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Request fo r Council assent in accordance with A r tic le  54, second  
paragraph, of the ECSC Treaty fo r p a r tia l financing of an in vest­
ment p ro je c t of VEW-Harpen Kraftwerke Werne oHG involving the  
construction of a 750 M W  c o a l-fire d  generating u n it
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For official use only
Note fo r the Council
Subject: Request fo r Council assent in accordance with A rtic le  54,
second paragraph, of the E C S C  Treaty for p a rtia l financing of  
an investment project of VEW-Härpen Kraftwerke Werne o H G  
involving the construction of a 750 M W  c o a l-fire d  generating  
unit ·
Loan applied fo r: D M  100 m illio n  (approx. 44.7 m illio n  Ecu)
Applicant: VEW-Harpen Kraftwerk Werne oHG, Werne
Field of a c tiv ity : Production and sale of e le c tric ity  and d is tr ic t heating  
through the construction and operation of a c o a l-fire d  
power station .
VEW-Harpen Kraftwerk Werne o H G  (KWW), which has its  registered o ffic e  
in Werne, was founded on 1  July 1983 for the purpose of completing and  
operating the 750 M W  co al-fired  generating unit then already under con­
struction at Werne.
The company's a c tiv itie s  comprise the production and sale of e le c tric ity  
and d is tr ic t heating.
The general partners are Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen AG, Dortmund,  
(VEW) with a holding of 51 %  and Harpener AG, Dortmund, with 49 A. The 
partners' contributions amount to DM 105 million (VEW) and DM 101 m illio n
(Harpen).
The generating unit was originally planned and built by VEW, .also the sole holder of the relevant permits. In accordance with its^articles,  
K W W  has taken over the completion and operation of the unit, with V E W 
being responsible as general contractor for the construction.
On completion the plant will be handed over and invoiced to KWW, and VEW  
will transfer to KWW the permits it holds. The power station site was  
acquired by KWW from VEW when the company was formed.

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V E W  is responsible fo r the management of the company and w ill la te r administer,  
its  operations. The whole e le c tric ity  output w ill be supplied to VEW ; a supply  
contract between K W W  and V E W  guarantees the supply of power at not Less than  
cost price fo r 20 years. Domestically produced coal w ill be used to meet a ll  
fu el requirements.
Parent companies
1  i V E W  A G  ;  /
V E W  A G  is the second-largest e le c tric ity  suppliers in the Federal Republic  
of Germany. Its  share· c a p ita l, which was increased in 1982 from D M  600  
m illio n  to D M  800 m illio n , is held by the following shareholders:.
25 %  Energieverwa.ltungs Gm bH, Düsseldorf
(whose shareholders are.CONTIGAS A G  and R W E  A G  with 30 %  each,  
Deutsche Bank A G  with 25 %  and ALLIANZ Lebensversicherungs A G  
with 15 % )
34 %  Kommunale Energie Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Dortmund
(whose shareholders are various local auth o rities with 68 % and  
Westdeutsche Landesbank with 32 % )
6 %  Stadtwerke Bochum :  .  /
13 % other Local authorities  
22 %  scattered private holdings.
The a c tiv itie s  of V E W  comprise the generation and d is trib u tio n  of  
e le c tr ic ity , the procurement and supply of gas and the supply of d is tr ic t  
heating. The company is responsible fo r e le c tric ity  supplies to an area  
of some 13.200 k in  with 4.7 m illion inhabitants comprising in p a rtic u la r  
the major part of Westphalia.
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Data on V E W  A G
Turnover (DM  m illio n )  
P ro fit (DM m illio n )  
Dividend (%)1981
4 915  
92 
121982
5 314  
99 
121983
ELECTRICITY
\
O w n power-station capacity (M W )  
Shares in jo in tly  owned  
power stations (M W )
Contracted capacity (M W )
Maximum load (M W )
E le c tric ity  supplied (m illio n  kW h)  
Number of customers  
Grid (km)
G A S
Gas supplied (m illio n  kW h)
Number of customers  
Grid3 392 3 391 3 391
453 
2 771  
5 302  
28 757  
1.214 331  
72 157453 
2 791  
4 941  
25 752  
1.226 145  
72 995
27 929  
164 062  
6 631453 
2 783  
4 894  
26 151  
1.236 413  
73 716
32 658  
173 468  
7 19133 306  
169 589  
7 342
DISTRICT HEATING
Heating supplied (m illio n  kW h)  
Number of customers  
Grid (km)
Total employees1  735  
1 121 
100
7 0061  606  
1  152  
1141  701  
1  203  
117
6 976 7 058
2. HARPENER A G
Harpener AG, a former mining company, operates in the fie ld s  of power production,  
in lan d  navigation, administration and exp loitation of property and advisory  
services to the parent companies.
Via its  subsidiary B A U M E  Internationale B.V. in Rotterdam, the, Société  
Financière et In d u s trie lle  Gaz et Eaux, Paris, holds 51 %  of the share  
c a p ita l of D M  127.6 m illio n  in Harpener AG; the other shares are m  
scattered holdings.
