Climate-neutral by 2035 – based on this promise, EnBW is committed to playing its part in mitigating climate change in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. With this aim in mind, EnBW will continue to systematically expand renewable energy capacity and phase out the use of coal as an energy source in the medium term. In doing so, the number-one priority is to ensure that the supply of electricity and heat is never under threat. EnBW is therefore embracing the fuel switch principle at its Heilbronn site and initially replacing coal with more climate-friendly natural gas by constructing a new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant. This switch to natural gas represents a bridge on the way to green gases, such as hydrogen produced from renewable sources, with which complete climate neutrality can then be achieved by 2035.
Project diary
This is where we inform you about important events and milestones relating to the planning and construction of a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant on the Heilbronn site. You will find the latest information here on the timetable for the planning and permit process as well as the progress of the construction work.
February 2024: Ground-breaking ceremony and official opening of the construction site. With the start of construction work at the Heilbronn power plant site, EnBW's third "fuel switch" project is now also being realised. State Secretary of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment Andre Baumann, Lord Mayor Harry Mergel, Plant Manager of the Audi site in Neckarsulm Fred Schulze, as well as EnBW Board Member Dirk Güsewell and Head of Generation Portfolio Development Michael Class performed the traditional ground-breaking ceremony on 23 February 2024.
July 2023: Signing of the development plan. On 28 June 2023, the first milestone in the realisation of the Fuel Switch project in Heilbronn was reached. The signing of the urban development contracts in the context of the development plan paves the way for the construction of the power plant, as this creates the necessary legal and planning basis with the city.
Photo (from left, back row: Christoph Rundel (Head of Planning in the Planning and Building Law Office), First Mayor Martin Diepgen, Building Mayor Andreas Ringle, Tilmann von Frantzius (Planning and Building Law Office), Diana van den Bergh (EnBW Project Manager), Jens Rathert (EnBW Project Manager; front row: Lord Mayor Harry Mergel, EnBW Board Member Dr Georg Stamatelopoulos).
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