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EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly traded energy company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Key Information
History
[edit]Foundation and development
[edit]EnBW came into existence on 1 January 1997 as a result of the merger between two energy companies from Baden-Württemberg, Badenwerk AG and Energie-Versorgung Schwaben AG (EVS).[2] Subsequently, on 1 October 2003, EnBW further merged with Neckarwerke Stuttgart AG.[3]
Strategic reorientation and expansion of renewable energy activities
[edit]In March 2012, Frank Mastiaux was appointed as the new CEO of EnBW.[4] At the end of 2012, in response to the nuclear power phase-out and the energy transition, Mastiaux announced a strategic reorientation.[5] The proportion of renewable energy sources in EnBW's energy mix was to increase from 12% to 40% by 2020.[6] The figure of 40.1% was reached in 2021.[7] Much of this was to be achieved by expanding wind power: with 1,016 MW onshore and 975 MW offshore,[8] EnBW is now one of the leading wind farm developers and operators in Germany.[9]
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.[10] EnBW's first offshore wind farm – EnBW Baltic 1, comprising 21 wind turbines in the Baltic Sea – 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 Australian investment group Macquarie for €720 million in January 2015.[11] In early 2020, the EnBW Hohe See and Albatros wind farms with a total of 87 turbines and 609 MW capacity went into operation in the North Sea. In 2017, EnBW won bidding for the right to construct its third North Sea wind farm, the 900 MW EnBW He Dreiht, which is unsubsidised and is scheduled for completion in 2025.[12] In January 2019, EnBW acquired seven wind farms in Sweden with a total of 51 turbines and an installed capacity of 105 MW.[13]
EnBW also plans to expand its grids business and make various divestments. An important growth market is Turkey, where EnBW's focus is on hydroelectric power stations and wind farms.[14]
In 2017, EnBW began expanding its electric mobility, photovoltaics and distributed energy generation activities:
In electric mobility, EnBW has collaborated since March 2017 with Tank & Rast, an operator of service areas along the German autobahn network, to expand the provision of charging points for electric vehicles.[15] EnBW provides the EnBW mobility+ app, which combines a charging point locator with payment options and covers Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and the Netherlands.[16] According to an independent study by P3, Cirrantic and Theon Data,[17] 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 with SMATRICS called SMATRICS EnBW.[18] In April 2021, EnBW announced plans to open Europe's biggest public fast charging park for electric vehicles by the end of the year.[19]
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.[7] In this connection, EnBW is building Germany's largest unsubsidised solar farm with an area of 164 hectares in Brandenburg[20] and in March 2018 acquired Senec, a Leipzig-based manufacturer of home solar battery storage systems.[21]
In March 2023, EnBW announced that it intends to end coal usage by 2028.[22]
In August 2023, it was announced EnBW had acquired a 10% equity stake in a renewable ammonia production plant developed by Norwegian company Skipavika Green Ammonia (SkiGA).[23]
Internationalisation of renewable energy activities
[edit]The EnBW 2025 Strategy includes selective internationalisation of the company's renewable energy activities.[24] EnBW has a presence in Denmark through its subsidiary Connected Wind Services and in Sweden in the form of EnBW Sverige. In June 2019, EnBW completed the acquisition of Valeco, France.[25] The company has a renewable energy joint venture in Turkey in partnership with Borusan. EnBW has also opened offices of its own in Taiwan[26] and the United States[27] 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.[28]
Transmission grid
[edit]In 2023, EnBW sold around a quarter of its high-voltage transmission grid TransnetBW to a savings banks-led consortium for around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion).[29] Also in 2023, state-owned KfW acquired a 24.95% minority stake in TransnetBW, firming up its grip on critical energy infrastructure in a bid to speed up the country's energy transition.[30]
Sports sponsorship
[edit]EnBW was the main sponsor of football clubs VfB Stuttgart[31] and Karlsruher SC[32] for several years until 2010 and continues to sponsor both clubs at a lesser level.
