Climate protection projects
The central component of our commitment to climate protection is to record all the CO2 emissions caused by the operations of wpd worldwide and to offset them on an annual basis. To do so, we have been committed to various projects for many years. Our latest project, which we have been supporting since 2019, is the construction of small-scale biogas plants in Nepal.
This project is organised by atmosfair, a non-profit climate protection society based in Berlin. Through our commitment, we have already been able to support the construction and maintenance of several hundred small biogas plants in Nepal. These plants run on cow dung and replace the open fires otherwise usual in that country. In this way, each plant is able to save around 3 tons of CO2 per year. At the same time, we are countering the deforestation of the local woodland. A project that exemplifies how we offset wpd’s worldwide CO2 emissions.
In the last few years, we have experienced strong growth and we are operating in an expanding number of countries around the world. At the same time, climate protection has become increasingly important. At wpd, we are united in wanting to do more than we have in the past and in our belief that wpd should continue to operate on a climate-neutral basis in spite of future growth. And should do so without including the emissions saved by the wind farms we build.
In this project, wpd is financing the construction and repair of small biogas plants in Nepal. These plants replace open fires, thus preventing deforestation and CO2 emissions.
Besides international projects, wpd is also actively engaged in Germany, supporting the rewetting of a small area of marshland in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in collaboration with the State Forestry Institute of Mecklenburg Western Pomerania.
Within the company, many steps have already been taken with respect to sustainability.
The project has also set itself the goal of protecting existing forested areas and reforesting areas that had been cleared, preserving the natural biodiversity, as well as serving as a centre for information and training (both theoretical and practical) in the sustainable use of forests.
Traditional lighting sources such as petroleum lamps, candles or small, battery-driven lamps are being replaced by the distribution of solar lamps.
„It is a matter of importance to us that we complement our successful commitment in the wind sector by also supporting non-commercial projects from other fields and thus making our own small contribution towards the preservation of our planet.”
Dr. Hartmut Brösamle
Chairman of wpd AG
