EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly-traded
energy
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company headquartered in
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. As its name indicates, EnBW is based in the
German state of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
.
History
Foundation and development
EnBW came into being on 1 January 1997 as the result of a merger between two energy companies from Baden-Württemberg, Badenwerk AG and Energie-Versorgung
Schwaben
Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.
The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
AG (EVS). EnBW subsequently merged with Neckarwerke Stuttgart AG on 1 October 2003.
Strategic reorientation and expansion of renewable energy activities
In March 2012, Frank Mastiaux was appointed as the new CEO of EnBW. At the end of 2012, in response to the
nuclear power phase-out
A nuclear power phase-out is the discontinuation of usage of nuclear power for energy production. Often initiated because of concerns about nuclear power, phase-outs usually include shutting down nuclear power plants and looking towards fossil ...
and the
energy transition
The energy transition is the process of downshifting fossil fuels and re-developing whole systems to operate on low carbon energy sources. More generally, an energy transition is a significant structural change in an energy system regarding ...
, Mastiaux announced a strategic reorientation. The proportion of
renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
sources in EnBW's
energy mix
The energy mix is a group of different primary energy sources from which secondary energy for direct use - such as electricity - is produced. Energy mix refers to all direct uses of energy, such as transportation and housing, and should not be c ...
was to increase from 12% to 40% by 2020. The figure of 40.1% was reached in 2021.
Much of this was to be achieved by expanding wind power: with 1,016
MW onshore and 975 MW offshore,
EnBW is now one of the leading
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...
developers and operators in Germany.
Between 2020 and 2025, the company plans to invest over €5 billion in the further expansion of renewable energy generation and aims to operate onshore and offshore wind farms with a total capacity of at least 4,000 MW. EnBW's first offshore wind farm –
EnBW Baltic 1, comprising 21
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
s in the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
– went into operation in 2011. This was followed in early summer 2015 by the 80-turbine
EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm, a stake in which had already been sold to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n investment group
Macquarie for €720 million in January 2015. In early 2020, th
EnBW Hohe Seean
Albatroswind farms with a total of 87 turbines and 609 MW capacity went into operation in the
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...
. In 2017, EnBW won bidding for the right to construct its third North Sea wind farm, the 900 M
EnBW He Dreiht which is unsubsidised and is scheduled for completion in 2025. In January 2019, EnBW acquired seven wind farms in
Sweden
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with a total of 51 turbines and an installed capacity of 105 MW.
EnBW also plans to expand its grids business and make various divestments. An important growth market is
Turkey
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, where EnBW's focus is on
hydroelectric power stations
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
and wind farms.
In 2017, EnBW began expanding its
electric mobility,
photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially us ...
and
distributed energy generation activities:
In electric mobility, EnBW has collaborated since March 2017 wit
Tank & Rast an operator of
service areas along the German
autobahn
The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...
network, to expand the provision of
charging points for electric vehicles. EnBW provides the EnBW mobility+ app, which combines a charging point locator with payment options and covers Germany,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
,
France
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,
Italy
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and the
Netherlands
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Theon Data EnBW has the largest charging network spanning Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 2020, the company extended its market leadership in fast charging to Austria by entering into a joint venture wit
SMATRICScalled SMATRICS EnBW. In April 2021, EnBW announced plans to open Europe's biggest public fast charging park for electric vehicles by the end of the year.
In photovoltaics and distributed energy generation, EnBW aims to expand photovoltaic generating capacity to 1,200 MWp by 2025, mainly in Germany but also in selected markets elsewhere.
In this connection, EnBW is building Germany's largest unsubsidised
solar farm
Solar may refer to:
Astronomy
* Of or relating to the Sun
** Solar telescope, a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun
** A device that utilizes solar energy (e.g. "solar panels")
** Solar calendar, a calendar whose dates indicate t ...
with an area of 164 hectares in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
and in March 2018 acquire
Senec a
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
-based manufacturer of
home solar battery storage systems.