Structure
[edit]Shareholders
[edit]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.[33]
Board of Management
[edit]The Board of Management (Vorstand) of the EnBW holding company consists of Andreas Schell (Chief Executive Officer since 15 November 2022), 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).[34]
Figures
[edit]EnBW has around 5.5 million customers[35] and is the third-largest energy company in Germany.[36] With a workforce of 26,980, EnBW generated revenue of €56,0 billion in 2022.[7]
Carbon intensity
[edit]| Year | Generation portfolio[8]
electrical output in MW |
CO2 Intensity in g/kWh |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 13,387 | 553 |
| 2019 | 13,849 | 419 |
| 2020 | 12,486 | 342 |
| 2021 | 12,722 | 478 |
| 2022 | 13,066 | 491 |
Facilities
[edit]
Nuclear power plants
[edit]- Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant (decommissioned)
- Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant (decommissioned)
- Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant (decommissioned)
Conventional power plants
[edit]Source:[37]

- Altbach coal power plant
- Heilbronn coal power plant
- Marbach am Neckar oil power plant
- Walheim coal power plant
- Stuttgart-Gaisburg gas power plant
- Stuttgart-Münster steam power plant (biofuels and coal)
- Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk Karlsruhe coal and gas turbine plant
Renewable energy sources: hydropower
[edit]Source:[38]
- Glems (Metzingen) pumped storage plant
- Schluchsee pumped storage plant
- Rheinfelden (Baden) hydroelectric power plant
Renewable energy sources: offshore wind farms
[edit]Source:[39]
- EnBW Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm (Baltic Sea, 16 kilometres north of the Darss-Zingst peninsula)
- EnBW Baltic 2 (Baltic Sea, 32 kilometres north of the island of Rügen)
- EnBW Hohe See and Albatros (North Sea; Hohe See approximately 95 kilometres north of the island of Borkum and 100 kilometres northwest of Heligoland; Albatros 105 kilometres from each coast)
Renewable energy sources: onshore wind farms
[edit]Source:[40]
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)
- Bad Nauheim (Hesse)
- Buchholz III (Lower Saxony)
- Derental (Lower Saxony)
- Eisenbachhöhen (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Eppenrod (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Freckenfeld (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Hüttersdorf (Saarland)
- Kahlberg (Hesse)
- Kannawurf (Thuringia)
- Lauenförde (Lower Saxony)
- Primsbogen (Saarland)
- Reinstädt (Thuringia)
- Schalksmühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- 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
[edit]Source:[41]
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
[edit]References
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- ^ a b c "Integrated Annual Report 2022 | EnBW" (PDF). Integrated Annual Report 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Integrated Annual Report 2021 | EnBW". Integrated Annual Report 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Offshore Wind in Europe: Key trends and statistics 2019" (PDF). Wind Europe. February 2020.
- ^ "Wind energy at EnBW | EnBW". Wind energy at EnBW. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "EnBW sells offshore windpark stake to Macquarie for 720 million euros". Reuters. 7 January 2015.
- ^ "EnBW Wins Construction of 900MW German OWF by Bidding EUR 0/MWh". offshoreWIND.biz. 13 April 2017.
- ^ "EnBW acquires seven wind farms in Sweden". EnBW. 8 January 2019.
- ^ "EnBW steckt sieben Milliarden Euro in Konzernumbau". Handelsblatt. 17 June 2013.
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[edit]EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG is a German integrated energy utility company headquartered in Karlsruhe, engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, and retail supply of electricity and natural gas, alongside services in district heating, water, and electromobility.[1][2]
Formed on 1 January 1997 through the merger of Badenwerk AG and Energie-Versorgung Schwaben AG, EnBW has evolved into one of Germany's largest energy providers, with operations extending beyond Baden-Württemberg to other parts of Europe.[3][4]
Majority-owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg along with municipal associations and stable public entities, the company reported external revenue of €14.1 billion in 2024, adjusted EBITDA of €4.9 billion, approximately 28,600 employees, and serves millions of customers while investing heavily in renewable energy infrastructure and grid expansion amid Germany's energy transition.[5][6][7]
EnBW's portfolio includes significant capacities in onshore and offshore wind, solar, and hydroelectric power, reflecting its strategic shift from traditional fossil and nuclear sources following national phase-outs, though this transition has entailed substantial capital expenditures and exposure to volatile wholesale energy markets.[8][4]
History
Foundation and Early Expansion
