Wind and solar power

Electricity is the easiest form of energy to decarbonize. Consequently, everything that can be electrified—vehicles, space heating, and certain industrial processes—will be. This will dramatically increase the demand for renewable power.

We intend to help meet this demand by adding a lot more renewables to our electricity mix. This will make our portfolio more future-proof and allow us to offer more green products to our customers. It will also support our hydrogen ambitions. We intend to significantly grow our renewables portfolio in two ways: by concluding power-purchase agreements (PPAs) and by developing our own onshore wind and solar projects.

Wind-wind situation

Under a PPA, Uniper or another counterparty agrees to buy a percentage of a wind or solar farm’s future output for a set period (typically 10 or 15 years) at a set price. PPAs are a win-win: they give us access to more green power and give developers the financial security to fill a field with wind turbines or solar panels. We have PPAs with wind and solar farms in Europe and North America and intend to conclude many more.

Farms of our own

PPAs enable us to benefit from renewables without actually owning them. Building our own renewables assets will allow us to capture the additional value created during the development and construction phases and, in various cases, to tailor them to our hydrogen projects.

Our other energy sources

Greener Gases: Ensuring security of supply and sustainability

Natural gas will remain critical for ensuring Europe's security of supply for years to come. A diverse, flexible and sustainable supply needs to include more and more green gas going forward.

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Uniper engineer at work at a gas power station in Öresundsverket, Sweden

Hydro power - 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. We also have 1.6 GW in Sweden.

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Wind and Solar - 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.

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Image of solar panels in the foreground and wind turbines in the background

Hydrogen - 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.

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Nuclear - zero-carbon mainstay of Northern Europe

In the beginning of 2023, Germany’s remaining nuclear power plants 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.

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Uniper engineer working at a nuclear power plant at OKG, Sweden

Coal - making a fast exit

Some of Uniper’s deepest roots are in countries 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

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Wind and solar: green power for customers and our hydrogen plan