Our energy mix is getting cleaner all the time. We’re closing coal-fired power plants, converting some sites to gas, sourcing lots of green electricity from renewable producers, and beginning to build wind and solar farms ourselves.
It’s all part of our commitment to making our power business in Europe carbon-neutral by 2035. We intend to be at least halfway there by 2030.
Uniper is also a leading European gas player with a diversified portfolio amounting to roughly 400 TWh long-term contracted volumes annually. In addition, we’re a pacesetter in scaling-up Europe’s hydrogen economy.
In GW |
Gas |
Coal |
Hydro |
Nuclear |
Oil |
Total (count) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany |
3,3 |
3,2 |
2,0 |
0,0 |
1,4 |
9,9 |
United Kingdom |
4,2 |
2,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,2 |
6,4 |
Sweden |
0,0 |
0,0 |
1,6 |
1,4 |
1,2 |
4,2 |
Netherlands |
0,5 |
1,1 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
1,6 |
Hungary |
0,4 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,4 |
Total (asset specific) |
8,4 |
6,3 |
3,6 |
1,4 |
2,8 |
22,5 |
Learn more about our energy sources
Fast-track decarbonization
Alongside expanding renewables capacity, gas will continue to play an important role in decarbonizing economies worldwide. Take power generation. Converting from coal to gas would deliver immediate and dramatic carbon savings.
Clean electricity from water
We’ve been producing zero-carbon power for over 125 years. Our first hydro plant, Höllriegelskreuth in southeast Germany, entered service in 1894.Today, we have 2 GW of hydro capacity in Germany and 1.6 GW in Sweden.
Making our power portfolio even greener
In the past, Europe’s renewables growth was fueled almost entirely by subsidies. That has changed. In many countries wind and solar have achieved grid parity; that is, they can produce electricity at roughly the same cost as or less than other sources like gas.
The key to decarbonizing industry
Companies and communities across Europe have embarked on a decarbonization journey. Low- and zero-carbon hydrogen can make this journey possible. It can power vehicles, locomotives, and ships. It can be injected into the gas network and subsequently used to generate electricity and heat homes. Finally, it can be combined with captured carbon dioxide to produce climate-neutral chemicals and green diesel and jet fuel.
Zero-carbon mainstay of Northern Europe
At the end of 2022, Germany’s remaining nuclear power plants will split their last atoms. In Northern Europe, by contrast, nuclear energy is far less controversial. Uniper has 1.4 GW of attributable nuclear capacity in Sweden, which relies on nuclear energy for about 40% of its electricity.
Making a fast exit
Some of Uniper’s deepest roots are in countries — Germany and Britain — that had abundant coal reserves. They used them. To make steel, to generate electricity, to fuel prosperity. We’ve operated some of Europe’s biggest and best coal-fired power stations. Our 2 GW plant in Ratcliffe-on-Soar in central England has been powering up to 2 million homes for more than half a century.