Research and Development
Technological innovations open up new opportunities and perspectives for the MVV Energie Group in the fields of decentralised energy generation and distribution. The efficient use of primary energies by means of cogeneration in both large and smaller generation facilities is of key significance for our companies.
The company’s research and development (R&D) activities are value-driven. R&D expenses amounted to
Euro 3 million at the MVV Energie Group in the 2005/06 financial year (please also the multiyear overview). Process optimisation projects, product development and technical enhancement each accounted for Euro 1 million of this total. The company has six full-time employees working in R&D. Furthermore, around 70 other employees commit a significant portion of their working hours to innovation projects.
We continuously expanded our R&D activities in the three strategic areas of Regional Energy, Technical Services and Transfer of Expertise in the past financial year, using the resultant technological impetus to cooperate with our customers and with operators of smaller-scale energy plants. These are playing an increasingly active role in the energy market, which means that it is necessary to lay the foundations for their efficient integration.
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