Climate protection & resource conservation

The activities of Energy AG are intended to provide maximum support to the goals pursued by Austria's climate policy. This includes increasing the share of Group-owned systems for electricity generation from renewable sources and initiating measures to improve the efficiency of existing systems. The Group's contribution to decentralising the market is manifest in projects that lay the foundation for the emergence and functionality of renewable energy communities and facilitate a sensible, practical future cooperation with these new market players.

Projects aimed at reducing the internal consumption of resources, compensating for undesirable effects from the Group's own operations on the climate and natural environment, as well as further improving the environmental footprint of Energie AG are being implemented.

The measures aimed at raising awareness for the responsible treatment of energy resources among the population are complemented by (digital) information and advisory services as well as attractive financial assistance options.

Emissions

The Energie AG Group’s business activity requires a reasonable amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Thermal power plants are indispensable for electricity production as a means of ensuring a secure supply and stable grids. Energie AG works to counter emissions by making substantial positive impacts on the environment through efficient low CO2 energy and heat generation, and by harnessing the benefits of primary fuel and primary raw material substitution. In addition, the Waste Management Segment’s refrigerator recycling service makes a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The emissions in the 2020/2021 fiscal year are broken down as follows: the total direct (Scope 1) CO2 emissions amounted to 1,251 kt of CO2 (previous year: 1,349 kt); of these total CO2 emissions, 923 kt are attributable to fossil fuel sources (previous year: 1,036 kt) and 328 kt to biogenic energy sources (previous year: 313 kt). Energie AG Group accounted for 36 kt of indirect (Scope 2) market-based CO2 emissions (previous year: 81 kt) and 127 kt site-based CO2 emissions (previous year: 118 kt).

The Energie AG Group’s emissions predominantly come from the operation of thermal power plants, district heating plants, waste incineration plants and co-generation plants, as well as from pumping energy, distribution losses, process heat, building heating and vehicles.

Calculation of CO2 emissions takes into account the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Corporate Standards and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI 305) Standards.

Scope 1 encompasses direct emissions from the incineration processes of stationary facilities, direct emissions from the incineration processes of mobile facilities, direct emissions of volatile gases and direct emissions from processes (CO2 and CH4).

Direct greenhouse gas emissions are released when primary energy sources are converted in the Company's facilities, vehicles and building heating (without electricity). This includes all fuels such as natural gas, heating oil, coal, diesel, petrol, liquefied petroleum gas and biogenic fuels. Energie AG creates electricity and district heating from these sources, allowing it to operate its own fleet of road vehicles.

Scope 2 encompasses indirect emissions from electricity purchases and indirect emissions from district heating. For Group units located within Austria, the generation mix of Energie AG (0.00 g CO2/kWh) is used to measure the CO2 emissions from electricity purchases (previous year: 141.57 g CO2/kWh). The Czech Republic Segment is measured at the average annual generation mix for the Czech Republic as per the “European Environment Agency”.

Indirect greenhouse gas emissions are released by the use of electricity from the grid and heating from non-Energie AG systems. This includes the operation of systems that generate no electricity in-house (such as electricity supply to Energie AG buildings, grid purchases during system shutdowns/overhauls, pumped-storage electricity, systems in the water network and systems in the gas grid (without own gas needed).

CO2 emissions in tonnes per year

Total direct (Scope 1) CO2 emissions

 

 

2020/2021

 

2019/2020

 

2018/2019

Total

 

1,250,865

 

1,349,389

 

1,500,338

Direct (Scope 1) CO2 emissions, fossil 1)

Business unit

 

2020/2021

 

2019/2020

 

2018/2019

Erzeugung GmbH

 

390,503

 

491,328

 

639,406

Waste Management Segment

 

468,552

 

483,828

 

485,526

Czech Republic Segment

 

33,561

 

32,062

 

35,254

Vertrieb GmbH

 

25,169

 

23,966

 

26,444

Netz OÖ GmbH

 

3,575

 

3,395

 

3,325

Business Services GmbH

 

1,794

 

1,714

 

1,986

Total

 

923,155

 

1,036,292

 

1,191,942

1)

The emission factors for fossil fuels were updated according to the values published by the Environment Agency Austria. Values for the global warming potential were taken into account over a 100-year timescale in accordance with the “Fifth Assessment Report” of the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” (IPCC AR5).

Direct (Scope 1) CO2 emissions, biogenic 1)

Business unit

 

2020/2021

 

2019/2020

 

2018/2019

Erzeugung GmbH

 

160,051

 

138,406

 

145,859

Waste Management Segment

 

160,046

 

166,952

 

155,096

Czech Republic Segment

 

7,502

 

7,652

 

7,348

Vertrieb GmbH

 

110

 

86

 

93

Netz OÖ GmbH

 

0

 

0

 

0

Business Services GmbH

 

0

 

0

 

0

Total

 

327,709

 

313,097

 

308,396

1)

The emission factors for biomass and biogas were updated according to the values published by the Environment Agency Austria and the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle).

