juwi Group

- Company establishes an office in Birmingham and plans the construction of solar power plants with the total capacity of more than 60 megawatts in the coming two years

Birmingham/Wörrstadt - juwi, one of the leading project developers for renewable energies, enters the UK market and further intensifies its constantly growing international business activities. The subsidiary \"juwi Renewable Energies Ltd\" establishes an office in Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK. In 2011 and 2012, the company will realize solar power plants with the capacity of more than 60 megawatts.

juwi will establish solar power projects in the United Kingdom (UK), predominantly in the South of the country. The company is going to develop photovoltaic projects mainly self dependent, covering the entire process - from acquisition of suitable land to the completion of the power plant. In addition, the energy specialist will realise turnkey projects in which the company acts as the general contractor for the design, engineering and construction of free field and rooftop solar installations. \"The UK currently provides excellent conditions for the solar industry; the country is becoming an attractive European market. We are happy that the United Kingdom jumps on the bandwagon on the way to renewable energies and a comprehensive restructuring of the energy supply. We want to contribute to a further acceleration of this train so that we reach 100 % renewable energies as soon as possible\", says Lars Falck, Head juwi Solar and at the moment managing director of juwi UK. The management will be taken over by a British candidate within the next months.

With the implementation of a national feed-in tariff, the British government has provided an excellent basis to achieve its climate protection targets. Solar energy shall contribute to two percent to the national electricity supply by 2020, equating to 6,000 megawatt. Based on the promising conditions in the UK and juwi’s rich expertise in developing and implementing renewable energy projects worldwide \"juwi Renewable Energies Ltd\" expects strong growth already within the next two years. \"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 60 people until the end of 2012\", says Daniel Parsons, Business Development Manager juwi Solar LLC. \"The feed-in tariff will contribute to a large extent to a security of energy supplies in the UK based on renewable energies\", says Amiram Roth-Deblon, Head of Business Development juwi Solar LLC.

The foundation of a subsidiary in the UK is not the first international market entry in 2010. This year the project developer already has entered into the promising solar markets of Slovakia, Bulgaria and the UK.


About the juwi group:

juwi is one of the leading companies in the field of renewable energy. Since 1996, the project development company has been designing, building, financing and operating plants that harness renewable energy. The CEOs Matthias Willenbacher and Fred Jung together transformed the company from a two-person operation focusing on wind farm project development into an internationally active group with more than 1,000 employees and an annual revenue of approximately 900 million Euros (estimate 2010). In addition to wind, solar and bio energy, juwi also specializes in hydropower as well as geothermal energy. To date, juwi has installed more than 400 wind turbines producing a total output of about 650 megawatts while in the solar sector juwi has built around 1,400 PV systems with a total capacity of over 600 megawatts. The company has subsidiaries in Germany, the United States, France, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, India and Costa Rica. Together with a highly motivated team, Willenbacher and Jung pursue the goal of an energy supply based completely on renewables: 100 % commitment for 100 % renewables.


Birmingham/Wörrstadt, November 18th 2010


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