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Elli (Volkswagen Group Charging GmbH) is a provider of energy and charging solutions. The focus is on customer needs at the interface between energy and mobility. Under the Volkswagen Naturstrom brand, Elli offers 100% green electricity and is a trustworthy and secure partner for its customers. Elli's aim is to make the benefits of the energy revolution accessible to all people — easily and effortlessly.
Eprimo is an energy transition maker. As Germany's largest customer green energy discounter, it is a provider of green electricity and green gas and brings the energy revolution to over 1.7 million households. He offers all customers green energy as cheaply as possible, because eprimo focuses just as much on existing customers as on new customers.
SWW Wunsiedel GmbH is a modern, innovative and future-oriented service provider with direct customer contact. For municipal utilities, energy sharing communities are the future and the backbone of local and decentralized energy supply. In combination with dynamic energy tariffs, which reflect the supply on the market and the availability of regional renewable energy sources, SWW Wunsiedel GmbH strengthens added value for citizens and companies at regional level and enables them to participate directly in the energy transition.
Kelag is driving forward the energy revolution in a targeted manner by expanding renewable energy sources and ensuring security of supply by operating a modern, sustainable energy network. In doing so, it pursues a holistic approach to sustainability in all areas of its business activities and always meets its social, ecological and economic responsibility towards customers, partners and employees.
In the Austrian state of Burgenland, the local energy supply company “Burgenland Energie” is testing two local renewable energy communities (EEG) together with Exnaton. These two EEGs are based on the Austrian Renewable Development Act (EAEC), which was ratified in July 2021. The participating households, which were equipped with a customer-friendly app (in Burgenland Energy Design), received particular attention. Using this, EEG members were able to track their energy consumption in real time and derive more efficient behavior.
As a subsidiary of VSE AG, energis GmbH is part of a large Saarland-based group of companies with more than 100 years of tradition. As an all-round supplier, energis offers energy, telecommunications, e-mobility and photovoltaics in Saarland. ‘Making energy simple to make the region strong‘ is energis’ motto.
Energie Südwest AG is an established regional energy provider with over 150 years of experience and expertise. The headquarters are located in Landau in der Pfalz, where a dedicated team of around 40 employees ensures that around 65,000 residents in the region are reliably supplied with energy every day. Another focus is on providing a wide range of innovative energy products and services in four different product areas. This diversity makes it possible to optimally meet the individual needs of customers. As a sustainably oriented company, EnergieSüdwest is increasingly focusing on renewable energy and actively promoting environmental awareness among customers. Through continuous investments in modern technologies and the implementation of a diversified energy mix, EnerigesUedWest is positioning itself as a future-oriented partner in the region. The commitment to sustainability and innovation is reflected in every aspect of the company.
Bayernwerk AG manages the companies in the Bayernwerk Group. Together with people in Bavaria, the group of companies is actively shaping the energy future in the Free State and ensuring that more and more energy is available from renewable sources. The Bayernwerk Group is committed to innovative solutions, modern and secure energy networks, electric mobility, decentralized energy generation, drinking water supply and wastewater disposal. There is a strong focus on supporting citizens in Bavaria in their personal energy transition. The companies in the Bayernwerk Group promote economic strength and quality of life in the Bavarian regions.
Energie Waldeck-Frankenberg GmbH (EWF) is as an energy service provider deeply rooted in the region of Waldeck-Frankenberg and the surrounding area. It supplies electricity, natural gas, heat and water to more than 90,000 households across an area of over 1,800 km². The company also organises local public transport, supports municipal projects and operates swimming pools. As a regional company, EWF assumes responsibility for people and nature and actively promotes the energy transition in the region with energy consultations, energy solutions from a single source and the expansion of renewable energies.
Exnaton was able to support N-ERGIE Aktiengesellschaft from Nuremberg and Thüga Aktiengesellschaft as the largest German network of municipal service providers on the subject of energy communities and evaluate the feasibility of implementation within the German legal framework from the technical and commercial side. The opportunities were clearly identified and make N-ERGIE Aktiengesellschaft and Thüga ready for upcoming energy communities.
Energie Wasser Bern is an independent, public-sector company in the city of Bern and one of the five largest municipal energy supply companies in Switzerland. The company ensures the supply of electricity, natural gas, biogas and water to the city of Bern and the surrounding communities, offers services in the area of electric and natural gas mobility and is building the fibre-optic network in the city of Bern. The company is committed to a long-term secure, economically viable and customer-oriented energy supply with as low an ecological footprint as possible.
The Encevo Group is a sustainable and leading energy company in Luxembourg. Encevo is committed to secure energy access and a competitive energy supply. The transition to a sustainable energy sector is also being actively shaped and promoted. The Encevo Group has a broad geographical base and serves customers in Luxembourg, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Encevo is present along the entire energy value chain, from production, storage, delivery, transportation to trade, distribution and services.
Virtual associations for self-consumption (ZEV) are cross-building and require the use of grid connections. In order to prepare for upcoming challenges, Exnaton has carried out a profitability analysis for virtual ZEVs in collaboration with CKW. The result shows clear financial savings for prosumers and consumers who participate in the virtual ZEV and share electricity in the neighborhood.
The municipal utility of the Tyrolean state capital, Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe (“IKB”), is preparing an innovative and digital service to give the city's citizens the opportunity to participate in the energy transition simply and easily. IKB provides both the service and the technical platform so that citizens can establish and join renewable energy communities. The platform enables the billing and administration of energy communities and a customer-friendly app visualizes energy flows and communicates energy saving tips.
In the Austrian municipality of Schnifis, Vorarlberg's first energy community has been tested since September 2020. Here, we are heavily guided by the new guidelines of the Renewable Expansion Act in Austria and enable participants to benefit from reduced network charges and charges. A particular focus of this project is the integration of photovoltaics and biogas.
Quartierstrom2.0 in Walenstadt is the Exnaton team's first project. Originally launched as a research project by ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen in support of a renowned Swiss consortium and funded by the Federal Office of Energy, Switzerland's first energy community was tested there. The successor project Quartierstrom2.0 has been live since January 2020.