Indirect (Scope 2) CO2 emissions, market based 1)

Business unit

 

2020/2021

 

2019/2020

 

2018/2019

Erzeugung GmbH

 

14

 

4,310

 

4,199

Waste Management Segment

 

0

 

11,927

 

14,766

Czech Republic Segment

 

29,005

 

28,997

 

30,205

Vertrieb GmbH

 

6,824

 

6,490

 

4,402

Netz OÖ GmbH

 

0

 

28,739

 

35,465

Business Services GmbH

 

0

 

0

 

0

Total

 

35,842

 

80,463

 

89,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Scope 1 + 2, market based (in t CO2eq) 2)

 

1,286,707

 

1,429,852

 

1,589,376

1)

The calculation for the Generation business unit and the Czech Republic Segment has been corrected for the previous years. The Scope 2 emissions for all fiscal years were calculated according to the market and site-based approach.

2)

The values for the fiscal year 2020/2021 come from direct measurements, from environmental statements, or were calculated using conversion factors (for direct CO2 emission factors see the Environment Agency Austria (Umweltbundesamt)). Conversion factors are used for the use/consumption of natural gas, petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, heating oil, methane, biomass, biogas and district heating, for example. The market-based approach was based on the Energie AG's generation mix and the generation mix of the Czech Republic. The site-based approach was based on the generation mix of Austria and the Czech Republic. The emission values from waste incineration (Waste Management Segment) are based on continuous measurements. Methane is included in the direct fossil emissions. The data of Umwelt Service GmbH (Waste Management Segment) has been collected for the calendar year 2020. For availability reasons, the data for the Czech Republic Segment is from the fiscal year 2019/2020. The following entities have not been included due to their small scale compared to the overall balance (<1%): Trading GmbH, Telekom GmbH, the service areas (except Business Services GmbH) and Ennskraftwerke AG. The CCGT power plant in Timelkam is jointly owned by Energie AG (50%) and Groupe e (CH) (50%). The CO2 emissions are included at 100% in accordance with the operative controlling approach.

Indirect (Scope 2) CO2 emissions, site based

Business unit

 

2020/2021

 

2019/2020

 

2018/2019

Erzeugung GmbH

 

7,233

 

7,841

 

6,118

Waste Management Segment

 

21,814

 

21,737

 

21,540

Czech Republic Segment

 

29,005

 

28,997

 

30,205

Vertrieb GmbH

 

7,784

 

6,925

 

4,710

Netz OÖ GmbH

 

61,404

 

52,374

 

51,738

Business Services GmbH

 

0

 

0

 

0

Total

 

127,240

 

117,874

 

114,311

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Scope 1 + 2, site based (in t CO2eq) 1)

 

1,378,104

 

1,467,263

 

1,614,649

1)

The values for the fiscal year 2020/2021 come from direct measurements, from environmental statements, or were calculated using conversion factors (for direct CO2 emission factors see the Environment Agency Austria (Umweltbundesamt)). Conversion factors are used for the use/consumption of natural gas, petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, heating oil, methane, biomass, biogas and district heating, for example. The market-based approach was based on Energie AG's generation mix and the generation mix of the Czech Republic. The site-based approach was based on the generation mix of Austria and the Czech Republic. The emission values from waste incineration (Waste Management Segment) are based on continuous measurements. Methane is included in the direct fossil emissions. The data of Umwelt Service GmbH (Waste Management Segment) has been collected for the calendar year 2020. For availability reasons, the data for the Czech Republic Segment is from the fiscal year 2019/2020. The following entities have not been included due to their small scale compared to the overall balance (<1%): Trading GmbH, Telekom GmbH, the service areas (except Business Services GmbH) and Ennskraftwerke AG. The CCGT power plant in Timelkam is jointly owned by Energie AG (50%) and Groupe e (CH) (50%). The CO2 emissions are included at 100% in accordance with the operative controlling approach.

CO2 emissions from electricity production

The CO2 emissions from electricity production 1) were reduced to 0.00 g/kWh in fiscal year 2019/2020 as a result of implementing the exclusive use of environmentally friendly energy sources (fiscal year 2018/2019: 34.17 g/kWh). This means that Energie AG Oberösterreich Vertrieb GmbH (Vertrieb GmbH) is completely climate neutral and causes no CO2 emissions at all.

 

 

Unit

 

2019/2020

 

2018/2019

 

2017/2018

CO2 emissions from electricity production

 

g/kWh

 

0.00

 

34.17

 

54.33

1) 1) Fuel mix disclosure figures of Vertrieb GmbH excl. Energie AG Businesskunden GmbH and ENAMO Ökostrom GmbH; the data for the CO2 emissions for the electricity production in the 2020/2021 fiscal year was not available at the time the report for 2020/2021 was prepared.

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