Wind energy at EnBW

We can look back on many years of experience in the area of wind energy; today we are actively shaping the Energiewende through our wind farms. We want to increase the proportion of our generation portfolio accounted for by renewable energies to over 40 percent by 2020. Wind power plays a decisive role in this context.

In mathematical terms, EnBW Baltic 1 has been generating electricity for 50.000 households

Offshore wind energy

We became one of the pioneers of wind energy at sea (offshore) through our wind farm EnBW Baltic 1 – the first commercial offshore wind farm in Germany in the Baltic Sea. It was then followed by EnBW Baltic 2. We thus have 330 megawatts of installed output in the Baltic Sea. We are now switching course to the North Sea where we will continue to grow: The joint construction of EnBW Hohe See and EnBW Albatros will provide an additional 610 megawatts of output for transforming fresh wind into clean electricity. And the construction of our third North Sea wind farm – EnBW He Dreiht – is due to start in 2023.

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With its six turbines, the EnBW wind farm Eisenach generates electricity for more than 6.000 households per year

Onshore wind energy

With regard to wind farms on land (onshore), we concentrate on high-yield sites across the whole of Germany. Our goal is to expand installed output to around 1,000 megawatts by 2020. We had 270 megawatts in operation by the end of 2016. We will reap the rewards of our project development work this year: 16 new EnBW wind farms will be constructed in total and our installed output will grow by around 200 megawatts. In other words: we will erect one new wind power plant almost every week.

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Partnerships

We specialise in all facets of wind energy technology and cover the entire value added chain from securing the sites through to the planning, construction and operation of the power plants, as well as direct marketing of the energy. EnBW has also been active in the maintenance and servicing sector since 2016 as an important player in the area of onshore wind power: We have further expanded our position as a strong player in the Renewable Energies segment with the acquisition of the manufacturer-independent service provider Connected Wind Services A/S (CWS).

Our projects and our rate of expansion would not be possible without partnerships and cooperation with third parties: We offer investors, as well as local authorities and their citizens, the opportunity to participate in our projects and thus benefit from the growth of renewable energies. We use the participation models ourselves to generate new financial headroom for the implementation of the next wind energy projects.

Our wind catchers

You can read here in our employee statements about how varied wind power is at EnBW and what motivates and inspires our employees during their activities.