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG was founded on August 20, 1997, through the merger of Badenwerk AG and Energie-Versorgung Schwaben AG (EVS), two leading regional electricity utilities operating in Baden-Württemberg.[9] This consolidation created one of Germany's largest integrated energy companies at the time, combining generation, distribution, and supply operations across southern Germany.[10] The predecessors traced their origins to earlier entities: Badische Elektrizitätsversorgungs AG, which evolved into Badenwerk and was established in 1921, and EVS, founded in 1939.[11] Post-merger, EnBW pursued rapid expansion to capitalize on Germany's emerging liberalized energy market. Its shares began trading publicly on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October 1997, facilitating access to capital markets and supporting infrastructure investments.[12] By 1999, the company launched Yello Strom GmbH as a dedicated sales arm to offer discounted electricity tariffs, targeting household and commercial customers amid increased competition following EU directives on market opening.[9] Early growth also involved internal restructuring for efficiency, such as the July 1999 retroactive merger of former EVS subsidiaries into EnBW Ostwürttemberg DonauRies AG, streamlining operations in eastern Baden-Württemberg.[10] These steps positioned EnBW to serve over 5 million customers initially, with a focus on regional dominance in electricity and gas supply while laying groundwork for broader portfolio diversification.[9]Adaptation to Nuclear Phase-Out and Energiewende
In response to Germany's 2011 decision to accelerate the nuclear phase-out following the Fukushima disaster, EnBW promptly developed a dismantling strategy for its nuclear portfolio, which included stakes in plants such as Neckarwestheim, Philippsburg, and Obrigheim.[13] This policy shift, embedded within the broader Energiewende framework emphasizing renewable energy expansion and emissions reductions, compelled EnBW to decommission facilities progressively, with Philippsburg units 1 and 2 shutting down in 2011 and 2019, respectively, Obrigheim in 2005 (earlier under prior phase-out plans), and Neckarwestheim 2—the company's final reactor—permanently offline on April 15, 2023.[14][15] EnBW secured necessary decommissioning permits, including for Neckarwestheim 2 in April 2023, initiating full dismantling processes projected to span decades and cost billions, funded partly through provisions and government mechanisms.[15][16] The nuclear exit exacerbated EnBW's vulnerabilities, as the utility derived a significant portion of its baseload generation from atomic power and lacked the diversified non-nuclear assets of competitors like RWE or E.ON, prompting immediate cost reductions, asset impairments exceeding €2 billion in 2011, and a pivot toward renewables to mitigate revenue losses amid rising wholesale electricity prices volatility.[17] EnBW's adaptation strategy integrated Energiewende imperatives by reallocating capital from nuclear decommissioning to onshore and offshore wind, solar, and storage, targeting 75-80% renewable capacity share by 2030 from approximately 60% in mid-2025.[18] This included a €50 billion investment commitment through 2030—its largest ever—for grid upgrades, renewable buildout, and flexibility solutions like batteries, supported by a €3.6 billion capital increase completed in July 2025.[19][20][21] Key projects underscore this transition: EnBW is constructing a 400 MW battery energy storage system at the decommissioned Philippsburg site to store intermittent renewable output, without state subsidies, enhancing grid stability in Baden-Württemberg.[22][23] In September 2025, it commissioned a 58 MW solar component within a hybrid park in the same region, combining photovoltaics with existing infrastructure for optimized output.[24] Offshore wind efforts, such as stakes in Baltic and North Sea projects, further diversified generation, though EnBW advocated for regulatory reforms to ensure grid investments yield adequate returns amid Energiewende-driven infrastructure demands.[25] These measures align with EnBW's Science-Based Targets initiative-approved climate plan, projecting net-zero operations by 2040, yet face scrutiny over Energiewende's empirical challenges, including elevated energy costs and fossil fuel bridging needs during renewable scaling.[14][26]Internationalization and Renewable Focus
EnBW's strategic pivot toward renewables intensified following Germany's nuclear phase-out, with the company committing to expand its renewable capacity from approximately 5 GW in 2020 to 6.5–7.5 GW by 2025, aiming for a 50% share of its generation portfolio from renewables.[27] This shift aligned with the Energiewende policy, emphasizing wind, solar, and emerging hydrogen infrastructure, supported by a €40 billion investment plan through 2030 focused on renewable expansion and grid modernization.[28] By 2024, EnBW invested €6.2 billion, with 85% directed toward growth projects including renewables, marking a 30% increase from the prior year.[29] Internationalization efforts under EnBW's 2025 Strategy emphasized selective expansion in renewable energy, targeting Europe while pursuing opportunities in Asia for offshore wind. In June 2019, EnBW acquired VALECO, a French developer and operator of wind and solar farms, enhancing its European footprint in photovoltaics and onshore wind.[30] The company secured a 37.5% stake in three offshore wind projects in Taiwan totaling around 2,000 MW potential capacity, partnering later with JERA for the Formosa 3 project to advance development.[31][32] Additional moves included a 10% equity stake in the Skipavika Green Ammonia project in Norway in 2023, focusing on renewable ammonia production.[33] By 2025, EnBW adjusted its approach to prioritize European offshore wind, divesting North American assets to TotalEnergies to streamline operations amid regulatory and market challenges abroad.[34] This refocus supported a broader €50 billion investment framework from 2025 to 2030, allocating 75–80% to renewables and hydrogen, with ambitions to achieve 42.5–45% renewable energy in its portfolio by 2030.[35][36] Acquisitions spanned 10 deals across four countries, predominantly in renewables, underscoring a targeted global diversification while anchoring in European infrastructure.[37]Corporate Governance
