Regional energy supplier: electricity from 100 % hydropower, natural gas distribution and grid operation in the Tauber Valley.
TauberEnergie Kuhn, Karl und Andreas Kuhn OHG
Bad Mergentheim (Markelsheim)New on Amplifa
About TauberEnergie Kuhn
TauberEnergie Kuhn is a family-run energy supplier based in Bad Mergentheim-Markelsheim in the Tauber Valley. The company distributes electricity from 100 % hydropower as well as natural gas and eco-gas and, as grid operator, operates the electricity grid in the Markelsheim district. Its roots go back to 1852, when Johann Kuhn took over a hydropower-driven grain and oil mill; since 1898 the company has supplied the municipality of Markelsheim with electricity. The entire range of services – from customer switching to meter reading and move notifications through to billing – is offered in-house. The company operates its own hydropower plants, among others in Markelsheim and Weikersheim, and additionally sources TÜV-certified green electricity from the VERBUND power plant Aschach. Since 2015, the fourth generation, Karl and Andreas Kuhn, has been running the company as an OHG.
- Site
- Bad Mergentheim
- Processes
- Electricity supply (100 % hydropower), Natural gas/eco-gas distribution, Grid operation of the Markelsheim electricity grid, Customer center: customer switching, meter reading, moving, billing, Energy data management, Grid processes, EEG (Renewable Energy Act) billing, House connections
- Certificates
- Hydropower guarantee of origin (12,000 MWh from VERBUND power plant Aschach)
- Founded
- 1852
- Industries
- Energy industry, Renewable energies (hydropower)
Locations
Bad Mergentheim
DEAdministration, customer center and grid operator (Markelsheim electricity grid)
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1852
Johann Kuhn acquires the hydropower-driven grain and oil mill; electricity supply with water wheels
- 1898
Electricity supply contract with the municipality of Markelsheim for street lighting; Markelsheim is the first district of Bad Mergentheim with electricity
- 1904
Installation of the water turbine; additional power generation with a steam locomobile in case of low water levels
- 1918
Son Hans Kuhn takes over the operation
- 1927
Second water turbine installed; steam locomobile replaced by two diesel engines
- 1942
Connection to the Überlandwerk Jagstkreis (UJAG)
- 1949
Conversion from direct current to alternating current, renewal of the overhead line network
- 1960
Electricity supply in new development areas via underground cables
- 1974
Karl and Norbert Kuhn take over the operation
- 1976
Acquisition of the Igersheim hydropower plant and feed-in to the Markelsheim electricity grid; Karl Kuhn takes over the management
- 1980
From 1980, cabling of the entire local grid and construction of additional transformer stations
- 1997
Gisela Kuhn leaves the company and takes over the Igersheim hydropower plant (feed-in to the EnBW grid)
- 1998
Acquisition and general overhaul of the decommissioned Weikersheim hydropower plant (80 kW)
- 2009
New construction of the Markelsheim hydropower plant, investment of 500,000 euros, saving approx. 600 t of CO2 per year
- 2010
New concession contract for the Markelsheim electricity grid; expansion of electricity sales outside the own supply area
- 2015
Karl and Andreas Kuhn take over the company as TauberEnergie Kuhn, Karl und Andreas Kuhn OHG
- 2020
Start of natural gas distribution