We build wind turbines. Not only to successfully promote the energy turnaround, but also to be prepared for foreseeable changes in the energy market. We have fundamentally restructured our business model for this purpose: Less power generation from nuclear and coal, more from renewable energies. We are expanding our traditional grid business and developing new, innovative products and services for our customers. An important part of this is the digital transformation.
Innovation
We love innovation and change. That is why we develop innovative business models, focus on growth topics, align our innovation portfolio with them and support our corporate start-ups. Our systematic incubation process enables us to quickly develop business models from pilot to market launch and to test projects on the market at short notice. The perfect complement to this: Our partnerships with other start-ups and external programs by which we continuously fill our idea funnel, even from the outside.
Electromobility
Even today, it is impossible to imagine our everyday life without electromobility. How do we support our customers here? With our EnBW mobility+ app: Finding the right e-car using the driving simulator, locating charging stations and paying for charging over the app. Another advantage: We are the leading supplier of rapid charging stations and will provide 1,000 rapid charging locations nationwide by 2020. Today, our customers can already recharge at our charging stations located at every third "Tank and Rest" service station.
Grids
The Netze BW is the EnBW Group's competence centre for grid management. It operates an approximately 100,000 kilometre long electricity grid for high, medium and low voltage and ensures that the electricity reaches our customers. With grid expansion and intelligent technology, our grid subsidiaries are creating the conditions for integrating more and more renewable energies into the grids and smart energy systems.
Renewable energy
We are working to ensure that electricity from renewable energies is not only on everyone's lips, but also reliably available: That's why we are continuing to expand our infrastructure in this area. Since April 2018, our two offshore wind farms EnBW Hohe See and EnBW Albatros - currently the largest offshore project in Germany - have been under construction in the North Sea. We are also one of the leading developers and operators of onshore wind farms in Germany. We also rely on hydropower and solar energy - which we are of course continuously expanding. And we are also focusing specifically on partnerships. We therefore offer investors such as municipalities and private citizens the opportunity to participate in renewable energy projects. Our value creation comprises project development, construction, economic operation and, in future, repowering of the plants.