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Donaukraft, Österreichische Donaukraftwerke AGDonaukraft, Österreichische Donaukraftwerke AG, commissioned with the planning, construction and operation of power stations on the River Danube in Austria under the second Nationalisation Act of 1947 and until 1999 a special society of the Verbundkonzern In 1998 it operated 9 hydroelectric power stations on the River Danube: Aschach (built 1959-1964, 287.4 MW), Ottensheim-Wilhering (1970-1974, 179 MW), Abwinden-Asten (1976-1979, 168 MW), Wallsee-Mitterkirchen (1965-1968, 210 MW), Ybbs-Persenbeug (1954-1959, 236.5 MW), Melk (1979-1982, 187 MW), Altenwörth (1973-1976, 328 MW); Greifenstein (1981-1985, 293 MW), and Vienna-Freudenau (1992-1998, 172 MW). Together they generate an average of 12,4 billion kWh of electricity per year (approx. 25 % of all electricity generated by public power stations in Austria). The main shareholder of the Donaukraft was the Verbundgesellschaft (more than 95 %). In 1999 the Donaukraftwerke AG merged with Tauernkraftwerke AG, Verbundkraft Elektrizitätswerke Gmbh and VEG to form the new group Austrian Hydro Power AG, which also belongs to the Verbundkonzern. The Austrian-Bavarian power station Jochenstein (1952-1956, 132 MW) is operated by the Donaukraftwerk Jochenstein-AG.
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