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ANNEX II
Note for the Council
Subject :  Request for Council assent in accordance with Article 54» second
paragraph, of the ECSC Treaty for partial financing of an investment  
project of the Elektromark company involving the reconversion of  
three electricity generating units from natural gas to coal firing.
Loan applied for: 37*5 million (approx. ECU 16,8 million)
Applicant : Elektromark Kommunales Elektrizitätswerk^Atkiengesellschaft,
Hagen.
Field of activity: The Company is involved in the production, purchase,
distribution, and all other aspects of the exploitation  
of electrical energy and district heating.
Description of the project
In view of the sharp increases in the cost of natural gas, the company intends  
to convert three plants, with a total capacity of 250 MW, to coal-firing. The  
plants in question were constructed over the period 1957 to 1962, were converted  
to natural gas in 1970 and are now to be reconverted to coal-firing.
Details of the projects
Boiler units Hl, H2 and H3, which are currently fired by natural gas and/or  
oil, are to be converted so as also to permit coal-firing.
The reconversion is to be carried out in such a way as to permit up to  
70% coal with a low proportion of volatile constituents to be used for firing  
xmits HI and H2, while it is intended that boiler plant H3 should be fired  
with coal containing the normal proportion of volatile constituents (e.g. from  
the Ruhr).
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This will necessitate substantial investments on the Herdecke site involving  
a total cost of some DM 130 million.
This loan application concerns only construction Phase I, which is to be  
concluded in autumn 1984 and will cost an estimated DM 75 million.
Phase I comprises the conversion of unit H2 (electrical capacity* 100 MW) 
and plant which will be used jointly with the remaining two units after  
conversion (e.g. central stack coal-charging system and ash lagoon).
After the conversion of unit H2t  at least 100 000 t HCE Community coal per  
year will be used for electricity production.
An important aspect of the reconversion to coal firing is the fact that it  
will enable the power Btation to stay open on the site and hence save  
jobs. Because of the substantial differences generating costs with natural  
gas on the one hand and coal on the other, the Herdecke power station will have  
to be shut down for a shorter or longer period if it cannot return to using  
coal for electricity production. This would probably entail the definitive  
loss of the Herdecke 3ite and some 300 jobs.
Conclusions
The project contributes towards maintaining coal output and the supply of  
energy without use of hydrocarbons and is thus in accordance with the  
energy-policy objectives of the Community.
The Commission has decided in principle to aporove the present application.  
Therefore, in accordance with Article 54, second paragraph of the BCSC  
Treaty, it requests the Council's assent for the granting of a loan to the  
value of DM 37.5 million, (approx. ECU 16,8 million) to Elektromark  
Kommunales Elektrizitätswerk Mark Aktiengesellschaft, Hagen.
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