News Release from Senvion GmbH
Wind Industry Profile of
04/08/2011
REpower and juwi sign framework agreement covering up to 240 wind turbines
Hamburg, April 7, 2011. Today at the HANNOVER MESSE, REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) and the juwi Group have signed a framework agreement for the delivery, installation and maintenance of up to 240 wind turbines. The contract is set to run until 2013. The agreement largely relates to state-of-the-art 3 MW systems and, with a potential generating capacity of up to 720 MW, is REpower’s biggest onshore framework agreement in Europe to date.
juwi is planning to erect 180 turbines in Germany and another 60 elsewhere in Europe. The main turbine designs to be used are the REpower 3.4M104 and 3.2M114 with hub heights of between 123 and 143 meters, as well as turbines of the MM series with rated power of 2.05 MW. The wind turbines are to be erected and commissioned between the second half of 2011 and 2014.
Andreas Nauen, CEO of REpower Systems AG: “We are delighted with the confidence that juwi has placed in our technology and our team with this major order. The signing of the agreement is the result of the first successful pilot projects that we completed with juwi last year. Jens Müller-Nielsen, Managing Director of REpower Systems GmbH, responsible for the German market, adds: “We scored points with the high hub heights of our three-megawatt turbines in particular, which make it possible for the customer to operate especially profitably in inland locations.”
For the juwi Group, this means an expansion of the pool of suppliers. “REpower has a very attractive product portfolio,” commented Dr. Marie-Luise Pörtner, Managing Director of juwi Wind GmbH. “The framework agreement will allow us to implement the numerous projects that we have planned for Germany and abroad quickly and securely." juwi and REpower successfully undertook their first common projects in 2010. “On the basis of this positive experience, we are very much looking forward to the new partnership,” added Pörtner.
Given favorable wind conditions, a single unit of the latest REpower 3.2M114 turbines with a hub height of 143 meters can generate around 12 million KWh of power a year – enough to supply around 3,000 four-person households.
About REpower:
REpower Systems AG, a Suzlon group company, is one of the leading manufacturers of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The international mechanical engineering company develops, produces and markets wind turbines with rated outputs of 1.8 MW to 6.15 MW and rotor diameters of 82 meters to 126 meters for almost any location. The company also offers a comprehensive portfolio of service and maintenance packages. The profitable and reliable systems are designed at the REpower TechCenter in Osterrönfeld and manufactured at its plants in Husum (North Friesland), Trampe (Brandenburg) and Bremerhaven as well as Portugal and China.
With more than 2,200 employees worldwide, the company, which has been listed since March 2002 and is headquartered in Hamburg, can make use of the experience gained from the manufacture and installation of around 3,000 wind turbines around the world. REpower is represented by distribution partners, subsidiaries and participations in European markets such as France, Belgium, the UK, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Poland and Spain as well as on a global level in the USA, China, Australia and Canada.
The juwi group
juwi is one of the world’s leading specialists for renewable energy. The company was founded in 1996 by Matthias Willenbacher and Fred Jung. The CEOs have developed juwi from a two-man office to a company acting worldwide with more than 1,200 employees and a revenue of approx. 800 million Euros (2010).
Besides solar power, wind energy and bio energy, company activities include hydropower and geothermal energy as well as “Green Buildings” and “solar electrical mobility” In the wind energy sector juwi has constructed more than 450 wind turbines with an output of more than 700 MW; in the solar sector more than 1,500 solar power plants with a total output of more than 700 MW.
juwi is one of Germany’s best employers. The company was among the TOP 20 in the renowned competition „Great Place to Work“. The juwi group is headquartered in Germany and has subsidiaries in France, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Great Britain, India, South Africa, Chile, the USA and Costa Rica.
