August 2011

Perspectives for Solar Energy | Page 12

A large number of countries

discover their potential to

produce clean solar energy.

Wind Power in the Hunsrück | Page 10

A 50 megawatt wind farm is

constructed in a German

uplands region.

Parking Lot for Clean Energy | Page 18

juwi participates in an innovative

technology to store wind and

solar power.

With its laws for a nuclear phase-out, the

German government does not contribute to the

expansion of renewable energies and thus an

energy transition.

Read more on pages 8 and 9.

Energy Transition: Still Waiting for the Perfect Wave

Including

Special Edition:

15 years of juwi

Insights Spectacular Balancing Act at Dizzying Heights Page 4

Mobility Concepts for Companies and Municipalities Page 6

Feature The Not-So-Beautiful Side of Politics Page 8

Wind Municipalities in the Hunsrück Set an Example Page 10

Solar “Soon Cheaper than any Nuclear Power Plant” Page 12

Bio “ juwi is Unique on the Market” Page 14

Green Buildings New Building, New Carports Page 15

Cooperation Partner A Company in Flux Page 16

Career Innovation in Training Page 17

R&D Permanent Storage for Clean Energy Page 18

Panorama juwi Sponsors Elite US Cycling Team Page 19

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They are the real deal. Decentralized, renewable energies are safe, profi table and reliable – and a worldwide growth

market. These are the fi ndings of the Renewables 2011 Global Status Report, recently published by the Paris-based

policy network REN21. The study shows that worldwide renewable energy production increased in 2010, despite the

economic downturn. And renewable energies have other advantages: they bring new prosperity to regions, create

local jobs and help to improve the infrastructure.

Considering these facts, it is diffi cult to understand the German plans for the country’s energy transition. Instead of

developing decentralized sun, wind and bio energy systems, decision-makers opted to construct gigantic off shore

wind energy installations in the North and Baltic Sea. These will cost billions and only strengthen the power monopoly

of the four largest power providers. In addition, thousands of kilometers of high voltage lines will be necessary to

transport electricity from North to South. Germany’s energy revolution could be much cheaper and faster than is

planned by the federal government, and decentralized renewable energy projects could save consumers more than

ten billion euros.

This is what drives juwi: to continue working for an energy supply consisting of 100 percent renewable energy with

onshore wind farms, large and small solar power systems, bio energy projects and intelligent solutions for the effi cient

use of energy resources.

In the current issue of juwinews you can read about our latest wind, solar and bio energy projects and get a very

personal insight into juwi history and juwi stories. On the occasion of juwi’s 15th anniversary, we have published a

special edition.

Enjoy reading!

Jochen Magerfl eisch Matthias Willenbacher Fred Jung

Dear Friends of the juwi Group,

Insights

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Spectacular Balancing Act at Dizzying Heights

Fever-pitch excitement in Wörrstadt. At the beginning of April, approx. 5,000 guests vis-

ited the wind farm near the company headquarters to attend the opening of the on-site

climbing park. At the same time, they were given the opportunity to learn about renew-

able energy and the juwi group. The highlight of the day was the artistic performance of

a slackliner who crossed between the mighty Enercon E-82 tower and the 33-meter div-

ing platform on the Powerfan using a rope that was only three centimeters in diameter.

If a climbing adventure in the shadow of wind turbines is what you‘re after, come and

visit juwi. (Photo: Stephan Dinges, juwi)

Mobility Concepts for Companies and Municipalities

Gasoline prices at gas stations are at record levels. But businesses and municipalities can

escape from the price spiral – with E-mobility. Bring renewable energy to the road – juwi

can design an infrastructure with carports and charging stations and a coherent E-mobil-

ity concept that is tailored to individual needs.

The car fl eet at juwi headquarters demonstrates every day that cars and motorcycles can

be powered with wind and sun energy.

Insights

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© Carina Jahn

The summer of 2011 will be a season to remember. The official

slogan of the FIFA Women‘s World Cup was “The beautiful side

of 20eleven.” It inspired a wave of enthusiasm, even if, from a

German perspective, things ended in disappointment. The German

public had been equally hopeful about the lessons the political

team led by Chancellor Angela Merkel had learned from the

nuclear disaster in Japan. Would they move all the wind turbines

offshore as a central response to Fukushima? Use desert power

like “Desertec” from the turbulent regions of North Africa? After

the initial enthusiasm for a phase-out of nuclear power, the

mood soon turned into one of disillusionment. There has been no

accelerated expansion of the decentralized renewable energy

sector, and no real energy revolution to speak of. That is the not-

so-beautiful side of politics.

