2009

Acquiring a 26 per cent equity share in EWE, EnBW AG becomes EWE's new strategic partner

Further growth by acquisition of the Bremen-based energy supplier swb

2008

Opening of “ZentrumZukunft” in Emstek ecopark

2007

Entry into the Turkish energy market

Acquisition of Brunswick-based telecommunications services provider BCC

EWE Research Centre for Energy Technology NEXT ENERGY founded at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Opening of one of the first biogas processing plants in Germany

2006

Foundation of network operator EWE NETZ

Acquisition of holdings in Herford-based telecommunications service provider Teleos

2005

EWE AG celebrates its 75th anniversary

2004

EWE becomes the largest shareholder in Leipzig gas transportation company VNG – Verbundnetz Gas AG

Acquisition of shares in Hanover-based telecommunications provider htp

2003

Acquisition of holdings in Stadtwerke Cuxhaven and swb AG

Municipal shareholders acquire E.ON’s 27.4 per cent holding in EWE and become the sole proprietors of EWE AG

2002

Acquisition of shares in telecommunications providers BREKOM (Bremen) and osnatel (Osnabrück)

Acquisition of Stadtwerke Bremervörde and acquisition of shares in Stadtwerke Frankfurt/Oder

2001

Acquisition of shares in Bremen-based telecommunications provider nordCom

2000

Foundation of IT consulting firm BTC AG

1999

Entry into Polish natural gas market

1998

Merger of EWE and regional energy provider Überlandwerk Nord-Hannover AG (ÜNH)

Foundation of green electricity provider EWE NaturWatt

1996

Foundation of Oldenburg telecommunications company EWE TEL and entry into the telecommunications market

1990

Construction of natural gas supply network in the eastern part of Brandenburg

1975

EWE’s first natural gas storage facility put into operation

1962

Agreed first import contract for Dutch natural gas

1960

Started supplying natural gas

1943

STROSAG AG and Landeselektrizitätsverband Oldenburg – a group of local electricity associations – merge to form the regional electricity provider EWE AG

1930

Foundation of Oldenburgische Stromversorgungs AG (Oldag)

Stromversorgungs AG (Oldag) and Weser-Ems-Stromversorgungs AG (Wesag) merge to form Stromversorgungs AG Oldenburg-Ostfriesland (Strosag)

1929

PreussenElektra and the city of Leer merge to form Weser-Ems-Stromversorgungs AG (Wesag)