Internationalisation of renewable energy activities
The EnBW 2025 Strategy includes selective internationalisation of the company's renewable energy activities. EnBW has a presence in
Denmark
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through its subsidiar
Connected Wind Servicesand in Sweden in the form o
EnBW Sverige In June 2019, EnBW completed the acquisition o
Valeco France. The company has
renewable energy joint venture in Turkeyin partnership with
Borusan
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. EnBW has also opened offices of its own in Taiwan and the United States in order to bid in offshore wind auctions. Early in 2021, EnBW and
BP jointly won an auction for rights to develop offshore wind farms in two adjacent areas of the
Irish Sea
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.
Sports sponsorship
EnBW was the main sponsor of
football
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clubs
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...
and
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...
for several years until 2010 and continues to sponsor both clubs at a lesser level.
Structure
Shareholders
The two principal shareholders of EnBW are NECKARPRI-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (itself fully owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg) and Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke (OEW, owned by local municipalities), each of which hold a 46.75% ownership interest.
Board of Management
The Board of Management (
Vorstand
In German corporate governance, a ''Vorstand'' is the executive board of a corporation (public limited company). It is hierarchically subordinate to the supervisory board (''Aufsichtsrat''), as German company law imposes a two-tier board of direc ...
) of the EnBW holding company consists of Frank Mastiaux (Chief Executive Officer since 1 October 2012), Colette Rückert-Hennen (Chief Human Resources Officer), Thomas Kusterer (Chief Financial Officer), Dirk Gusewill (Chief Operating Officer Critical Infrastructure) and Georg Stamatelopoulos (Chief Operating Officer Generation).
Figures
EnBW has around 5.5 million customers and is the third-largest energy company in Germany. With a workforce of 26,064, EnBW generated revenue of €32,1 billion in 2021.
Carbon intensity
Facilities
Nuclear power plants
*
Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant
Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant in Neckarwestheim, Germany, sometimes abbreviated GKN (for german: Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Neckar), operated by EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, a subsidiary of EnBW.
GKN 1
Unit I, in service si ...
(Neckarwestheim 1 decommissioned)
*
Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant
Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant (KWO) is a mothballed nuclear power plant in Obrigheim, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, on the banks of the Neckar and owned by EnBW. It operated a pressurized water reactor unit from 1969 to 2005. It has been defuelled since ...
(decommissioned)
*
Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant
The Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant is located in Philippsburg, Karlsruhe (district), Germany. The plant was operated by EnBW Kernkraft GmbH. As part of Germany's phase out of nuclear energy (Atomausstieg), unit 1 was shut down in 2011 and unit ...
(decommissioned)
Conventional power plants
*
Altbach coal power plant
*
Heilbronn coal power plant
*
Marbach am Neckar
Marbach am Neckar is a town about 20 kilometres north of Stuttgart. It belongs to the district of Ludwigsburg, the Stuttgart region and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart. Marbach is known as the birthplace of Friedrich Schiller, to w ...
oil power plant
*
Walheim
Walheim is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with a considerable viticulture. Besides the village Walheim there are no other places belonging to the municipal area of Walheim.
Geography and climate
Walheim is s ...
coal power plant
*
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
-Gaisburg gas power plant
* Stuttgart-Münster steam power plant (biofuels and coal)
* Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk Karlsruhe coal and gas turbine plant
Renewable energy sources: hydropower
*
Glems
The river Glems is a right tributary of the river Enz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany and around long. The spring is located in the south-west of Stuttgart. On the way to the confluence into the Enz next to Unterriexingen (a quarter of Markgrö ...
(
Metzingen
Metzingen () is a Swabian city with about 22,000 inhabitants, in Reutlingen county, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, south of Stuttgart. Geography
The following towns and municipalities are on the borders of Metzingen, they are named starting in ...
