Project in full swing: Matthias Bachmeier (Lower Austria Network), Herbert Steinhauser (Lower Austria Network, Head of the Hollabrunn Service Center), Mayor Peter Frühberger and Gerhard Wieser (Lower Austria Network).
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GPlanned road renovations are being used in the market town of Seefeld-Kadolz to update and expand the local power grid and water supply.
In the area of electricity, two old transformer stations were replaced, the electricity house connections were rebuilt and medium-voltage and low-voltage cables were laid. Because the local water network in Seefeld-Großkadolz is also managed by the EVN subsidiary Netz NÖ, the main water pipes and house connections were also renewed. At the end of the project, the overhead lines will be removed from the houses.
“I’m looking forward to the new, significantly improved townscape,” says SPÖ Mayor Peter Frühberger and praises the excellent cooperation between Netz NÖ and the municipality.
Background:
The goals of the Austrian climate and energy strategy envisage a tenfold increase in energy from photovoltaic systems and a doubling of energy from wind turbines by 2030. In its role as a distribution network operator, this poses a huge challenge for Netz NÖ, since the power grid has to be modernized and expanded at various levels in a relatively short period of time.
In this financial year alone, Netz NÖ is investing around 320 million euros in the expansion of the infrastructure in order to “bring the future of energy down to earth”.
The modernization program until 2030 includes:
- Construction or replacement of around 40 substations including connection lines (92 substations are currently in operation)
- annual addition of around 600 transformer stations (long-term average of around 300 stations)
- Construction or replacement of around 300 kilometers of high-voltage lines (currently around 1,400 kilometers in operation)