Ownership Structure
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG maintains a highly stable ownership structure dominated by public entities tied to the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The two largest shareholders each hold 46.75% of the company's shares: the State of Baden-Württemberg directly and the Zweckverband Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke Oberschwaben (OEW), a cooperative of regional municipal utilities.[38] Additional holdings by Baden-Württemberg municipal associations bring public sector ownership to approximately 98% of total shares, with the remaining free float comprising less than 2% available to private investors.[5] This concentrated structure underscores EnBW's origins as a regionally focused utility, with the state and municipal entities ensuring alignment with local energy policy objectives, including the Energiewende transition to renewables. The stability of these holdings has persisted despite EnBW's public listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 1992, limiting market-driven ownership shifts.[36] In October 2025, EnBW reported a reconfiguration of voting rights thresholds stemming from a revised shareholders' agreement among major owners, effective October 10, potentially streamlining decision-making on strategic investments without modifying underlying share percentages.[39] This adjustment reflects ongoing efforts to adapt governance to the company's expanding role in infrastructure and renewable projects amid Germany's energy landscape evolution.Management and Leadership
The Management Board (Vorstand) of EnBW AG consists of five members jointly responsible for the company's operations, with decisions made collectively under the leadership of the Chairman.[9] Dr. Georg Stamatelopoulos serves as Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer, a position he assumed on March 8, 2024, following the Supervisory Board's acceptance of Andreas Schell's resignation.[40] Born in Athens in 1970, Stamatelopoulos holds a doctorate in engineering and oversees strategy, sustainability, corporate development, communications, and government relations.[41] Under his leadership, EnBW has emphasized accelerated investments in renewable energy infrastructure, including a €3.1 billion capital increase completed in July 2025 to fund grid expansion and generation projects.[42][43] Thomas Kusterer acts as Deputy Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, and head of the finance division, managing financial strategy, investor relations, and controlling.[9] In August 2025, Kusterer highlighted the company's stable first-half results amid high investment phases, urging policy support for energy transition funding.[44] Dirk Güsewell, Chief Operating Officer for system-critical infrastructure and customers, directs network operations, customer solutions, and sales.[45] Colette Rückert-Hennen serves as Labor Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, handling personnel, legal affairs, and compliance since July 2019.[46] Peter Heydecker manages sustainable generation infrastructure, focusing on renewable and low-carbon assets.[9] The board's composition reflects EnBW's shift toward renewables and grid resilience, with redistributed responsibilities effective July 2024 to enhance recruitment and operational efficiency in competitive markets.[47] Compensation structures, approved by shareholders in May 2024, tie executive pay to performance metrics like EBITDA and sustainability targets.[48]Financial Performance and Metrics
In 2024, EnBW reported external revenue of €34.5 billion, a decline of 22.3% from €44.4 billion in 2023, attributable to the normalization of wholesale electricity and gas prices after peak levels during the 2022-2023 energy crisis triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.[49] Adjusted EBITDA reached €4.9 billion, aligning with prior guidance and comprising 70.7% from low-risk earnings sources such as regulated network operations and stable customer contracts, an increase from 55.3% in 2023.[50][51] This metric reflects the company's strategic shift toward predictable revenue streams amid volatile commodity markets.[6] Group net profit for 2024 was €1.82 billion, nearly identical to €1.83 billion in 2023, supported by cost controls and contributions from infrastructure segments despite lower trading margins.[52] Gross investments totaled €6.2 billion, directed primarily toward renewable generation capacity additions and grid enhancements to support Germany's Energiewende transition.[6] Retained cash flow remained robust, enabling sustained capital expenditures without immediate liquidity strains, though the company pursued a €3.1 billion capital increase in 2025 to fund long-term growth targets exceeding €50 billion by 2030.[53] The following table summarizes key financial metrics for recent years, highlighting the impact of market volatility:| Year | External Revenue (€ billion) | Adjusted EBITDA (€ billion) | Group Net Profit (€ billion) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 56.5¹ | 4.0 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 44.4 | 6.4 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 34.5 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