)
pumped storage plant
*
Schluchsee
The Schluchsee is a reservoir lake in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, southeast of the Titisee in the Black Forest near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Name
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pumped storage plant
*
Rheinfelden (Baden)
Rheinfelden ( gsw, Badisch-Rhyfälde, ) is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel. The population is ...
hydroelectric
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power plant
Renewable energy sources: offshore wind farms
* EnBW
Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm
EnBW Baltic 1 is the first commercial offshore wind farm of Germany in the Baltic Sea. Siemens supplied 21 SWT 2.3-93 wind turbines for the 48.3 megawatt wind farm. EnBW Baltic 1 is located about north of the Darss-Zingst Pen ...
(Baltic Sea, 16 kilometres north of the
Darss-Zingst peninsula)
* EnBW
Baltic 2 (Baltic Sea, 32 kilometres north of the island of
Rügen
Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...
)
* EnBW Hohe See and Albatros (North Sea; Hohe See approximately 95 kilometres north of the island of
Borkum
Borkum ( nds, Borkum, Börkum) is an island and a municipality in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. It is situated east of Rottumeroog and west of Juist.
Geography
Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait ...
and 100 kilometres northwest of
Heligoland
Heligoland (; german: Helgoland, ; Heligolandic Frisian: , , Mooring Frisian: , da, Helgoland) is a small archipelago in the North Sea. A part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein since 1890, the islands were historically possessions ...
; Albatros 105 kilometres from each coast)
Renewable energy sources: onshore wind farms
Wind farms and wind power projects in Baden-Württemberg:
* Aalen-Waldhausen
* Ahaberg
* Bad Wildbad
* Burgholz
* Bühlertann
* Dünsbach
* Fichtenau
* Goldboden-Winterbach
* Grömbach
* Hasel
* Häusern
* Königsbronn
* Kupferzell-Goggenbach
* Langenburg
* Oppenau/Lautenbach
* Rosenberg Süd
* Rot am See-Hausen am Bach
* Tautschbuch
* Veringenstadt
Wind farms in other German states:
* Auf der weißen Trisch (
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...
)
* Bad Nauheim (
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
)
* Buchholz III (
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
)
* Derental (Lower Saxony)
* Eisenbachhöhen (
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
)
* Eppenrod (Rhineland-Palatinate)
* Freckenfeld (Rhineland-Palatinate)
* Hüttersdorf (Saarland)
* Kahlberg (Hesse)
* Kannawurf (
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
)
* Lauenförde (Lower Saxony)
* Primsbogen (Saarland)
* Reinstädt (Thuringia)
* Schalksmühle (
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
)
* Schulenburg III (Lower Saxony)
* Schwienau III (Lower Saxony)
* Silberberg (Hesse)
* Steinheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)
* Webenheim (Saarland)
* Vierherrenwald (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Wind farms in other countries:
* Råmmarehemmet (Sweden)
* EnBW also has stakes in onshore wind farms in France through its subsidiary
Valeco
Renewable energy sources: solar power
Solar farms in operation:
* Aitrach (1.5 MW)
* Berghülen (2.7 MW)
* Birkenfeld (5.8 MW)
* Eggesin (10 MW)
* Ingoldingen (4.3 MW)
* Inzigkofen (7.5 MW)
* Kenzingen (2.6 MW)
* Krautheim (0.5 MW)
* Leibertingen (2.1 MW)
* Leibertingen II (5 MW)
* Leutkirch (5 MW)
* Leutkirch II (2.9 MW)
* Leutkirch III (0.75 MW)
* Lindendorf (6.9 MW)
* Löffingen (2.7 MW)
* March-Neuershausen (0.9 MW)
* Müssentin (9.3 MW)
* Ochsenberg/Königsbronn (10 MW)
* Torgau (4.9 MW)
* Tuningen (4.5 MW)
* Ulm-Eggingen (6.5 MW)
* Zwiefaltendorf (5.2 MW)
Solar farms in development:
* Langenenslingen-Wilflingen
* Maßbach
* Sophienhof
* Ulrichshof
* Weesow-Willmersdorf
* Welgesheim
See also
*
Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service The Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH (GNS) carries out services in the field of radioactive waste disposal and decommissioning of nuclear facilities and operates through several subsidiaries interim storage depots for spent fuel and radioacti ...
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