Bürgerwerke eG Claimed

Germany-wide energy supplier (green electricity and ecogas) in public hands

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Germany as a pioneer of the energy turnaround? That was once. Even today, we still produce most of our electricity in nuclear and coal-fired power plants. Committed citizens want to change this - and have founded their own energy supplier, Bürgerwerke. Today, we are an association of over 15,000 people in almost 100 citizen energy cooperatives from all over Germany. Together we pursue our vision of renewable, regional and independent energy supply in the hands of citizens. In the network of the Bürgerwerke we jointly supply ourselves with renewable energy from citizen energy plants and thus contribute to the energy turnaround "from below".

FAQs

Q Does your company have a SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY?

Energy from citizens - the core concept of our company. So far, citizen energy has been the decisive pillar for the successful energy turnaround in Germany. Civic involvement is and remains a decisive success factor for the further successful expansion of renewable energies, because participation and investment opportunities for citizens form the basis for acceptance and commitment to the expansion of renewable energies.
Our electricity customers are supplied directly by the energy cooperatives in their region with citizen electricity or citizen ecogas from renewable energy plants. In this way, we create a sales market for electricity from new plants and can thus build new generation plants in the future independently of the Renewable Energy Sources Act. The citizens' associations themselves work at cost price and do not aim for a profit. Instead, part of the proceeds from the supply of electricity and natural gas to citizens flows back to our local energy cooperatives. These cooperatives invest in new renewable energy plants and in measures to implement the energy turnaround - only this expansion creates real added value for the energy turnaround.

Q To what extent are their services and products sustainable?

The Bürgerwerke are one of the few energy suppliers that are completely independent of the coal and nuclear industries and exclusively supply green electricity from solar, wind and hydro power. We are the only supplier that is in the hands of local energy cooperatives and therefore completely belongs to us citizens. A citizen-owned energy supply makes us as a strong community independent of large corporations. The fact that we are not involved in the nuclear industry can be read in Robin Wood's Green Power Report: https://www.robinwood.de/oekostromreport.
By purchasing green electricity and ecogas, every customer promotes the expansion of renewable energies with a fixed amount per kilowatt hour consumed. As a customer of Bürgerwerke, you yourself become an energy citizen and thus actively contribute to the community's steady growth and expansion. In addition, all generation plants are presented transparently on our website, so that our customers know exactly where their energy comes from and where their money goes - into the energy turnaround in the hands of citizens.