The upper and lower houses of German parliament passed the

legislation for a nuclear phase-out and a new era in energy in

June and July 2011. However, they did so largely without creating

incentives for a clean and decentralized energy supply, despite the

The Not-So-Beautiful Side of PoliticsDisillusionment accompanies new German energy legislation

consideration that went into the subject, particularly the amend-

ment to the German Renewable Energy Law (EEG). This cleared

the way for a fl imsy EEG which clearly intends to limit the share of

renewable energy on the power market to a mere 35 percent. On top

of this, it focuses on gigantic maritime projects in the North Sea –

a soaking wet, expensive playground for large, wealthy companies.

In an interview for the daily newspaper “taz” at the end of June,

juwi CEO Matthias Willenbacher pointed out that the German gov-

ernment would not generate a boom in renewable energy with its

chosen priorities, but rather in the coal and gas industry. “This way,

the four largest companies can maximize their profi ts. Not with

renewable energy, but with conventional power plants. The larger

the share of renewable energies on the market is, the less practical

these large, diffi cult-to-regulate power plants become. And that

really hits the bottom-line of those operators. Less effi ciency, less

profi t – it‘s all very simple.”

A lot gets left behind in the process, such as environmental and

climate protection and attempts to break up the monopolistic

Feature

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The author is the Scientifi c Director of the Institute for Future Energy Systems (IZES) in Saarbrücken and a lecturer at the Saarland University of Applied Sciences (HTW).

Freedom from Our Nuclear / Fossil Fuel Drip through a Decentralized RevolutionGuest article by Prof. Dr. Uwe Leprich

The catastrophe with the nuclear reactor which occurred 9,000

kilometers away in Fukushima not only took fi sh sticks off of the

menu; it also plunged Japan – the world‘s third largest economic

power – into a deep economic and political crisis. The explosion

of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico in the spring of

last year caused the most serious environmental catastrophe in

the history of oil production, polluting a large stretch of the south

coast of the USA. A new centralized coal power plant is commis-

sioned every week in China. Within the foreseeable future, plants

like these will slash African harvests in half and contribute to

extreme weather patterns in Europe.

These three apparently disconnected events demonstrate in a

disturbing way the vulnerability of this planet and the fatal “ex-

ternal eff ects” of a centralized energy economy. Those countries

that still cannot imagine any alternatives to a future dependent on

a nuclear / fossil fuel drip can no longer think clearly through all

of their attempts at appeasement. The directors of profi t-driven

companies are rubbing their eyes in disbelief because not even the

fi nancial world will continue to buy into their old business model.

At the same time, an increasingly self-aware civil society has

begun to distance itself ever more forcefully from the rationaliza-

tions of the high-risk energy system. People are instead discover-

ing a multitude of alternative possibilities at a local level. Thanks

to the active support of small and medium-sized enterprises and

public utility companies that have seen the signs of the time, the

energy revolution is being understood and driven forward as an

opportunity for a more decentralized system. It is high time that

politicians collectively begin to support these developments more

than half-heartedly.

which claims to be against subsidies in general and coal subsidies

in particular will go down in history as a Federal Minister of Eco-

nomics who established a new coal subsidy.” The reason behind

Fell‘s strong criticism of Philipp Rösler is that the black-yellow

coalition wants to earmark fi ve percent of the climate budget for

the construction of new fossil fuel power plants, including coal

power plants.

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Roadmap to the age of renewable energies

We could make the transition to a complete renewable power supply in 10 to 20 years. The juwi group has written a position paper

that we are introducing into the political debate.

1 The expansion must be strictly decentralized and regional.

2 Increased usage of the wind potential in Southern states such as Hesse, Baden- Württemberg and Bavaria.

3 Accelerated repowering in northern Germany. No arbitrary height limits for wind turbines that cap the potential to generate clean power.

4 Make it possible again to install solar systems in the most inexpensive areas – such as fallow lands and fi elds.

5 Development of storage technologies for regenerative energies.

structures of the energy industry. And it‘s the consumer who‘s

stupid! First we pay too much for off shore wind power and then we

are still dependent on just a few providers at the end of the day.

