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A new control centre for HSE and DEM (Maribor, 11th April 2007) – In Maribor took place today an official opening of new control centres of HSE and DEM for the whole group Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) and Dravske Elektrarne Maribor (DEM). Opening of new centres means one of the most important events in Slovenian electro economy, on the today’s solemnity it was symbolically official handed over into operation by mag. Andrej Vizjak, minister for economy, dr. Žiga Turk, minister for development, dr. Jože Zagožen, General Direktor HSE, in Damijan Koletnik, Managing Director DEM.
Main tasks of this great control acquisition, which has got its headquarters in the administrative building of Dravske Elektrarne Maribor, are contemporarily, optimum and qualitative management of the generation of electric energy from one centre and administrating of operation all of in the group included power plants with the goal of giving assurance of reliable and optimum operation. The investment is estimated for HSE to the value of 2 million euros and for DEM to the value of 1, 3 million euros.
New control centres (HSE and DEM) are made up of the superior HSE (CV HSE) which is responsible for managing the whole balance group HSE, and of the company DEM (CV DEM), which is in taking care for the optimum exploitation of water potentials of the river Drava in Slovenia, is planning possible generation and is adapting operation to the changeable energetic and water conditions. Both centres are harmonized with each other and with the Austrian and Croatian control centres on the river Drava.
Among the most important functions are planning of generation, realisation of operation, covering of deviations from the planed generation and analysis of the whole generation of the balance group HSE, which involves hydro power plants on Drava, hydro power plants on Soča, thermo power plant Šoštanj, thermo power plant Trbovlje, hydro power plant Boštanj, power plants on Sava, thermo power plant Brestanica, nuclear power plant Krško and all of the biggest customers respectively electro companies. With its contemporary concept the new centres will contribute to the whole group a bigger competitive position and an additional rationalisation, because the uniformed system will rationalise the maintenance and the administration of the system, at the same time a better adaptation to the demands of the electro energetic system and to the market with the electric energy and its products will be assured.
Conception for the new centre has been developing since year 2002, when the management of the balance group HSE began. Because of the old machine equipment improvement of the already existing centre CV DEM was not possible, that is why the decision about building new and at the same time combined management centres HSE and DEM. By tender the task was entrusted to consortium Iskra Sistemi and Korona. The pretentious project execution followed, and afterwards numerous factory testing at home and abroad. New equipment was tested for the first time in Maribor at the end of December, after tested operation at the beginning of 2007 the new management centre officially opened its door.
Managing Director of DEM Damijan Koletnik said at the opening of the control centre: “In Dravske Elektrarne Maribor we are very proud, that this new, long expected control centre has got its quarters in our building. The task, which has been trusted to us, confirms the fact, what an important part of Slovenian economy we are. With the power plants on the river Drava we generate one fourth of the whole electric energy in Slovenia.
The General Director of HSE dr. Jože Zagožen said at the opening: „ With the goal of bigger operating efficiency we strive in HSE to take advantage of collaboration of the wide spectrum of the generation units in the balance group. Technological and operational characteristics and characteristics of expenses of individual generation units are different from each other and therefore it is possible with the adequate combination of generation timetables to achieve for a good price generation of electric energy. At the same time the price of electric energy is gradually changing on the market, and for this reason is economic dispatching of generating units considering technical criterion even more important. It is achieved with CV HSE, which is the cover centre of management the whole balance group HSE, with which we will manage to perform all required tasks for assuring a reliable and safe power supply and achieve maximal economic effects.
Minister for economy mag. Andrej Vizjak stressed at the opening solemnity, that it is an important event for Dravske Elektrarne Maribor and Holding Slovenske Elektrarne and also for whole Slovenian Electro economy. He expressed his belief, that the today’s event is another proof that DEM and HSE active respond on the one of main challenge of the future. Sphere of energetic at rising of demands and uncertainty of supply, which is combined with environmental changes, after the minister’s words is getting more and more important and is keeping on the agenda of European and world politic shapers. For Minister mag. Vizjak is the opening of the new communal management centre a firm proof of awareness for HSE and DEM, that it is important for Slovenia and also for all other members of European union to follow the set goals about stability, competitiveness and reliability of supply.
