Is it possible to be self-sufficient in terms of energy? Wildpoldsried achieved it

It is the village that produces more energy than their need.  

Since 1997, Wildspoldried decides to produce renewable energy to be self-sufficient. Nowadays, they create six times more than they require and they sell it to the national power line. 

This idea comes from Wendelin Einsiedlier. He built a small biogas generator, and he installed solar panels and wind turbines. All these, he made with his money and motivated other neighbors to do it.

In 1997, The government of Wildsproldried made a consultation called in german Wendelin Einsieldler to knows the projects that the citizens want. Most of them wished a drastic energetic change.  They made a profit from grants of renewable energies that in this age, was high. 

All this project consisted of 11 wind turbines with a capacity of 12 megawatts and 2100 m2 of solar panels. In addition to taking advantage of the sun and wind, the village has a pipeline of 4 km than cross to transport fuel that generates in a biogas plant.

With 70 cows, the manure quantities are sufficient to produce gas with corn that is cultivated in the same locality, and it is used to generate electricity. With the waste heat, they can warm all their homes. When their supply capacity exceeds their demand, Siemens and a couple of universities participated in the design of the network manages the distribution of energy into the grid.

Wildpoldsried has starred in an energy revolution that has enriched his neighbors.

Also, they have done it without any political decision; only the impulse and the civic organization have been high.