In 2008 SWM launched the Renewable Energies
Expansion Campaign, establishing a budget of around €9 billion to pursue
Munich’s 100 percent renewable energy goal. Thus far SWM has focused
exclusively on cost-efficient projects that are self-sustaining. In addition to
water, geothermal, solar and biomass, wind power is playing an increasingly
important role in SWM’s strategy. For example, in summer 2009, SWM acquired
five wind parks in Germany. The 25 wind power plants that are part of the
system generate around 100 million kWh of green electricity per year. This meets
the annual requirements of 40,000 Munich households and prevents the emission
of 90,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. According to current forecasts, over 80
percent of green electricity will be generated by SWM’s own wind parks by 2015.
As a part of the overall plan the SWM has also recently opened a virtual power
plant – a network of several small-scale energy plants which are pooled and
operated like a single system. The plant allows SWM to better plan and forecast
the loads of these power generation sources, some of which run on renewable
energy. The facilities have a combined output of more than 50 MW.
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