2018 as part of an analysis of potential and approved operation of heating plants and district heating grids. The
by the authorities were submitted to the funding body at current installed capacity of 13 MW and the corresponding
the beginning of 2019. Following approval, the installation annual average production level of 11 GWh serve as a basis
of the systems at the three selected locations were publicly for the further expansion of the Energy Services business
tendered and a contract was awarded. The installation of division.
the systems commenced at the end of August; the final
system was put into operation at the end of October and Through KI-KELAG International GmbH’s takeover of a
has been feeding renewable electricity into the public grid hydroelectric power project in Northern Italy (Belluno),
since then. Kelag entered the Italian market at the end of 2019. The
existing project is to be further developed in the coming