Munich reaches climate target: 6.7 TWh green electricity from 2025!

Munich reaches climate target: 6.7 TWh green electricity from 2025!

Riem, Deutschland - Great news for the energy scene in Munich: From 2025, Stadtwerke Munich (SWM) will generate as much green electricity as the city consumes. This was announced at a press conference by SWM boss Florian Bieberbach on July 1, 2025. For many years, the SWM has campaigned for the expansion of renewable energies, a goal that was decided by the city council in 2009. In the meantime, the company generates 6.7 terawatt hours (TWH) green electricity per year, which exceeds the current electricity consumption of around 6.2 TWh in Munich.

But the result is no coincidence. The majority of the green electricity - about 90% - come from wind power, especially from plants in Scandinavia and on the North Sea coast. At the SWM, the change has taken place over the years. 16 years ago, the generation mix was heavily dependent on fossil fuels, while today the green electricity has a significant part of the overall offer. It is an increasingly visible progress that even positions the municipal utilities as a Europe -wide pioneer in the energy transition, as the economic officer Christian Scharpf put it.

investments and infrastructure

In total, the SWM invested a whopping 4.2 billion euros in the area of ​​renewable energy production by the end of 2024. Despite adverse circumstances, such as an unfavorable wind year, the SWM assumes that it is already more electricity than is needed this year. These investments pay all the more because the average annual increase in yield in the green electricity segment has been around 130 million euros since 2020. For the next five years, even higher yields of around 100 million euros per year will be expected.

In Munich and the surrounding area, the municipal utilities are already very active: over 230 solar systems, four solar parks, two wind turbines, 13 hydropower plants as well as geothermal and a biomass plant are already in operation. This year, three other solar parks in Zengermoos, Garching and Stachusried are to go online, whereby the largest photovoltaic system in Zengermoos is supposed to produce a proud 44 gigawatt hours every year.

look into the future

The SWM's plans also contain an ambitious wind power offensive. Six new wind turbines in Schernfeld and additional projects in Rammertshofen are planned by 2030. The city will react to the increasing demand: Estimates show that the electricity requirement in Munich will increase to 6.8 TWh by 2030 and even to 8.2 TWh by 2040.

Another important step towards complete climate neutrality by 2040 includes the conversion of the district heating production of gas power plants to hydrogen as soon as it is available. Against the background that the proportion of renewable energies on total energy consumption in Germany should increase to 41% by 2030, the SWM show that Munich is on the right track.

The municipal utilities are working hard to drive the energy transition in the region and not only to achieve the climate goals, but even to surpass. Munich, already over 54%with an ecostrom content of today, can look forward to the sustainable course and will continue to show a good hand.

For many, the goal of complete climate neutrality is ambitious, but the progress that the SWM has made so far are a sign that it is worth pursuing great visions. The focus is on environmental protection, while the economic success of the municipal utilities is also secured in the green electricity segment. Meanwhile, the expansion of renewable energies and the change from conventional energies to sustainable solutions are very priority. Munich could soon shine as a real model for climate protection.

The Mwagen for the coming years are set and the SWM show that they are ready to invest in the future in order not only to focus ecologically but also economically on the map of sustainable development. As the various numbers and investments prove, we go to a green future - and that's right!

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