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COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
RequestfortheassentoftheCouncil,inaccordance withthetermsof
Article54,secondparagraph,oftheECSCTreaty,totheco-financing
ofthecoal-fired ReuterWestbaseloadpowerstationinWestBerlin
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Note tothe Council
Request for theassent oftheCouncil ,inaccordance with theterms
ofArticle 54,second paragraph ,oftheECSC Treaty ,totheco-financing
ofthecoal-fired Reuter West base load power station inWest Berlin .
Loan requested : DM600million (approximately 258.8 million ECU )
Borrower : Berliner Kraft-und Licht Aktiengesellschaft (BEWAG )
Berlin
Sector of
activity : Generation anddistribution ofelectricity and
district heating inBerlin andother activities inthe
electricity andheat production sectors andrelated fields
of"activity .
•Theprimary aimofBEWAG' senergy production policy isthelasting reduction
ofWest Berlin 'sdependence onoilforitspower andheating supplies .
Currently ,75%oftheelectricity generated inthepower stations ofWest
Berlin isbased on''coal .Asubstantial proportion ofBEWAG' s1eight power
stations areobsolete andconsequently more liable tobreakdown ,with the
attendant need forheavy maintenance expenditure .Hence theneed for the
earliest possible construction ofthe600MWcoal-fired Reuter West
combined heat andpower station .
BEWAG power stations at30.6.1981
Station Coal Fuel oil Total
(combined heat andpower heavy light
except *power only ) MW MW MW
Heizkraftwerk Lichterfelde 450 450
Heizkraftwerk Reuter 440 440
Heizkraftwerk Charlottenburg 225 200 425
Heizkraftwerk Wilmersdorf 280 280
Heizkraftwerk Moabit 137 18 51 « '206
Kraftwerk Oberhavel * 200 200
Heizkraftwerk Rudow 175 175
Heizkraftwerk Steglitz 75 75
Total output ofBEWAG power
stations 1.117 543 531 2.251

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Afurther keyfeature ofenergy policy inBerlin isthedevelopment
ofthedistrict heating network which hasalready been functioning for
more than 50years .Attheendoftheoperating year 1980 /81,about 13%
oftheheating requirements ofWest Berlin were covered inthis way .
This corresponds totheheating requirements of165000dwellings .When
theplanned Reuter West combined heat andpower station iscommissioned ,
thepercentage canberaised to22%ofthecity 'sheating needs .
Development ofdistrict heating 1981 /81 1979 /80 1978 /79
Total area heated bydistrict heating (1000 m2)11510 11190 10290
Heat produced (expower station )inTJ
(1TJ=0.28 GWh ) 12477 13650 13903
Heat produced (expower station inGWh ) 3494 3-822 3893
Network length (inkm) 299 280 271
Other basic indicators regarding BEWAG
30.6.81
(1980 /81)30.6.80
(1979 /80)30.6.79
(1978 /79)
Power production GWh 8349 8313 8315
Coal consumption kt 2 .330 2 .312 2132
Coal stocks kt 398 400 344
Oilconsumption kt 566 544 630
Oil stocks kt 195 197 99
Power distibution network«
'(inoperation ) km 25007 24617 24222
Heat distribution network
(physical length)'' km 299 280 271
Useful electricity output GWh 7456 7415 7420
Heat production (expower
station ) TJ 12477 13650 13903
Electricity sales revenue DM (million ) 1.442 1255 1232
Heat sales revenue DM (million ) 152 129 120
Workforce 6241 6197 6109
Share DM (million ) 448 448 448
Dividends DM 5,- 5,- 5,-
Land holdings ha 132 129 125
The project .
Theproject comprises theconstruction oftwo300MWunits adjacent tothe
existing Reuter West power station .

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Thebuilding permits andpart-permits required under theFederal Law
onNuisances have already been granted for theinitial stages ofthe
project .Some thirty applications forpermits andpart-permits have
sofarbeen submitted .Further applications will besubmitted as
required tomeet construction deadlines (astheworks progress ).
The twounits areofidentical design .They comprise basic load steam
generating plant with simple intermediate super heating andeight-stage
feed-water preheating to285°C atfull load .Each unit hasaforced
through-flow boiler .The fuel will ,asbefore ,mainly besupplied
bywaterway .
Themaximum continuous rating oftheboiler will be960 t/h;themaximum
permitted operating pressure will be215bar (with fresh steam at195bar
and54CPC ).Both turbines aredesigned topermit thetapping ofcondenser steam
fordistrict heating (power -heat-coupling ).Themaximum possible heat output
will beabout 770MJ/s,permitting theconnection ofanadditional 55000
housing units tothedistrict heating network .
Cost oftheproject ;approx .DM1680million
Theabove amount comprises about DM80million for thedistrict heating plant
and some DM320million forenvironmental protection measures .
Land purcfiases (including compensation )will entail theexpenditure of
about DM150 million .
Scheduled commissioning dates :
Unit I : end of1986
Unit II : end of1987
Economic assessment
Maintaining coal production depends ontheexistence ofadequate coal-using
capacity ,which canbeachieved only bystabilizing coal consumption ,which
means investment innewcoal-fired power stations ..Theconstruction ofUnits
Iand IIoftheReuter West combined heating andpower station ,inwhich
atleast 90%oftotal coal consumption will consist ofCommunity coal ,
istobewelcomed from this standpoint .
Thedemand forrelatively cheap district heating which continues to
increase inthecurrent context ofreduced oilsupplies andageneral rise
infuel prices issubject tostrict limits ,because BEWAG 'scombined heat
andpower stations arealready almost tocapacity .District heating supplies
from thepower -heat-coupling system canbeincreased tomeet thedemand only
byconstructing newgenerating plant intheReuter West combined heating
andpower station .

Apart from reducing thedegree ofdependence onoilfor thegeneration
ofelectricity ,theconstruction ofthe Reuter West combined heat and
power station should also help reduce environmental pollution bycutting
thecontribution ofolder power stations andpermitting theextension of
thedistrict heating network ;itwill furthermore permit thereplacement
ofobsolete power stations and thesatisfaction offuture increases
indemand .
Assessment
Theproject will contribute tomaintaining coal production andmeeting
energy requirements without recourse tohydrocarbons and isthus inline
with theCommunity 'sgeneral energy policy and theaims setforth inArticle
54,second paragraph ,oftheECSC Treaty .
TheCommission has decided inprinciple togrant theloan requested ;it
therefore seeks theassent oftheCouncil tothegranting ofaloan of
DM600million (approx .258.8 million ECU )totheBerliner Kraft-und
Licht Aktiengeselleschaf t(BEWAG ),Berlin .