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juwi Wind Canada; The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs

2012-05-09T22:32:12+02:00

Mi’kmaq Successful in Renewable Energy Application

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The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs have been named one of the latest recipients of the Community Feed-In Tariff Program by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy. The 4MW wind project at Whynotts Settlement, in the Bridgewater area, is being jointly developed by juwi Wind Canada and Community Wind Farms Inc. Once constructed the project will generate enough power for approximately 1200 homes a year.

“The Whynotts project will begin to assist in addressing how the Mi'kmaq will be a viable and long term player in the renewable energy sector,” said Chief Gerard Julian, Co-Chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs. “As project owners, we will be able to deliver a Mi'kmaq benefits program, designed and delivered by the Mi’kmaq, for the Mi'kmaq.”

Juwi Wind’s CEO Michael Rucker said of the announcement, “Juwi is extremely pleased to have the Mi’kmaq Assembly of Chiefs as our community partner in Whynotts Community Wind. The project will provide an excellent opportunity for Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq Community to receive significant benefit through direct project investment, job creation and our community benefit agreement with the Assembly.”

As an advanced technology, Whynotts affords the Assembly the opportunity to educate their youth in the science of renewable energy and they will utilize the project as a free standing science exhibit. Whynotts, and other renewable energy projects, will provide the Assembly with a revenue stream which the Assembly plans to utilize as part of their long term governance strategy.

“Opportunities in renewable energy are important for us today and for our future. Expanding the knowledge on what we can do with our natural resources can help shape how our communities live and work for years to come,” said Chief Julian.

Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office works on behalf of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs in the negotiations and consultations between the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia, the Province of Nova Scotia and the Government of Canada.

juwi Wind Canada is an affiliate of the juwi Group, one of the major international developers of renewable energy projects. juwi has been designing, building and operating plants that harness renewable energy since 1996, and to date juwi has installed approximately 500 wind turbines worldwide at 80 sites, producing a total output of approximately 850 MW (megawatts).

Community Wind Farms is a Nova Scotia based company focused on developing community based wind projects across Nova Scotia. We are working with municipalities, First Nations, community groups and landowners across Nova Scotia to develop a portfolio of wind farms under the Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) program introduced by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy.

For more information contact:

Crystal Dorey

Communications Officer

Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative

Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Phone: (902) 843-3880

Cell: (902) 322-0218

E-mail: crystaldorey(at)mikmaqrights.com

Danny Splettstosser
Manager, Business Development
juwi Wind Canada

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Office +1-303-996-4163

Mobile +1-970-481-2009

Email: Splettstosser(at)juwi.com

Nova Scotia, Canada: Mi'kmaq Successful in Renewable Energy Application

2012-05-10T12:54:38+02:00

A 4 megawatts (MW) wind project at Whynotts Settlement, in the Bridgewater area, is being jointly developed by juwi Wind Canada and Community Wind Farms Inc.

Categories: Pressnews, Wind

TRURO, NS. The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs have been named one of the latest recipients of the Community Feed-In Tariff Program by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy. The 4MW wind project at Whynotts Settlement, in the Bridgewater area, is being jointly developed by juwi Wind Canada and Community Wind Farms Inc. Once constructed the project will generate enough power for approximately 1,200 homes a year.

"The Whynotts project will begin to assist in addressing how the Mi'kmaq will be a viable and long term player in the renewable energy sector," said Chief Gerard Julian, Co-Chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs. "As project owners, we will be able to deliver a Mi'kmaq benefits program, designed and delivered by the Mi'kmaq, for the Mi'kmaq."

Juwi Wind's CEO Michael Rucker said of the announcement, "Juwi is extremely pleased to have the Mi'kmaq Assembly of Chiefs as our community partner in Whynotts Community Wind. The project will provide an excellent opportunity for Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaq Community to receive significant benefit through direct project investment, job creation and our community benefit agreement with the Assembly."

"Opportunities in renewable energy are important for us today and for our future. Expanding the knowledge on what we can do with our natural resources can help shape how our communities live and work for years to come," said Chief Julian. Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office works on behalf of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs in the negotiations and consultations between the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia, the Province of Nova Scotia and the Government of Canada.