Energy Operations
Nuclear Facilities and Decommissioning
EnBW historically operated five pressurized water reactors across three sites in Baden-Württemberg: Obrigheim (KWO, 340 MW, shut down May 11, 2005), Neckarwestheim 1 (GKN I, 740 MW, shut down August 17, 2011), Neckarwestheim 2 (GKN II, 1,310 MW, shut down April 15, 2023), Philippsburg 1 (KKP 1, 890 MW, shut down August 9, 2011), and Philippsburg 2 (KKP 2, 1,399 MW, shut down April 15, 2023).[13][26] These facilities contributed significantly to EnBW's generation capacity until Germany's nuclear phase-out, mandated under the 2011 Atomgesetz and finalized with the 2023 shutdowns. EnBW adopted a direct dismantling strategy for all units, bypassing extended safe enclosure periods to expedite decommissioning and site repurposing, beginning with Obrigheim in 2008.[13] By 2025, Obrigheim's dismantling is complete, while Neckarwestheim I and Philippsburg 1 have undergone substantial disassembly, with EnBW claiming its portfolio as the first fully addressed by an operator—though GKN II and KKP 2 remain in early stages.[13][58] The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment granted decommissioning permits for GKN II in April 2023 and Philippsburg 1 earlier, with EnBW projecting 10-15 years for full dismantling of the later units under atomic law.[15][59] Fuel management includes transferring assemblies from Philippsburg units to on-site interim storage by April 2023, with similar processes underway at Neckarwestheim.[60] Post-decommissioning, sites are eyed for renewable integration, such as a proposed 400 MW/800 MWh battery at Philippsburg to store wind and solar output, reflecting EnBW's shift to Energiewende-aligned infrastructure.[61] Costs, estimated in billions, are partly offset by a 2021 government compensation agreement for phase-out losses, totaling €2.4 billion for EnBW alongside other operators, following Constitutional Court rulings on fair remuneration.[62] EnBW has emphasized technical feasibility limits prevent runtime extensions, aligning with the irreversible phase-out despite energy security debates.[63]Conventional Generation Assets
EnBW's conventional generation assets encompass gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plants and sites transitioning from coal-fired operations, aligned with Germany's coal phase-out mandate targeting 2030, though EnBW aims for completion by 2028. These assets provide dispatchable power and heat, with a strategic shift toward hydrogen-ready facilities to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 55% initially via natural gas substitution and enable future hydrogen operation from the mid-2030s. Investments totaling approximately €1.6 billion support conversions at key sites, yielding around 1.5 GW of hydrogen-ready gas capacity by 2027, including combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) and open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) units. Remaining coal capacity is minimal and slated for decommissioning, with no new fossil fuel plants planned beyond transitional gas infrastructure.[64][65][36] Major fuel-switch projects include the Altbach/Deizisau site, where a new CCGT plant with 680 MW electrical output is under construction to replace coal units, operational on natural gas initially and convertible to hydrogen. Similarly, the Heilbronn CHP plant features a new gas-fired unit delivering 675 MW electrical and 190 MW thermal output, supporting district heating while phasing out prior coal generation. At Stuttgart-Gaisburg, a 2019 replacement of coal with gas-fired systems includes a modern CHP setup producing 31.2 MW electrical and 175 MW thermal energy, augmented in 2025 by a hydrogen-ready gas turbine plant with 124 MW electrical and 370 MW thermal capacity at the adjacent Stuttgart-Münster site for resilient supply.[66][67][68] The Walheim power station, historically coal- and oil-fired with up to 380 MW capacity, has seen Unit 1 retire in July 2024, while Block 2 operates as grid reserve until March 2025 before full decommissioning; plans for a sewage sludge CHP replacement focus on biomass rather than fossil fuels. EnBW also maintains smaller reserve and peaking gas plants, contributing to grid stability amid renewable intermittency, though exact aggregate fossil capacity post-2025 remains transitional and below 2 GW as coal exits. These assets underscore EnBW's role in balancing decarbonization with energy security, prioritizing sites with existing infrastructure for efficient repowering.[69][70][71]| Plant/Site | Location | Electrical Capacity (MW) | Primary Fuel | Status/Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altbach/Deizisau CHP | Baden-Württemberg | 680 | Natural gas (H2-ready) | Under construction; coal replacement by 2026, H2 conversion mid-2030s[66][72] |
| Heilbronn CHP | Baden-Württemberg | 675 | Natural gas (H2-ready) | New build operational; coal phased out, H2 from 2035[68] |
| Stuttgart-Gaisburg/Münster | Stuttgart | 31.2 (CHP) + 124 (turbine) | Natural gas (H2-ready) | Operational since 2019/2025; coal replaced, H2-capable[73][71] |
| Walheim | Baden-Württemberg | ~136 (remaining) | Coal/oil (phasing to none) | Decommissioning complete by 2025; no fossil successor[69] |
