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The local community of Raversbeuren is now ensuring greater safety on the roads with the help of Westenergie AG. The topic of road safety is an important building block for increasing safety on the roads. The infrastructure provider, Westenergie, is therefore supporting the local community financially in this project by purchasing a new speed measuring system. Speed measuring system The system installed is intended to better protect pedestrians, especially children The system is located near the playground, on the main road. The speed measuring system not only shows drivers the speed, but also lights up green when they are driving within the prescribed speed limit.  However, if the speed is displayed in red, this is a signal for drivers to take their foot off the gas and drive more slowly. The system installed is intended to better protect pedestrians, and especially children, from dangerous situations in traffic in the future. Special protection in road traffic The local community of Raversbeuren and the new Mayor - Marion Engelbach, as well as the long-standing Mayor - Horst Möhringer welcome the initiative of Council Member - Stefan Demand and are very pleased about the new measuring system. They stated, "It was particularly important to us to create additional safety for young and older people, because they need special protection in road traffic. With the new speed measuring system, we hope that traffic in our local community will be safer for everyone. Many thanks to Westenergie for the financial support." Small initiatives and large associations In addition to energy supply, Westenergie is traditionally involved in the areas of sport, culture, social affairs, climate protection and education in its partner communities. Through sponsorship and cooperation, the company supports both small initiatives and large associations in order to shape the future together with local people at a social level. More than 12,000 voluntary projects have already been implemented through the employee initiative - 'Westenergie aktiv vor Ort' alone.

In the local districts of the unified municipality of Morbach, the energy service provider and infrastructure provider - Westenergie has completed the modernization of the lanterns of the entire street lighting. New and environmentally friendly LED lights in the 1,960 street lamps now provide efficient and energy-saving lighting in the streets. Mayor Andreas Hackethal and other employees from the administration and Westenergie got an idea of the new lighting technology on site. Longer-lasting LED technology "With the new, longer-lasting LED technology, we are not only easing the burden on the municipality's budget, we are also protecting the environment. This is another contribution by the municipality of Morbach to climate protection. In addition, the modernization ensures better lighting of the streets in the local districts," emphasized Andreas Hackethal, Mayor of the municipality of Morbach. Marco Felten, Head of the Trier Region at Westenergie, added: "We are pleased that we can contribute to improving the infrastructure in the local districts of the municipality of Morbach. The new street lighting also improves safety thanks to the optimized lighting quality." Modernization of street lighting The modernization of the lights in the street lamps took place primarily between 2021 and 2024 The municipality of Morbach expects the conversion to save around 50 percent of its previous energy costs for lighting. In addition, the use of state-of-the-art LED technology helps to significantly reduce CO2 emissions. The modernization of the lights in the street lamps took place primarily between 2021 and 2024. Westenergie works with partner municipalities on the operation and modernization of street lighting as part of a service agreement. Small initiatives and large associations In addition to energy supply, Westenergie is traditionally involved in the areas of sport, culture, social affairs, climate protection and education in its partner communities.  Through sponsorship and cooperation, the company supports both small initiatives and large associations in order to shape the future together with local people, also at a social level.

The Bernkastel-Kues municipality is taking on a pioneering role in terms of electromobility. A new charging station for electric cars is now available at the Bernkastel-Kues sewage treatment plant. The non-public charging facility can be used by technical staff to charge the municipality's own vehicles. As the energy service provider and infrastructure partner of the Bernkastel-Kues municipality, Westenergie is covering part of the costs for installing the technology. Electromobility and green electricity Marco Felten, Head of the Trier region at Westenergie, met with Leo Wächter, Mayor of the Bernkastel-Kues collective municipality, and Wolfgang Hauth, Head of the collective municipality utilities, for the symbolic commissioning of the charging station. "Our employees travel throughout the entire Bernkastel-Kues collective municipality as part of their administrative work. We want to significantly reduce the emissions of pollutants during the necessary journeys and are therefore relying on electromobility and green electricity in this segment. In the course of the energy transition, we want to serve as a role model," explained Mayor Wächter. Westenergie charging stations Regional Manager - Marco Felten from Westenergie, stated: "Electromobility is a future issue both for us as an energy service provider and for the municipalities. It therefore makes sense to promote the use of electromobility for business trips by the technical employees of the municipality in order to further reduce the environmental impact of passenger transport." The electric vehicles of the Bernkastel-Kues collective municipality can now be refueled with green electricity in many places in the administrative area. Westenergie charging stations are already available in nine municipalities in the Bernkastel-Kues collective municipality and now also at the Bernkastel-Kues sewage treatment plant.