- EWE wants to become climate-neutral by 2035
2020
Together - For a better tomorrow
Sustainability has been an important topic for the EWE Group since many years. Here you can find a review of times, where sustainability wasn't the high-classified topic like it is today.
- About 23.000 m² of grass and lawn space on EWE's properties are being turned into flowering fields
- 76% of the electricity generated in our networks somes from renewable energies, as does 97% of EWE NETZ's own electricity
- EWE was able to reduce CO2 emissions from electricity production by 40% (compared to 2005)
2019
- Various companies in the EWE Group sign Diversity Charter
- EWE repeatedly makes it possible for municipalities in the Ems/Weser/Elbe region to participate in EWE NETZ - 123 shareholders in total
2018
- EWE involves the citizens of the communities of Hatten and Köhlen in two large regional wind farms
2017
- More than 75% of the electricity in EWE NETZ's network comes from renewable energies
- EWE repeatedly makes it possible for municipalities in the Ems/Weser/Elbe region to participate in EWE NETZ - 82 shareholders in total
- EWE introduces concrete sustainability requirements for suppliers, with immediate effect
2015
- EWE approves a sustainability strategy for the entire Group
- EWE begins operation of "Riffgat", the first commercial wind farm in the German North Sea
2014
- EWE makes it possible for municipalities in the Ems/Weser/Elbe region to participate in the EWE NETZ network subsidiary for the first time – 64 take advantage of this option
2013
- As the consortium leader, EWE establishes Germany’s first offshore wind farm “alpha ventus”, which can supply 70,000 households
2010
- EWE introduces the E3 electric car, which serves as the basis for research into the integration of electric cars into the electricity network. Learn more about electric mobility
2009
- EWE starts “eTelligence”, a four-year smart grid field test, in Cuxhaven
2008
- Establishment of the "NEXT ENERGY” EWE Research Centre for Energy Technology at the University of Oldenburg
- EWE opens one of the first biogas processing plants in the nation
2007
- EWE builds the tallest wind turbine in the world at the time – 180 metres
2004
- EWE establishes the EWE Foundation to support education, training, science and culture. Learn more about the EWE Foundation
2002
- EWE operates 44 wind energy plants that generate more than 44 million kWh of electricity
1999
- EWE builds the largest wind farm in Germany at the time, in Pilsum. Its 10 turbines have a power output of 300 kW each
1989