Contact Information

Crystal Dorey, Communications Officer, Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada Phone: (902) 843-3880 Cell: (902) 322-0218

Danny Splettstosser, Manager, Business Development, juwi Wind Canada, Boulder, Colorado, USA Office +1-303-996-4163 Mobile +1-970-481-2009

juwi Management certified for Operational Management of Renewable Energy Plants

2012-04-30T11:41:42+02:00

Certificate according to ISO 9001 / Certificate issued by Germanischer Lloyd

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Wörrstadt, 27. April 2012. juwi Management GmbH has now completely been certified according to ISO 9001. Technical services and business management had already been certified before; now, sales and distribution as well as operational management have also been given the very much sought-after ISO-certificate. Both management directors, Thomas Albrecht and Rolf Heggen, accepted the award by Germanischer Lloyd last Friday.

It all began when the Rotor System Technology (RST) sector was authorized for repairing rotor blades in September 2010. “In order to be able to compete on the market, we decided to certify the then newly installed branch of juwi Management,” explains Rolf Heggen. “Since the certificate according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 is the prerequisite for setting up a repair shop, we initially expanded the certification to the complete sector Technical Services, to which the RST belongs,” adds Thomas Albrecht. In December 2010, the first milestone was reached: Technical Services was the first juwi-department to receive the intended award.

In order to document and to use juwi Management’s high quality as competitive edge, the directors decided to completely certify juwi Management GmbH according to ISO 9001. In July 2011, business management received the ISO-certificate. In February 2012, operational management and sales and distribution followed; thus, juwi Management as a whole became certified.

“For our company, this is an enormous competitive edge: juwi is quality-conscious and now we have it in writing,“ Thomas Albrecht and Rolf Heggen say. “With the certification, a lot of processes have been optimized; thus we could increase our efficiency enormously. With a constant number of employees, we are able to successfully maintain an increasing number of operating companies as well as wind- and solar parks with an even better quality,“ both state, not without pride. “Yet a certification is not a status which – once achieved – allows us to relax. Instead, it rather forms part of a constant optimization process. We will therefore continue to work on our processes to become even more effective in future,” the managing directors affirm.

Rolf Heggen (left) and Thomas Albrecht (right) receive the certificate by Siegbert Goletz from Germanischer Lloyd SE – System Certification.

Kenersys and juwi Ink Contract during EWEA 2012 for 16 Wind Turbines

2012-04-19T09:11:56+02:00

A contract totalling 16 of the brand new Kenersys K110 2.4MW was inked by the German project developer juwi . The project is expected to be installed till end of 2012 and is the first one on a 145m concrete-steel hybrid tower.

Categories: Pressnews, Wind

Copenhagen, April 18th. A contract totalling 16 of the brand new Kenersys K110 2.4MW was inked by the German project developer juwi . The project is expected to be installed till end of 2012 and is the fourth joint project between Kenersys and juwi and the first one on a 145m concrete-steel hybrid tower which is considered the largest commercially available of its kind.

"The new Kenersys K110 2.4MW caters the trend to multi-megawatt turbines especially designed for low wind speed sites, a market segment that will drive the further growth of the wind sector in Europe and many regions in the world", says Andreas von Bobart and adds: "At higher hub heights you can expect stronger and steadier winds. With a large rotor diameter you can harness a higher Annual Energy Yield and more full load hours".

The K110 2.4MW is based on the successful Kenersys turbine K100 2.5MW and was optimised especially for low wind speed (IEC III) sites: The new turbine has a swept area of 9.331 sqm and is offered with a 145m concrete-steel-hybrid tower from tower manufacturer Advanced Tower Systems (ATS). It provides an estimated 15% higher Annual Energy Yield at low wind speeds sites with 6.5m/s mean wind speed.

"For our projects in the Mid and South Germany this concept is an ideal solution to harness the energy even at so called low wind speed sites. We have proved this concept already at three projects in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany", says Dr. Frank Finzel, Managing Director of juwi Wind GmbH.

