AGO AG starts up high pressure steam storage plant for EnBW

• AGO is sole contractor for construction project
• € 6.5 million order volume
• 150 MW thermal energy output at short notice
• New line of business for AGO
• Steam storage: 54 bar and 380°C

Kulmbach, 19 April 2010: AGO AG Energie + Anlagen, Kulmbach (WKN: A0LR41, ISIN: DE000A0LR415), has successfully started up a high pressure steam storage and high pressure hot water plant in Heilbronn for EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, one of the largest energy providers in Germany. AGO AG has the exclusive engineering contract on this project.

The order volume for the installed system totalled around € 6.5 million. The energy plant is able to compensate for the shut-down of individual block-units and produce substantial amounts of energy until replacement units are commissioned.

Both heating systems installed by AGO AG are able to produce 150 MW thermal energy at short notice. This covers the hourly heat consumption of 15,000 households on a cold winter’s day. The plant weighs a total of 800,000 kg when in use and measures 23 m in height.

“EnBW’s order has given AGO AG Energie + Anlagen the chance to operate in a new line of business. For the first time in the thirty-year history of our Company, we have constructed steam storage tanks that can withstand 54 bar and 380°C. We have broken new ground by working with such high temperatures and pressure while being exclusively responsible for the entire construction process. Once we have successfully completed this contract, we hope that EnBW will place follow-up orders with us. They are one of our largest customers and we are also working on other contracts for them.” explains Hans Ulrich Gruber, CEO of AGO AG Energie + Anlagen.

In a small ceremony on 12 April 2010, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG thanked AGO AG for the short construction time, strict adherence to deadlines, quality of the plant and its flawless operation during the trial run.

About AGO AG Energie + Anlagen

AGO AG Energie + Anlagen, with its registered office in Kulmbach, was founded in 1980 and is specialized in the area of innovative and efficient energy supply facilities for industrial customers and municipalities. Main focus of AGO AG Energie + Anlagen is laid on the following business divisions: plant development and implementation, as well as service and consulting. The core competence of the company mainly commits to thermal power stations, to heating, cooling and ventilation technology plant construction, biomass cogeneration plants and trigeneration. Site studies and development, consulting in energy efficiency, resource and fossil fuel management as well as emission trade management – these factors complete the business model. AGO symbolizes efficiency, security and technological competence of your energy supply facilities.