Hydroelectric power generation company of national significance
With eight hydroelectric power plants along the Drava River, and two small power plants, Dravske elektrarne Maribor generates 80 % of Slovenia’s electric power in compliance with the criteria of renewable energy resources and the standards of the internationally adopted RECS (Renewable Energy Certificates System) certificate. Quality hydroelectric power is generated in an environmentally friendly manner while respecting the principles of sustainable development.
The company, which is owned by HSE and the Republic of Slovenia, is within the scope of its development plans also among the most important investors in the construction of power plants on the Lower Sava River – the largest development project in the Slovenian electric industry.

Energy from nature for people and nature: in the present and the future
The clean and environmentally-friendly energy of Dravske Elektrarne Maribor represents a quarter of all the electric power generated in Slovenia.
The operations of the company, which performs the majority of its activities using river power plants, are based on efficient processes which are carried out with a minimal burden to both resources and the environment. Important principles of work are the reliability of partnerships in all areas and the adaptability to challenges on the part of the employees, owners and the external environment. In the area of hydroelectric activities, the company manages and markets all the processes involved in their entirety, while concern for the environment represents the fundamental criterion for working and for economic success - with regard to both existing and future capacities.
Efficiency, reliability, adaptability, complexity and environmental responsibility are the fundamental values of the company Dravske Elektrarne Maribor.

• Mission

Dravske Elektrarne Maribor is the leading company in the area of the efficient use of renewable energy resources in Slovenia. With its development orientation it ensures a quality and environmentally-friendly energy supply with the goal of economic success and sustainable development in harmony with the environment and the markets in which it operates.

• Vision

Through both the effective use of renewable resources and the optimal allocation of its own resources, the company maintains its position as the leading hydroelectric power system in Slovenia desiring validation in future interesting market areas through the sensible expansion of activities and its strategic partners.

• Development Balance

The future of the company Dravske Elektrarne Maribor is reflected in the expressed development balance between the continued refurbishment of existing capacities, the search for new development possibilities and market opportunities and also the construction of new capacities in other fields. The company is already participating as a thirty percent co-investor in the construction project of a chain of hydroelectric power plants on the Lower Sava River, known as the Joint Venture.