User:Busle/Repower

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Repower AG
RevenueCHF 2.267 billion (2010)[2]
Number of employees
651 (31 December 2010)[3]
Websitewww.repower.com

Repower (until May 2010 Rätia Energie AG

Graubünden, Switzerland). The company’s history goes back more than 100 years. Its key markets include Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Romania. The group operates along the entire value chain, from generation and trading to sales. Repower AG shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange
.

The Repower Group employs around 650 people, plus 400 sales agents in Italy and some 30 apprentices in Switzerland.[3]

History

For more than 100 years, Repower has been one of the largest providers of

Graubünden, Switzerland. Proximity to the Italian border precipitated the company's involvement in international projects and business activities. In 2000, Kraftwerke Brusio AG (Poschiavo), AG Bündner Kraftwerke (Klosters) and Rhätische Werke für Elektrizität AG (Thusis) merged to create the Rätia Energie AG group, which was subsequently joined by aurax ag (Ilanz) in 2004. In 2002 the group embarked on business in Italy, and in 2007 it entered the German market and commenced trading in Prague. Since 2009 the company has also operated in Romania
. In 2010, Rätia Energie AG was renamed Repower AG.

Shareholder structure

The company’s

shareholders are:[4]

Financial highlights

Repower prepares its accounts in

Swiss francs
. Its 2010 results were announced on 23 March 2011.

2010 financial highlights
million[2]
Total operating revenue 2,267
Group profit 80
Operating profit (EBIT) 163
Balance sheet total 2,274
Equity 922

Executive board

The executive board comprises the following members (as of 2010):[5]

  • Kurt Bobst, CEO of Repower Group
  • Felix Vontobel, Head of Assets Division, Deputy CEO
  • Martin Gredig, Head of Finance Division, CFO
  • Giovanni Jochum, Head of Market Division
  • Rino Caduff, Head of Repower Switzerland
  • Fabio Bocchiola, Head of Repower Italy

Offices

In

Zurich. In Italy it operates out of an office in Milan, in Germany out of Dortmund and in Central and Eastern Europe out of Prague, Bucharest and Sarajevo
.

Generation

Repower has its own generation assets in

GWh of electricity. In addition to this, the company holds interests in nuclear power plants in Switzerland and France
.

Thermal power plants

Repower has a 61% interest in SET S.p.A. (

MW
installation, the group’s largest power plant, went into operation at the end of 2006.

Nuclear power

Repower holds interests in nuclear power plants in

MW
.

Renewable energy

Hydropower

Robbia hydropower plant

The group operates 18 of its own

MW
.

Some of these hydropower facilities generate naturemade star certified green power. The naturemade star label is awarded by the Association for Environmentally Sound Energy (VUE).

Wind

In

MW
).

Current projects

The group is currently planning or delivering a number of major generation projects:

Trading

Repower generates around 80% of its energy turnover in trading; in 2010 this came to 17

terawatt hours.[2]
Repower operates on the most important European energy exchanges from a trading floor located across three offices in
end-consumers, independently of the grid
. At the wholesale level the group delivers standard products such as base, peak and off-peak, as well as profiles.

Transmission

Repower has played a significant role in increasing cross-border capacity between northern and southern

kV
), commissioned in 2005 and transferred to the Swiss national grid operator Swissgrid at the end of 2012. Repower is a partner in Swissgrid.

In October 2009, Repower joined forces with

MW, helping assure a secure energy supply in Italy and Switzerland
.

Sales and distribution

Switzerland

Repower is the leading provider of electricity in Southeast Switzerland, where it supplies around 75,000 consumers directly or indirectly through resellers and operates distribution grids.[11]

Italy

Repower has a subsidiary in

million.[12]

Germany

In

SME
consumers and municipalities since 2007.

Romania

Repower commenced operations in

small and medium-sized enterprises
.

Weblinks

References

  1. ^ a b c Entry of "Repower AG" in the Graubünden Commercial Register
  2. ^ a b c Repower Annual Report 2010, p. 5. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  3. ^ a b Repower Annual Report 2010, p. 71. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  4. ^ http://www.repower.com/en/group/investor-relations/shares/shareholders/. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  5. ^ http://www.repower.com/en/group/company/organisation/executive-board/. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  6. ^ http://lagobianco.repower.com/en/home/. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  7. ^ http://www.repower.com/en/group/assets/projects/saline-joniche-coal-fired-plant/. Retrieved 2011-03-07. See also the project website http://www.progettosei.it/index.php.
  8. ^ http://www.repower.com/en/group/assets/projects/brunsbuettel-coal-fired-plant/. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  9. ^ http://www.repower.com/en/group/assets/projects/leverkusen-combined-cycle-power-plant/. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  10. ^ http://www.repower.com/en/group/assets/projects/chlus-rhine-hydropower-plant/. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  11. ^ http://www.repower.com/en/group/energy/sales/. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  12. ^ http://www.repower.com/en/group/company/at-a-glance/core-competencies-and-strategy/. Retrieved 2011-03-07.

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