German MP Hans-Josef Fell, energy spokesman for the Alliance 90/

Green Party parliamentary group, is also surprised by the German

government. “The irony of the story is that the head of a party

Energy in the forest: Similar to the site pictured here next to the A61 highway in Oberwesel, a new plant in the collective municipality of Kirchberg in the Hunrsück is being built by juwi to harness the wind of the German Uplands for energy production.

Torsten Höllwarth, departmental head of juwi Wind Construction ,

speaks in superlatives when talking about Kirchberg. Here, at the

beginning of July, construction work began on the largest wind

farm in Germany that juwi has ever planned. Foundations have

been excavated and road making is complete; the next step is to

install the 23 towers, each of which is around 100 meters tall. There

are fi ve Enercon teams working in parallel and up to fi ve heavy

duty cranes on the building site to lift the tower parts, nacelles

Wind

Municipalities in the Hunsrück Set an Example juwi contructs its largest German wind farm with 23 turbines in the collective munici-pality of Kirchberg

and rotors. “We‘re combining forces with our reliable long-term

partners on this project,” says Höllwarth. Part of the wind farm is

being built on a former missile base. “Luckily we only found two

anti-tank shells when we were clearing and cleaning the site,”

explains Fritz Susemichel, juwi site manager. A distribution station

is being constructed at the same time as the wind farm. Two ad-

ditional wind parks in Unzenberg and Neuerkirch will be connected

to the station, bringing the total number of turbines to 38.

Large Framework Agreements with Enercon and REpower

Wörrstadt: Major Interest in Wind Savings Bonds

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The individual communities in the collective municipality of

Kirchberg have welcomed the project with enthusiasm from the

very beginning. “We created a plan together and brought all

participants together,” says Andreas Adams, regional manager

for Rhineland-Palatinate. When the forestry published its land

development plan, many companies tendered for the project. “It

didn‘t take long for juwi to be selected, because they made the

best off er,” recalls Harald Rosenbaum, the mayor of Kirchberg.

Specifi cally, juwi is able to provide a one-stop solution: consulting,

site assessment, detailed project planning and the construction of

the wind farm.

The advantages for the municipality are obvious: the new wind

farm will supply around 30,000 homes with clean energy. Bearing in

mind that there are already wind farms that have been installed, it is

apparent that the total energy output will transform the community

into an exporter of power. “This means it won‘t be long before we can

cover all our energy needs on our own,” says Rosenbaum. The com-

munity will benefi t from additional lease and tax income, but more

important is the energy revolution. “We‘ve increased our eff orts over

the last two years toward achieving our 100% vision. For us, wind

power has the most potential in this respect,” Rosenbaum explains.

The new wind farm is due to be connected to the grid by the end

of the year. Project development began at juwi at the end of 2007,

and the bid was made at the start of 2009. The project has been

a resounding success for all parties involved. First and foremost,

however, it is another signifi cant milestone on the way to a

100 percent clean energy supply.

An extensive project pipeline requires a commensurate supply of

components. For this reason, juwi has signed two large framework

agreements for the next three years with renowned manufacturers

of wind energy systems. The delivery of 350 systems by 2014 was

agreed with Enercon GmbH, based in Aurich, while a contract with

REpower Systems SE in Hamburg will provide up to 240 turbines in

the same period. Of this number, some 180 REpower systems are

to be installed in Germany and the remaining 60 in other European

countries. “Both manufacturers have a very attractive product

portfolio that suits us perfectly,” explains Dr. Marie-Luise Pörtner,

managing director of juwi Wind GmbH. “These agreements enable

us to be fast and reliable in the implementation of our projects both

in Germany and elsewhere.” The manufacturers are also delighted.

The agreement represents REpower‘s biggest onshore framework

agreement in Europe to date. As Andreas Nauen, CEO of REpower

Systems, explains, “We are very pleased with the confi dence that

juwi has placed in our technology and our team by making this

major order.”

Setting a benchmark for clean power generation while making a

fi nancial profi t – residents of the collective municipality of Wörrstadt

have recently been able to do just this. The local bank Sparkasse

Worms-Alzey-Ried off ered people in the area

“Wind Savings Bonds”, an opportunity to

participate indirectly in wind power projects

in the Wörrstadt region with an attractive

annual interest rate of 3.9 percent. The public

response was enormous: Within just a week,

the savings bond was oversubscribed by 40

percent and not everyone was able to partici-

pate. A total of 2 million euros was raised in

this way – a clear sign of the local acceptance

of wind energy. The bank will use these funds

to support the fi nancing of wind projects in the collective municipality

of Wörrstadt.