Contact:
REpower Systems AG
Daniela Puttenat
Corporate Communications &
Public Relations
Tel.: +49 – 40 – 55 55 090-3024
Fax: +49 – 40 – 55 55 090-3900
E-mail: d.puttenat@repower.de
Thomas Schnorrenberg
Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 – 40 – 55 55 090-3051
Fax: +49 – 40 – 55 55 090-3900
E-mail: t.schnorrenberg@repower.de
juwi Holding AG
Christian Hinsch
Bereichsleiter Unternehmenskommunikation Tel.: +49. (0)6732. 96 57-1201
Fax: +49. (0)6732. 96 57-7009
E-mail: hinsch@juwi.de
juwi is planning to erect 180 turbines in Germany and another 60 elsewhere in Europe. The main turbine designs to be used are the REpower 3.4M104 and 3.2M114 with hub heights of between 123 and 143 meters, as well as turbines of the MM series with rated power of 2.05 MW. The wind turbines are to be erected and commissioned between the second half of 2011 and 2014.
Andreas Nauen, CEO of REpower Systems AG: “We are delighted with the confidence that juwi has placed in our technology and our team with this major order. The signing of the agreement is the result of the first successful pilot projects that we completed with juwi last year. Jens Müller-Nielsen, Managing Director of REpower Systems GmbH, responsible for the German market, adds: “We scored points with the high hub heights of our three-megawatt turbines in particular, which make it possible for the customer to operate especially profitably in inland locations.”
For the juwi Group, this means an expansion of the pool of suppliers. “REpower has a very attractive product portfolio,” commented Dr. Marie-Luise Pörtner, Managing Director of juwi Wind GmbH. “The framework agreement will allow us to implement the numerous projects that we have planned for Germany and abroad quickly and securely." juwi and REpower successfully undertook their first common projects in 2010. “On the basis of this positive experience, we are very much looking forward to the new partnership,” added Pörtner.
Given favorable wind conditions, a single unit of the latest REpower 3.2M114 turbines with a hub height of 143 meters can generate around 12 million KWh of power a year – enough to supply around 3,000 four-person households.
About REpower:
REpower Systems AG, a Suzlon group company, is one of the leading manufacturers of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The international mechanical engineering company develops, produces and markets wind turbines with rated outputs of 1.8 MW to 6.15 MW and rotor diameters of 82 meters to 126 meters for almost any location. The company also offers a comprehensive portfolio of service and maintenance packages. The profitable and reliable systems are designed at the REpower TechCenter in Osterrönfeld and manufactured at its plants in Husum (North Friesland), Trampe (Brandenburg) and Bremerhaven as well as Portugal and China.
With more than 2,200 employees worldwide, the company, which has been listed since March 2002 and is headquartered in Hamburg, can make use of the experience gained from the manufacture and installation of around 3,000 wind turbines around the world. REpower is represented by distribution partners, subsidiaries and participations in European markets such as France, Belgium, the UK, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Poland and Spain as well as on a global level in the USA, China, Australia and Canada.
The juwi group
juwi is one of the world’s leading specialists for renewable energy. The company was founded in 1996 by Matthias Willenbacher and Fred Jung. The CEOs have developed juwi from a two-man office to a company acting worldwide with more than 1,200 employees and a revenue of approx. 800 million Euros (2010).
Besides solar power, wind energy and bio energy, company activities include hydropower and geothermal energy as well as “Green Buildings” and “solar electrical mobility” In the wind energy sector juwi has constructed more than 450 wind turbines with an output of more than 700 MW; in the solar sector more than 1,500 solar power plants with a total output of more than 700 MW.
juwi is one of Germany’s best employers. The company was among the TOP 20 in the renowned competition „Great Place to Work“. The juwi group is headquartered in Germany and has subsidiaries in France, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Great Britain, India, South Africa, Chile, the USA and Costa Rica.
Contact:
REpower Systems AG
Daniela Puttenat
Corporate Communications &
Public Relations
Tel.: +49 – 40 – 55 55 090-3024
Fax: +49 – 40 – 55 55 090-3900
E-mail: d.puttenat@repower.de
Thomas Schnorrenberg
Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 – 40 – 55 55 090-3051
Fax: +49 – 40 – 55 55 090-3900
E-mail: t.schnorrenberg@repower.de
juwi Holding AG
Christian Hinsch
Bereichsleiter Unternehmenskommunikation Tel.: +49. (0)6732. 96 57-1201
Fax: +49. (0)6732. 96 57-7009
E-mail: hinsch@juwi.de
- Source:
- REpower Systems AG
- Author:
- Daniela Puttenat
- Email:
- d.puttenat@repower.de
- Link:
- www.repower.de/...
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