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" \
D ata on H a rp en e r A G
T u rn o v e r .( m iL lio n  DM)
P r o f i t  ( m illio n  DM)
D iv id e n d  (%)
E l e c t r i c i t y  s u p p lie d  ( m illio n  kWh) _  
P ro p e rty  (h a ) ·
-  d e ve lo p e d  la nd  -.V :
o f w hich b u s in e s s  and in d u s t r i a l  
p r o p e r tie s
r e s id e n t ia l p r o p e r tie s
-  undeveloped land
o f w hich in d u s t r ia l land 1
land f o r  r e s id e n t ia l b u iL d in g . 
a g r ic u l t u r a l land 
j , fo r e s t.
T o ta l em ployees 
o f w h ich  Harpen power s t a t io n  
in la n d  n a v ig a tio n  
a g r ic u lt u r e  and f o r e s t r y  
a d m in is tr a tio n1981 1982 1983
225 218 226
-  28 24 24
17 18 19
1  134 1  101 1  125
330 267 242
67 64 66
263 203 176
1  613 1  602 1  570
113 112 112
54 53 51
838 831 , 800
608 606 607
374 376 345
103 101 102
-163 161 135
9 ,  9 9
99 105 99
Description of the project
The g e n e ra to r u n it  c o n s is ts  e s s e n t ia lly  o f th e  f o llo w in g :
-  b u ild in g s  ( b o ile r  house w ith  c o a l p u lv e r iz in g  p la n t  and steam . .  
g e n e r a to r : m achine h a l l  w ith  gas and steam t u r b in e s ,  
s w ic h g e a r b u ild in g )
-  e le c t r o s t a t i c  p r e c ip i t a t o r
-  f l u e  gas d e s u lp h u rin g  p la n t
-  s ta c k  ( h e ig h t 215 m)
-  n a tu r a l d ra u g h t wet c o o lin g  to w e r (h e ig h t 123 m, d ia m e te r 
a t base 110 m, d ia m e te r a t to p  7 0 'm ).
The pow er s t a t io n  is  equipped w ith  a gas t u r b i n e ^ l a n t .  I n ^ o n t r a s t  ·  
t o  th e  c o n v e n t io n a l: f ir in g  o f steam g e n e ra to rs , in  w hich c o a l d u s t is  
b u r n t w ith  th e  a d m ix tu re  o f a i r ,  in  t h i s  p la n t  th e  n ece ssa ry a i £  ’ . 
re p la c e d  bv th e  o x y g e n -ric h  exhaust gases o. a p r e lim in a r y  gas tu r b in e ,  
i h i s design has th e  p a r t ic u la r  a dvantages o f h ig h  e f f ic ie n c y  and good 
h e a t economy on p a r t i a l  lo a d .
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The coal is broken up in pulverizers in the b o ile r house and then burnt  
as coal dust in the steam generator together with the exhaust gases from  
the gas turbine. The resulting hot off-gases transfer th e ir heet to the  
heating surfaces of the b o ile rs, in which water is heated and turned to  
steam under high pressure and the steam superheated to a temperature of  
535°. ..
This steam is used via the steam turbine to drive a connected power generator.  
The spent steam from the turbine is passed to a water-cooled condensor  
where i t  is turned back into water. The off-gases which have given up  
th e ir heat to the steam are largely cleaned of dust in e le c tro s ta tic  p recip i­
ta to rs , passed through desulphuring units to remove most of the sulphur  
and then released via the stack.
Technical data:
Generating capacity (gross) 750 M W
capacity of gas turbine 103 M W
capacity of steam turbine 647 M W
Natural gas fire d  in gas turbine 32.75 t/h
Coal fire d  in steam generator 185 t/h
Steam production 1  800 t/h
Steam pressure 193 bar
Steam temperature 535° C'
Cooling-water throughput of ^
natural-draught cooling tower 47 000 m./h
S tart of construction: /  1979
Completion: Autumn 1984
Investment costs: about D M  1  b illio n
Assessment
The Member States of the European Communities have set themselves the task of  
reducing th e ir dependence on o il imports. This energy objective requires  
coal to be used more widely and in larger q u a n tities .
The project fa c ilita te s  d ire c tly  and p rin c ip a lly  the usage of community  
coal (annual consumption of the order of approx. 1  m illio n  tons) and contributes  
to the supply of energy supplies of the Community with resource to hydro­
carbons. Consequently, i t  conforms to the objectives of A rt. 54 paragraph. 2  
of the ECSC  Treaty and also to the Energy policy of the Community.
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Conclusions
On the basis of the above considerations the loan application should be  
approved, p a rtic u la rly  since the investment programme constitutes above  
a ll a d irect contibution to achieving the objectives set out in  
A rtic le  54, second paragraph, of the EC SC  Treaty. The Commission has  
decided in p rinciple to grant the loan requested. I t  therefore requests  
the Council in accordance with A rtic le  54, second paragraph to the EC SC  
Treaty to approve the granting of a loan of D M  100 m illio n  (approx. .  
44.7 m illio n  Ecu) or its  .equivalent in another currency to VEW-Harpen  
Kraftwerk Werne oHG, Werne.
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