HarvestWind inRhine-hessen

The experts all agree: around the world, photovoltaic technology is in

the early stages of what will be a major development. “The potential

here is massive, even if there are discrepancies when you look at

individual countries,” emphasizes Amiram Roth-Deblon, head of the

Business Development division at juwi Solar.

Everywhere you look, change is in the air. India, Bulgaria, South Africa

– there are many countries where the outlook is extremely positive.

Of course, this also includes the US, one of the most important pho-

tovoltaic markets in the world. juwi has built the largest photovoltaic

systems in the country in the states of Texas, Ohio and Florida and

therefore ranks among the leading project developers in the area of

free-fi eld installations.

That‘s one side of the international market. The other side is char-

acterized by rapidly changing conditions in newer markets such

as Great Britain, where funding is back under the microscope only

a few months after the initial introduction of a feed-in tariff . Here,

companies that react quickly and fl exibly are in demand.

Dramatic Decrease in Production Costs

Solar energy is one of the cheapest forms of energy there is. The

German Renewable Energy Act (EEG) has been a major factor in

this regard. Production costs have already decreased dramati-

cally because of the growing installation volumes: as of 2012, the

cost per kWp will amount to an eighth of the cost for prior

“Soon Cheaper than any Nuclear Power Plant”Solar Energy is Just Getting Started

Solar

installations. Managing director of juwi Solar, Lars Falck, is con-

fident. “Very soon, many countries will no longer require feed-in

tariffs. Then it will only be a matter of securing free access to the

grid and ensuring that solar power can be marketed effectively.”

Falk continues: “After the end of the financing period for these

installations, they will be able to produce power for only two or

three cents per kWh. That‘s cheaper than any nuclear power plant

and all without the need for billions of dollars in guarantees from

governments.”

Today, juwi is particularly excited about markets such as India and

Bulgaria. And then there is South Africa, where the company is

already active in the wind energy sector. Furthermore, the South

African government has now incorporated photovoltaic power into

its national energy program. “Here we see the potential for instal-

lations generating a total of around 300 MW each year,” explains

Amiram Roth-Deblon. “We will therefore signifi cantly strengthen

our presence in the country.” Networking with associations and

organizations is also an important activity. In this regard, juwi

made an important contribution to the position paper of the South

African-German Chamber of Commerce regarding the photovoltaic

market. There is one main goal: “We want these markets to be

sustainable in the long run and to prevent them from overheating

and ultimately crashing,” explains Roth-Deblon.

Solar power in the Pyrenees: Torreilles. In cooperation with the electricity company POWEO, the French juwi team has inaugurated its largest solar park to date. With a capacity of twelve megawatts, it generates 15 million kilowatt hours each year and provides power for more than 7,000 households.

© POWEO

For Herbert Muders, an exciting new era began

when he started at juwi. “It is a time of change for

photovoltaic energy,” says the 48-year old profes-

sional process technician, who became respon-

sible for juwi‘s Solar Germany team in May. Before

beginning his new career, he worked at Mark-E,

an energy provider in Hagen. “PV is encountering

more and more criticism, so it‘s time to knuckle

down and defi ne the path to PV 2.0.” PV 2.0 means

photovoltaic technology that is competitive on the

market. And it needs to happen as quickly as pos-

sible. How do we do this? By reducing system costs

and continuing to make our core business even

more professional.

“In the near future, solar power will be cheaper

than purchasing electricity from power suppli-

ers. This will enable the photovoltaic industry to

slowly free itself from today‘s discussions about

how it can promote itself. The new energy sector

will be able to combine green and conventional

power markets in one,” describes Muders. “This

will greatly improve our ability to cover our own

power demands. In Germany, we can install three

times the current PV capacity and this expansion

will require only an eighth of the diff erential costs

incurred today. So why shouldn‘t Germany continue

to invest in the photovoltaic industry?”

