Uniper plans to build a battery energy storage system in Petershagen together with NGEN

About Uniper

Uniper, headquartered in Düsseldorf, is an international energy company operating in over 40 countries. The company and its approximately 7,000 employees make an important contribution to security of supply in Europe, especially in its core markets of Germany, the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Uniper’s activities include energy generation in Europe, global energy trading and a broad gas portfolio. Uniper sources gas – including liquefied natural gas (LNG) – and other energy sources on global markets. The company owns and operates gas storage facilities with a total capacity of over 7 billion cubic meters.

Uniper aims to become fully carbon neutral by 2040. Uniper aims for its installed power generation capacity to exceed 80% carbon neutral by 2030. To achieve this, the company is transforming its power plants and facilities and investing in flexible, dispatchable energy generating units. Uniper is already one of the largest hydropower operators in Europe and is helping to further develop solar and wind energy, which are essential for a more sustainable and secure future. The company is gradually expanding its gas offering to include green gases such as hydrogen and biomethane and intends to switch to these gases in the long term.

Uniper is a reliable partner for municipalities, municipal enterprises and industrial enterprises in planning and implementing innovative, low-emission solutions on their path to decarbonization. Uniper is a hydrogen pioneer, operating globally across the hydrogen value chain and leading projects to make hydrogen the backbone of energy supply.