The new K110 2.4MW is equipped with the proven Synerdrive Technology concept. This is a Kenersys owned technology comprising a robust mechanical drive train and an innovative electrical architecture to deliver a smooth and steady power output and to cope with various grid and climate conditions worldwide.

juwi Provides EWEA in Copenhagen with a Breath of Fresh Air

2012-04-19T09:07:12+02:00

In Denmark, the wind experts from juwi group show their wide range of services for the world market/The focus is on Project Development, EPC, Repowering and Management

Categories: Pressnews, Wind

Copenhagen / Wörrstadt, April 16 2012. A wind of change goes through Europe. More and more states have understood the signs of the times and rebuild their energy supply. Instead of life-threatening nuclear power and filthy coal, they now use clean energy from renewable energies. Wind energy is an essential part of this energy turnaround. “Wind energy, especially onshore wind energy, has a great economic potential. That’s what we focus on,” says Dr. Marie-Luise Pörtner, managing director at juwi Wind GmbH. The subsidiary of the Wörrstadt-based project developer juwi presents its whole range of services at the trade show European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in the Danish capital Copenhagen. From project development up to operational management, juwi Wind provides customers with widespread information at their 60-square-meter-long booth C5-B20.

In Germany, juwi’s core market, the devolution strategy has already been implemented
successfully. Now, the juwi group also intends to help establish this on a global level. That means that every juwi project on the globe is based on decentralized energy generation with a regional net value. “Our goal is a 100 percent renewable energies supply from a mix of solar power plants, wind turbines and bio gas plants based on the local conditions,” explains Dr. Frank Finzel, second managing director at juwi Wind GmbH. Currently, the juwi group successfully uses this concept in projects in Germany, France, Poland, Costa Rica and the US. juwi Wind is already active in South Africa, Chile, Uruquay and Canada. There, the specialists for renewables from Wörrstadt work closely together with municipalities, regional energy suppliers and cooperatives as well as international companies and private customers.

The juwi group also anticipates a bright future for the so-called “Repowering”. It means
that old wind turbines are replaced by new, more powerful wind plants. Thanks to the rapid technical progress of the last years, it is now possible to halve the number of wind plants and to increase the energy output by factor five at the same time. Higher towers, more powerful generators and an improved design of the rotor blades make this possible. juwi Wind offers very inexpensive turnkey solutions for Repowering, which also include the selling of the old plants.

“juwi also remains the investors‘ competent partner throughout service life,” emphasize
Rolf Heggen and Thomas Albrecht, managing directors at juwi Management GmbH.

juwi Management GmbH is also represented at EWEA trade show. The experts from Rhine-Hesse offer commercial and technical management for wind parks all over the world and optimize the operators‘ yields with certified services in the area of upkeep and maintenance. juwi Management works with the latest technology and disposes of excellent know-how. An elaborate remote monitoring system via internet or mobile frequencies enables the experts to observe every single wind energy plant. Thus, idle times caused by disturbances and resulting yield deficits are reduced to a minimum.

“Since March 2012, our quality management system is certified under DIN EN ISO
9001:2008 by Germanischer Lloyd,“ says Jens Weise, head of Sales of juwi Management
GmbH. “Moreover, we are also a certified repair service for GFK-rotor blades since 2010.“

Germany: juwi Announces Construction of 20MW PV Power Plant

2012-04-17T10:48:04+02:00

juwi’s 20MW project will be the biggest PV plant in Thuringia

Categories: Pressmirror, Solar

juwi has announced the construction of Thuringia’s biggest PV plant in Ronneburg. The construction of the 20MW solar power plant will begin in April 2012 and the project is expected to commence commercial production in June this year. The energy generated will be fed into the national grid.

"Solar power is a central component of a comprehensive renewable energy supply. Without ground-mounted photovoltaic systems is the energy shift to a power supply that is made from 100 percent renewable energy, not possible," commented juwi CEO Fred Jung. "Thuringia is a country full of energy and has great potential for decentralized supply of clean electricity. juwi supported regions and municipalities to tap this potential."

Source: PV TECH

Permit process moves forward for new Nobles County wind farm

2012-05-09T22:21:58+02:00

Published by the Daily Globe of Worthington, MN.

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www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/56434/group/News/
Published April 06, 2012, 09:59 PM

30-megawatt project to include Minnesota's tallest turbines

WORTHINGTON — Community Wind South took the next step toward building its 30-megawatt wind farm in Nobles County Wednesday night, when permit requests for a switching station and laydown yard in Summit Lake Township were approved by the Nobles County Planning and Zoning Commission.

While the requests have yet to be presented to the county board for final approval, there were no concerns brought forth during Wednesday’s public hearing on the two proposed sites. Commissioners will hear the request at the April 17 board meeting, slated for 9 a.m. in the Nobles County Government Center.

A groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the Community Wind South project is planned sometime in May. The 15, 2-megawatt towers will be not only the tallest wind turbines in Nobles County, but the tallest turbines in the state, extending 328 feet to the hub, and 430 feet to the outermost tip of the blade.

On Wednesday, planning and zoning board members approved a conditional use permit for up to 10 acres to be used as a laydown yard in the southeast quarter of Section 23, Summit Lake Township. This is the same site used during construction of the Nobles Wind Farm in 2010.

Jed Van Sciver, construction manager for juwi Wind, said the yard will contain three construction trailers and store some cable reels during the construction process. Once the 15 wind turbines are erected — a process hoped to be completed in October, the site will be reclaimed and restored to agricultural land. Greg Ponto owns the land where the laydown yard will be located.

The only condition placed on the permit is that any temporary driveways created for the purpose of accessing the laydown yard are removed and the ditch restored upon completion of the project.

The switching station will be located on property owned by Mike Metz in the southeast quarter of Section 18, Summit Lake Township. The site will include a small control building, control switches and metering technology within a 90- by 100-foot fence line, and will be used to collect power from the grid. The site meets all county and township road setback requirements.

Van Sciver said the station will not make any noise, and the yard will feature a gravel base with a copper grid below the surface.

The one condition planning and zoning board members placed on the permit is that a preconstruction meeting be conducted onsite with environmental services prior to start-up.

Planning and zoning board member and Nobles County Commissioner Diane Thier abstained from both votes Wednesday night because her involvement in Community Wind South. She serves as a board member, along with fellow Nobles County Commissioner David Benson.

Benson, also at Wednesday night’s meeting, said “this project has been a long time coming.” He and eight other partners began working on the community wind concept in 2000 as a way for local individuals to invest in the wind energy industry. Benson serves as chair of the Community Wind South board of directors. Their development manager-partner is Minwind Energy LLC, of Luverne.

“We’re very happy with juwi and their values,” Benson said.

Founded in 1996 by Fred Jung and Matthias Willenbacher in Germany, juwi Wind, LLC is headquartered in Boulder, Colo. In addition to wind energy, it also specializes in solar and bioenergy.

Aaron Peterson, community relations director with juwi’s Minnesota office, said the company began working with Community Wind South in May 2011.

“We feel very privileged to be at this phase and this point in Nobles County,” he said.

A native of Madison, Peterson spoke of how he’s “always looked south” to the leadership in Nobles County pertaining to wind development.

“We feel very fortunate to be in a county, for lack of better terminology, that knows how to do this,” he added.

Daily Globe Reporter Julie Buntjer may be reached at 376-7330.

juwi Continues Expansion in Asia-Pacific

2012-03-26T09:04:28+02:00

Project developer establishes subsidiary in Singapore / Plans for further expansion of operations in the growing markets of Asia-Pacific

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Singapore/Wörrstadt, March 26, 2012. The juwi group, one of the leading project
developers for renewable energies, enters the Southeast Asian market and thus further
expands its international project business. The subsidiary ‘juwi Renewable Energies Pte. Ltd.’ is currently establishing its headquarters in Singapore, the financial center of Southeast Asia. Prospectively, the company will support costumers and projects in the entire Asia-Pacific region. Currently, the focus is on the Thai and Malaysian PV-markets. In the medium-term, the markets in the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Australia and China also offer enormous growth potential.

The first turn key projects in 2012 are planned in Thailand and Malaysia. As in other
geographies juwi will also develop, finance and operate renewable energy power plants.
“Thailand and Malaysia offer attractive conditions for the PV industry, and 100 percent
renewable energies are achievable much earlier than many people are aware of. We are
passionate to contribute with our international experience to unlock the enormous potential of renewable energies in the region ”, emphasizes Amiram Roth-Deblon, juwi Regional Director Asia-Pacific.

Due to the good prerequisites in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
states and juwi’ s extensive international experience in the development and realization of
renewable energy projects ‘juwi Singapore’ expects rapid growth. While in many established markets ‘saturation effects’ become visible, Asia has a great backlog demand for renewable energies. Therefore, the activities in Singapore will greatly contribute towards a global sustainable energy supply that current and future generations will benefit from.

The establishment of the Singapore office is a further and important step in juwi’ s
internationalization strategy. Further market entries are currently examined.

juwi Seals Its Presence in the UK: Office Opened in Solihull

2012-03-30T08:20:11+02:00

In the presence of a range guests – including customers, suppliers and the British Photovoltaic Association – juwi Renewable Energies Limited officially inaugurated its new office in the UK.