“A Time of Change for PV” Herbert Muders is the new CEO of Solar Germany at juwi

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juwi Energie Rinnovabili inaugurated the fi rst photovoltaic system of Tirreno Power

The PV plant Tirreno Solar (Sessa Aurunca, province of Caserta,

Southern Italy) has a power rating of 6,900 kWp and an estimated

annual electricity production over 9 thousand MWh, equivalent to

the energy needs of 2,300 families.

Tirreno Solar Srl is a company owned 100% by Tirreno Power

SpA, now the sixth largest producer of electricity in Italy with

thermoelectric and hydroelectric power, and has entrusted to juwi

the construction of its fi rst plant for the production of energy from

renewable sources.

juwi‘s partnership with one of the most im-

portant players in the energy sector, made

possible the construction of the largest PV

plant ever built by juwi in Italy, an impres-

sive work and very relevant in the world of

renewable energy in Campania, with over

30 thousand polycrystalline silicon pho-

tovoltaic modules installed on the ground

undulating shape, with 7 cabins and 60 km of

fi eld solar cables.

Bio

“juwi is Unique on the Market” Gerd Kück is the new managing director at juwi Bio GmbH

Since the beginning of June 2011, Gerd Kück has been managing

the business sector of juwi Bio GmbH and juwi Bio Services

GmbH together with Jürgen Bohn. Aged 55, Kück combines

expertise from the financial world with technical knowledge

gained from experience in the renewable energy industry. He

The community of Dotternhausen in the Swabian Alps is aiming to become energy self-

suffi cient. An important contribution to this project will be juwi‘s newly built wood-fi red

power station, which generates 1.26 megawatts of electrical power and 6.9 megawatts

of thermal power. The power is fed directly into the grid, while a large proportion of the

heating energy will be used by a neighboring wood pellet factory that is currently being

project managed by juwi.

juwi Bio GmbH is not only responsible for the construction of the two sites; the company

also operates them and sources the raw materials. The wood-fi red power station is

something of an omnivore in the sense that the boiler plant is powered using aff ordable

natural materials such as short logs, tree tops, branches and materials from the particle

board and pulp industries. Around 36,000 tons of wood will be processed each year and

up to ten new jobs will be created in Dotternhausen.

Passionate about bio-energy:Gerd Kück, managing director of juwi Bio GmbH.

worked in the banking sector for 20 years before starting work

with some of the leading wind farm developers in Germany. He

was CFO at Plambeck and then worked at Enertrag, where he

was responsible for operation and service in addition to business

and project finances.

Already during this time, he was impressed by juwi and observed

the company‘s development with interest: “Ten years ago, all

renewable energy companies in Germany were at the same level.

However, in recent years juwi has diversified and developed at

an extraordinary rate. Its wide range of services is unique on

the market and contributes to the realization of our 100 percent

vision.”

juwi Bio GmbH has also diversified its product portfolio, so

the project pipeline is expanding fast. In his work as managing

director, Gerd Kück will be primarily responsible for overseeing

the financing of these projects. “There are a lot of attractive

investment opportunities in the bio energy industry. I want to get

people excited about renewable energy, and particularly about

bio energy,” says Kück.

Wood-Fired Power Station in Dotternhausen Delivers Environmentally Friendly Energy

1514Green Buildings

Three years after the construction of juwi‘s headquarters in

Wörrstadt, public interest in the energy-effi cient premises is still

going strong. In the fi rst half of the year alone, approx. 3,400 visitors

came to take a look around the two buildings and state-of-the-art

technical equipment. When guests see the rows of temporary

containers to the east and south of the offi ce complex, one thing

soon becomes clear: in terms of staff numbers, juwi is still growing

at a rapid pace. Following previous expansions in 2009 and 2010,

juwi is now planning for a third expansion in order to keep up with

this development. The new building section to the south of the juwi

complex will function as the new central building. The inauguration

is scheduled for the beginning of 2012.

The raw facts alone are impressive: 9,000 square meters of of-

fi ce space, space for 400 employees and a new cafeteria with a

pitched roof and balcony that is designed to provide 2,000 meals

a day. The building can be accessed via a main entrance, with a

courtyard located on the western side. From there, two slightly

off set building wings lead to a third complex. The eastern end of

the area is bordered by a pond with a view of the wind farm and

the rope course. The architects of “kleinarchitekten” (Budenheim,

Rhineland-Palatinate) designed the fourth fl oor, which sits atop

the two west wings in a north-south direction. What‘s more, the

building complex will include exhibition spaces and a restaurant

where visitors are also welcome to dine.

