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Marketing of capacities of the Haidach natural gas storage facility

Marketing of capacities of the Haidach natural gas storage facility

RAG Austria AG as the technical operator of the Haidach storage facility has received a marketing order from the regulatory authority E-Control for part of the storage capacities in the Haidach storage facility - amounting to about 14 TWh working gas volume.
This marketing task will be carried out by RAG Energy Storage GmbH (100% subsidiary of RAG Austria AG). We are already taking all the necessary steps to ensure that marketing of these capacities can begin without delay. 

The binding inquiries are currently being processed step by step in accordance with the legal requirements on a first come, first serve basis. We expect our customers to start storing capacity as early as the beginning of August 2022. The energy storage facilities operated by RAG Austria AG are among the most modern in Europe, thanks to decades of experience and the highest environmental and safety standards in planning, construction and operation.

Especially in the current energy policy situation, it is particularly important that the storage facilities are optimally maintained and in operation at all times - around the clock - in order to store the energy supplied and to make it available at full capacity when it is needed.

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Security of supply with gas is guaranteed

Security of supply with gas is guaranteed

RAG Energy Storage works for the reliable supply of energy. As part of Austria's critical infrastructure, we are well prepared to ensure the supply of gas for our customers also in times of crises to allow for secured production of electricity, heat and mobility.

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Europe’s energy supply sector is facing an exciting future.

Europe’s energy supply sector is facing an exciting future.

Natural gas and gas infrastructure will play a central role in this new era. Gas storage facilities will have a particularly important part to play, owing to the demand for flexibility created by new energy sources and increased reliance on energy trading. In response to these needs, on 1 January 2013 Rohöl-Aufsuchungs Aktiengesellschaft (RAG) formed a modern, customer friendly subsidiary, RAG Energy Storage, to market its storage capacity.

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Gas storage facilities fulfil a variety of functions on the energy market.

Gas storage facilities fulfil a variety of functions on the energy market.

Apart from their conventional function of balancing gas demand swings, storage facilities are playing an increasingly important role as a means of storing other forms of energy. They are crucial to the use of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. The higher the share of renewables in the power mix, the larger are the gas stocks that must be held in reserve to enable standby generating stations to kick in whenever unfavourable weather conditions prevent wind turbines or solar arrays from producing electricity. Generation at gas-fired power stations, using natural gas in storage, compensates for the swings in renewable generation.

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