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Birmingham, 23 March, 2012. juwi Renewable Energies Limited, a UK arm of one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies officially inaugurated its new office located on the outskirts of Birmingham at Blythe Valley Park. Founded in 1996 by Matthias Willenbacher and Fred Jung, the company has grown from a two man office to a worldwide company with more than 1,700 employees and sales of over £840m. juwi has completed more than 1,500 Solar PV schemes worldwide with an output of around 920MW, among them rooftops and ground mounted plants across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Exemplary projects include a 70MW plant at Lieberose and a 40MW plant near Leipzig as well as a 7.5MW rooftop scheme at Goodyear Dunlop’s logistics centre in Philipsburg.

Amidst the green and leafy scenery of Blythe Valley Park, the company celebrated with around 40 guests, amongst them Mark Littlewood, Managing Director KL Technologies; Reza Shaybani, Chairman of BPVA. Lars Falck, the global CEO of the Germany based juwi Solar GmbH, arrived for this auspicious occasion. He said: "Today it is an honour and a great pleasure for me to welcome you, and together with you witness not only the inauguration of our small office - Indeed it is our extraordinary privilege to witness something much bigger going on. Now, renewable energy will not only be sustainable. It will also be cheaper than any other source of power. And it will be abundant.”

juwi is committed to the UK market, having invested in excess of £1 million in the last 18 months, and is a passionate and active member of the flourishing solar PV industry. In the UK, juwi focuses solely on large and medium scale Solar PV projects.

Jan Sisson used the occasion to publicise juwi’s latest success. He announced: “We have recently signed a contract with KL Technologies to deliver a 1.33 MW solar park for their textile and ceramics production facility in Kings Lynn, which will green the energy supply to the plant, as well as providing greater predictability for their energy costs into the future.“

juwi’s small and enthusiastic UK team is made up of experienced energy professionals from a number of disciplines and with a range of skills ranging from acquisition, construction, project management to HR and administration. In the UK juwi is steadily expanding its presence and has now moved to larger premises on the Blythe Valley Business Park and is planning to recruit additional staff including Project Managers and specialists (graduates) in construction and electrical engineering. Jan Sisson confirmed: “If the conditions remain that positive, we will create a large number of sustainable jobs in the UK. At the moment, we plan to hire approximately 20 people until the end of 2012."

Jan Sisson, Managing Director, UK with Lars Falck, Global CEO juwi Solar GmbH with the UK team.

juwi and Kaltemp Construct Chile's Largest Solar Power Plant

2012-03-22T13:45:48+01:00

First cooperation between German project developer juwi and Chilean engineering expert Kaltemp / Third solar project for juwi in Chile

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Santiago de Chile / Wörrstadt, March 22, 2012. The sunny Región de Coquimbo in
northern Chile is becoming an electricity producer. On unused land close to the
City of Vicuña, German renewable energy specialist juwi and Chilean
engineering company Kaltemp construct Chile’s largest solar power plant. The
system has a total capacity of more than 1,200 kilowatts and is going to produce

clean solar power by mid-2012.

The solar plant has a size of less than two hectares and consists of about 5,000
polycrystalline modules. It produces enough power to supply a modern irrigation system in a nearby clementine and avocado plantation. In mid-2012 Kaltemp is going to become the owner of Chile’s largest solar power plant. With the solar plant, Kaltemp sets new standards in the South American country.

Chile is an important market for the juwi group. In autumn 2010 juwi Energías Renovablesde Chile Limitada opened an office in the Chilean capital Santiago. "Chile has enormous potential for the use of solar energy”, says Diego Lobo-Guerrero Rodríguez, juwi project coordinator for Latin America. Northern Chile belongs to the region with the highest solar radiation in the world. “Besides the intense solar radiation, Chile has also outstanding wind conditions. Furthermore, Chile is politically stable and very open to renewables.”

In the solar sector, juwi has already been involved as a project developer in two research projects in the Atacama desert. Last year, the specialist for renewable energies has successfully installed two solar power plants with a total capacity of six kilowatt each, one in the coastal city of Antofagasta, the other one in the City San Pedro de Atacama. The plants use polycrystalline as well as thin-film modules and were constructed in cooperation with the Centre for the Development of Energy based at the University of Antofagasta.