Vorarlberger Illwerke

Vorarlberger Illwerke (illwerke vkw) is an Austrian energy company whose business fields include hydropower, supply and services, tourism, telecommunications, and wind and battery. Its hydropower plants are located throughout the region, with the most powerful facilities in the Montafon and Bregenzerwald. The company has supplied Vorarlberg and the Westallgäu with electricity for generations and states that it has been making energy usable for Vorarlberg for more than a hundred years.

The company's history page states that illwerke vkw has been making energy usable for Vorarlberg for more than a hundred years. Its chronology begins with the Rieden power plant going into operation in 1890, used by the textile company Jenny & Schindler to supply its textile works in Kennelbach. In 1899 the Ebensand power plant began operation as a run-of-river plant without storage, drawing water from the Dornbirnerach. In December 1901 the Elektrizitätswerke Jenny & Schindler began electricity delivery to the municipalities of Rieden-Vorkloster and Kennelbach. On 26 January 1908 the Andelsbuch power plant was commissioned; it was the most powerful hydropower plant of the monarchy, with a transmission line across the border and expansion of the electricity grid.

Product categories. electricity supply · hydropower · grid operation · telecommunications · tourism

1. 1Energie für Generationen | illwerkevkw.atillwerkevkw.at
2. 2Unternehmensgeschichte & Zukunftsprogrammillwerkevkw.at
3. 3Managementillwerkevkw.at
4. 4Vorarlberger Illwerkewikidata.org