Dravske elektrarne Maribor

Dravske elektrarne Maribor, d. o. o. is a Slovenian energy company that operates eight large hydro power plants on the Drava River (Dravograd, Vuzenica, Vuhred, Ožbalt, Fala, Mariborski otok, Zlatoličje and Formin), six small hydro power plants (Melje, Markovci, Ruše, Rogoznica, Ceršak and Pesnica) and four solar power plants (Zlatoličje, Formin, Dravograd and OCV 3). According to its official website, the company produces almost a quarter of the total electricity produced in Slovenia, with an average annual production of 2,800 GWh, representing 80 percent of the total electricity produced in Slovenia that complies with renewable energy source criteria and RECS standards. The total net power of its power plants is almost 600 MW. The company states that efficiency, reliability, adaptability, comprehensiveness and environmental and social responsibility are its basic values.

The idea to merge the power plants on the Drava River extant at the time into a single company was born in 1950. A key conference on the question of establishment and organisation of a new directorate for the Drava power plants Dravograd, Vuzenica, Fala and Mariborski otok was held on 22 October 1950 in the Mariborski otok Hydro Power Plant, attended by the then Minister of the Power Industry of the People's Republic of Slovenia, Miloš Brelih. Based on numerous meetings that followed, the Theses for the organisation of the company Dravske elektrarne were created in September 1951, and the Government of the People's Republic of Slovenia established the company named Dravske elektrarne by October of that same year.

Produces almost a quarter of the total electricity produced in Slovenia, with an average annual production of 2,800 GWh representing 80 percent of Slovenia's electricity compliant with renewable energy source criteria and RECS standards.

• Large hydro power plants

• Small hydro power plants

• Solar power plants

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