Already in June, before work began on the new building, the fi rst

excavators rolled in over the southern outdoor area. In this space,

we will be creating over 500 new parking spaces to keep up with

New Building, New Carports

the morning infl ux of juwi employees. These parking spaces will

be sheltered by solar carports, generating energy while creating

shade. And as if that wasn‘t enough, we are also expanding the

“juwelchen,” the company‘s in-house kindergarten at juwi head-

quarters. The capacity of this facility will increase to 65 children.

Soon a reality: the new central building at juwi headquarters in Wörrstadt (view from the west).

A third building will shortly be added to juwi’s headquarters.

perspective and how best to handle power generation,” explains

Krome. With this new direction came new structures and some

employees were sent into partial retirement. Stadtwerke once

employed 1,200 people, today this number is around 500. These

developments presented a challenge to the Stadtwerke Mainz, but

they were the reason Stephan Krome decided to work in the energy

sector in the fi rst place. “The energy market is incredibly dynamic

today and that makes the work very exciting,” says Krome, 43.

Supplying power is an important area of business for the Stadt-

werke Mainz. And here, renewable energy plays an important role.

For this reason, in 2005, the company joined together with juwi to

found RIO Energie GmbH & Co. KG, where Stephan Krome is co-

CEO. Together, the two companies build wind farms and solar parks,

some of which they have gone on to operate. Just a few weeks ago,

RIO Energie contracted juwi Solar GmbH to complete construction

of the solar panel system on the new stadium in Mainz, the Coface

Arena. “Renewable energy is not only practical in an ecological

sense; it also makes good economic sense to invest in such types

of energy,” says Krome.

Looking out of Stephan Krome‘s offi ce window, far out to the west,

nearly on the horizon, you can see the outline of a wind farm. This

is the fi rst installation of this kind built by RIO Energy, dating back

to 2006 in Mainz-Ebersheim. And the energy market continues to

grow and change.

From his offi ce on the tenth fl oor, Stephan Krome has one of the best

views over the entire city. Looking out from the window, he can see

the Rhine to the left and the promenade lined with trees and further

to the west the city‘s landmark, the Mainz cathedral.

Stephan Krome has been at Stadtwerke Mainz for eleven years

and today he works as an authorized signatory for the company.

In this period alone, a lot has happened. From its beginnings as a

traditional public utility company with end customers, Stadtwerke

Mainz AG has developed into a company with a focus on generating

conventional and renewable energy, operating the grid and supply-

ing water and heating. In 2010, Stadtwerke sold its shares in the

electricity provider Entega, and with them its last pillar in the end

customer business.

The reason for this change was the awakening of the energy mar-

ket. “Until fi fteen years ago, you could say that Germany‘s energy

market was slumbering like Sleeping Beauty. Only a few providers

determined the course of the market,” says Stephan Krome. “At

the end of the 1990s, new EU legislation on the internal electricity

market forced Germany to liberalize this segment and new players

entered the stage. This stirred things up and presented a lot of risks

as well as new opportunities.”

Stadtwerke had to adjust to the changing market. “We asked

ourselves new questions like how to position ourselves from a sales

Cooperation Partner

A Company in Flux How the utility company Stadtwerke Mainz AG has repositioned itself in recent years

Bright prospects: Stephan Krome.The Wind farm in Mainz Ebersheim – a project of RIO Energy.

Series:

COOPERATION

PARTNER

in this edition:

Stadtwerke

Mainz

Renewable energy is the key industry of the future. This makes

it even more important to train the next generation of staff . For

this reason, the juwi group has launched a training off ensive and

is doing a great deal to support employees in new occupational

fi elds in the industry.

As of September 1, juwi is training mechatronics engineers with

a focus on renewable energy. In addition to off ering training for

technical careers, juwi also provides training in the areas of

commerce and gastronomy and allows students to pursue a dual

course of studies.

A target group of mechatronics engineers is a new piece of the

mosaic which “shows how we can update even traditional careers

for the renewable future,” says HR project manager Christoph

Breuer, who is responsible for overseeing the new area. Working

together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) for

Rhenish Hesse and the Industrial Training Workshop (ILW) of

Mainz, he has developed an innovative, interdisciplinary training

concept that focuses on long-term success. This is important

because, in the future, juwi plans to introduce additional training

programs in response to the enormous demand for skilled workers,

Innovation in Trainingjuwi updates traditional careers for the “renewable future”

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technicians and other specialists. Those who complete the course

will even be given the opportunity to embark upon further training

with a strong focus on renewable energy.

juwi‘s cooperation with the IHK, ILW and universities such as

the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld gives it an even greater

presence, particularly among young people. “However, we are

still surprised that so many students have already heard of juwi,”

says Verena Dahms, who is responsible for trainees in Wörrstadt.

