juwi
The juwi AG is a project development company for investments in energy supply from renewable energy sources located in Rhineland-Palatinate Woerrstadt.
- 2.1 Solar Energy
- 2.2 Wind energy
- 2.3 bioenergy
- 3.1 Morbach Energy Landscape
- 3.2 Energy Park Woerrstadt
Company Profile
History
Founded as the Juwi Group 1996. Juwi The name is an acronym of the first letters of the surnames of the company founders Fred Jung and Matthias Willenbacher. Juwi covers all areas of project development from ( planning, design, financing, construction supervision and organization ) and also practiced the operational management.
For business today are in addition to the original focus, the project development of wind farms, all forms of renewable energy, particularly solar and bioenergy. In the areas of hydropower and geothermal energy are working on a commitment. In addition, the green building has come to this.
By announcing in March 2011, and shortly thereafter decided nuclear phase-out in Germany and the objective of energy policy, this business has grown in importance. States such as Baden- Württemberg and Bavaria, which until then the installation of wind turbines largely blocked, since they look much more positive.
Business locations in Germany are Woerrstadt, Berlin and Brandis.
In addition Juwi has numerous regional offices:
- Regional Office of photovoltaics in Kiel, Berlin, Radebeul, Wasserburg am Inn, Bühl (Baden), Morbach and Siegburg.
- Regional Offices for wind energy exist in Hamburg, long -tailed (Weser) and Seelze.
- For the wood pellets production (inventory & planning), there are offices in Morbach, Langelsheim, Bad Arolsen, Dotternhausen, Warndt and Steinau.
- In Siegburg and Langenbach bei Kirburg there to ' Green Building ' regional offices.
- Southern Europe: Italy, Spain, Greece
- Eastern Europe: Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria
- Western Europe: France, Great Britain
- America: USA, Costa Rica, Chile
- Asia: India, Japan, Singapore
- Africa: South Africa
The company advertises for a power supply that is 100% derived from renewable energy sources. The feasibility will Juwi demonstrate with studies, scenarios, and also in concrete projects: By 2017, the power supply in the municipality Woerrstadt to be made 100% by renewable energy by 2020 throughout the Alzey -Worms.
The two founders were "sustainability" chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year in September 2009 in the category with the Clean Tech Media Award for the company's headquarters in Woerrstadt and in October 2009. In addition, they have been honored in December 2009 as " Greentech Manager of the Year 2009 " by the business magazine Capital.
2010 Juwi first time generates more sales abroad than in Germany. This is to be achieved, inter alia, by large ground-mounted photovoltaic installations in the U.S., currently (15 megawatts ), Ohio (12 megawatts) and Texas projects are implemented in Florida (16 megawatts). Similarly, large wind farms in the United States in planning. Wind and solar energy, taken together, will be built in the next years projects with a total capacity of over 1,000 megawatts.
Headquarters
The company's beginnings were first in Bolanden and Mainz. In the summer of 2008 Juwi has moved to new headquarters in located between the two cities Woerrstadt. For the building with 8500m ² on seven staggered floors Juwi was awarded the 2008 Climate Protection Award of the German Environmental Aid. With various photovoltaic systems on and around the building - including the self-developed " solar carport " for parking canopy - produced the office complex with 220,000 kWh per year, more electricity than it uses to total energy ( approximately 200,000 kWh per year). The energy cost is around 2 euros per square meter per year. That's one tenth of a standard house today.
Given the growing number of employees Juwi decided to build the middle part of the headquarters in Woerrstadt again mirrored behind the main house. This building was opened in August 2009.
2012 will be a third building built behind the houses that already exist.
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Projects
Solar energy
Juwi has been realized around 1,500 solar systems that have a total capacity of 800 megawatts. Since mid-October 2009, the solar park in Germany rose Love is full to the network, with a total capacity of approximately 53 MW. An extension of the solar park, should be cleared for the 650 ha of forest, was part of the Brandenburg government refused. More open space project is also the solar Waldpolenz at Leipzig, which is with a capacity of 40 MW and an area of about 100 hectares, the fourth largest in the world. In Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Czech Republic, USA, Rwanda and South Korea are more planned by Juwi systems. The total investment volume amounts to approximately 2.2 billion euros.
Wind energy
The approximately 485 projected by Juwi wind turbines with an installed capacity of over 800 MW and are available in more than 60 national and international locations, for example in Rhineland -Palatinate and in France. In Costa Rica, the company has built with 55 turbines and a capacity of 49.5 MW, the largest wind farm in Central America. The jointly operated with the power supply Offenbach wind farm Kirchberg ( Hunsrück) with 21 wind turbines and 53 MW, the largest wind farm in south-west Germany. The total investment in wind power amounts to 1.2 billion euros.
Bioenergy
Overall Juwi has built six biogas plants that are (eg corn ) supplies agricultural commodities. In addition Juwi operates in the energy landscape Morbach (Hunsrück ) a wood pellet production with an annual capacity of 20,000 tons. Further facilities include a so-called " energy Cabins" to the portfolio of Juwi Group. In these plants is produced with solar and bio- heat for office buildings, housing estates or even small businesses. The prototype is in Woerrstadt and supplies the office building of the Juwi Group.
The company Juwi built together with the Prolignis Energy Consulting GmbH wood heating plants that produce heat and electricity. In addition Juwi manufactures in the world's first production facility at Hengstbacherhof in Donnersbergkreis " Terra preta ".
Energy parks
Morbach Energy Landscape
Among the most acclaimed projects Juwi Group, the Energy Landscape Morbach in the Hunsrück is one where wind, solar and bioenergy projects were realized in close cooperation with the municipality of Morbach. For the energy landscape Juwi Group and the Morbach received the 2007 German Solar Prize. In March 2011 there the first wind gas test facility in Germany went into operation.
Energy Park Woerrstadt
At the company's headquarters in Woerrstadt a wind farm with an initial five wind turbines was erected in 2009 ( annual output of around 30 million kilowatt-hours ) and a solar farm ( annual output around 5.6 million kilowatt hours). The wind farm was completed in 2011 for a further five wind turbines in 2012 was followed by a further twelve wind turbines, spread over the districts of Schornsheim, Gabsheim and Woerrstadt. The amount is a total of approximately 55.5 megawatts, making about 150 million kilowatt hours per year can be produced, according to the annual consumption of 43,000 households. Additionally there is since the spring of 2011, a high ropes course to the wind turbines. According to the company this high ropes course contains 30 meters the highest jump tower on the European mainland.
Movies
The company Juwi and its founder Matthias Willenbacher be in Carl -A. Fechner's film " The 4th Revolution - Energy Autonomy " was presented. The film wants with his protagonist - a prominent environmental activist, Nobel laureates, innovative businessmen and politicians - to prove that the transition to 100 % renewable energy within the next 30 years is possible. The company was one of the main financiers of the film.