PRESS RELEASE
10 January 2022
COGEN Europe, the European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration, is proud to welcome innogy Energo as a new member (since 1 January 2022). Ever since it was established 25 years ago (in 1997), innogy Energo is active in the establishment, financing, modernization and operation of district heating systems and cogeneration plants. The company is part of the Czech innogy Group, which is one of the major energy players on the Czech market – supplying natural gas, electricity, heat and various other services to 1.8 million customers.
“innogy Energo has been connected to COGEN Europe for many years through its membership of COGEN Czech, which is one of the 11 national associations that are part of the COGEN Europe community,” says Hans Korteweg, Managing Director of COGEN Europe. “We are very excited about the fact that innogy Energo has decided to take the extra step of becoming a Full Member of COGEN Europe, which will allow the company to play a more significant role in our activities going forward. We know that innogy Energo will offer us valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities that are shaping the future of cogeneration in central and eastern Europe.”
Jiří Šimek, Chief Operating Officer of innogy Energo, stated: “ínnogy Energo is already a leading member of COGEN Czech, and we want to become a part of the debate on a European level. The EU is decisive with respect to decentralised energy production and the transition to a carbon-neutral future. Combined heat and power (CHP) plants have an important role to play in this journey and we are convinced that COGEN Europe will continue to advocate for this. Also, the inspiration that we can gain from other COGEN Europe members will help us to innovate our business even faster!”
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About innogy Energo
innogy Energo, s.r.o. is part of the Czech innogy Group, which is one of the major players on the Czech energy market. It is owned by the MVM group.
The roots of the company and activities in the field of cogeneration (CHP) date back to 1997. innogy Energo manages its own facilities and also acts as operator and advisor of facilities at more than 20 locations throughout the Czech Republic. The combined annual output from all these facilities adds up to around 900,000 GJ of heat and 38,000 MWh of electricity.
innogy Energo acts as an aggregator to provide balancing energy (mFRR) to the Czech Transmission System Operator (ČEPS).
