Electricity from renewable energy

It is hard to imagine daily life without electricity. It provides light and fresh food, the operation of household appliances and entertainment electronics. Wind turbines, hydraulic turbines, biogas plants, wood-powered power stations, photovoltaic modules and geothermal power stations generate environmentally friendly and resource-sparing electricity.

Today renewable energy covers 16.8 percent of German electricity requirements. It has therefore already exceeded the political target of 12.5 percent planned for 2010. The most important driver for this is the Renewable Energy Law (EEG). It is the basis for a dynamic and innovative industry, for more than 366,000 new jobs and export successes.

Thanks to modern control engineering and precise weather forecasts, wind energy, water power, bioenergy and photovoltaics can be controlled in the network. The combined cycle power station shows that renewable energy can be used to provide a safe, secure power supply matching demand, at any time and in any weather. In traffic, electricity from renewable energy is used in electric cars.