Together with colleagues from the HR department, she recently

represented the company at career information fairs in the region.

The juwi booth was always very busy. However, a lot of interested

people approached them in amazement, often saying: “We didn‘t

think juwi provided training.”

For this reason, juwi is increasing its presence at selected career

fairs and submitting print advertisements and editorials to daily

newspapers. The positive response can already be measured in

numbers: within a short period of time, we had received more than

300 applications for our training program and dual course of study.

Close contact to the next generation: Bodo Parnitzky from juwi‘s HR department talks to potential candi-dates for the dual course of study or for a place on the training program at a career information fair.

Career

Internet link: www.juwi.com, Career

Simply take a biogas plant or another source of CO2, add renewable

electric power and use these things to produce natural gas. And

there you have it – an energy source than can be stored. What

sounds like a simple cake recipe is actually nothing less than one of

the critical ingredients in the realization of a completely renewable

energy sector. “This technology enable us to store quantities of

renewable energy on a long-term basis,” explains Eric Frank, project

manager at juwi, when asked to describe the benefi ts of the “power-

to-gas” system that Stuttgart-based SolarFuel GmbH – together

with juwi – successfully tested in Morbach this March.

Where does the electricity come from when there is no wind for

weeks on end or when the sun provides only meager rays of light

through the winter‘s heavy clouds? juwi now has a concrete answer

to this question: from the sun and wind! Power-to-gas systems place

green energy in the enormous gas grid until the weather makes it

necessary to convert the synthetic gas back into electricity. The

prerequisite for this is that the way in which the small 25 kW test

system works must make be transferable to larger-scale versions

and it must prove to be competitive on the market.

These are precisely the goals of the two companies promoting

this storage system with the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen

Research in Baden-Württemberg (ZSW). Within two to three years,

our R&D experts hope, the fi rst large system should be designed.

There are many diff erent storage technologies that work to compen-

sate for volatility in the area of renewable energies (see graphic).

R&D

Permanent Storage for Clean Energyjuwi is participating in a project to research ways to store wind and solar power using in-novative technology

“However, in terms of longevity and capacity, methane represents

the the best solution,” Eric claims, and that is what makes the

production of synthetic natural gas using renewable energy so

attractive. “With the power-to-gas technology, we do not have to

expand the grid nearly as much as without it,” says R&D managing

director Alexandra Ernst, describing the promising outlook for the

project. The only thing that‘s missing is a political incentive that

helps to make this principle more economic and thereby ready for

integration in the energy market, she explains. And juwi will be

working on this as well.

The gas distribution system can be used as storage.

Overview of storage technologies – dependent on storage capacity and duration

1 TWh1 GWh1 MWh1 kWh

1 hour

1 month

1 year

1 day

Storage capacity

Flywheel

Battery

Compressed-air store

Pump storage

Hydrogen

Methane

Stor

age

dura

tion

Panorama 1918

juwi Promotes Renewable Energy in Saxony

juwi Sponsors Elite US Cycling Team

Günter Vallentin is head of the new juwi branch offi ce in Brandis, near Leipzig.

In May, juwi inaugurated its second-largest

branch offi ce in Germany – in Brandis, near

Leipzig. Around 200 guests, including Sax-

ony‘s Minister of the Environment, Frank

Kupfer, attended the opening of the new

offi ce. And the building is already setting

a benchmark: all of its energy needs are

covered by renewable energy. There is

space for approx. 100 employees working

at the hub of wind, solar and bio energy

project planning. The new branch manager,

Günter Vallentin, has been involved in the

energy revolution for years. As the mayor

of Ostritz, he transformed his hometown on

the Polish border into a model green city.

In May, juwi inaugurated its second-largest branch offi ce in Germany

– in Brandis, near Leipzig. Around 200 guests, including Saxony‘s

Minister of the Environment, Frank Kupfer, attended the opening of

the new offi ce. And the building is already setting a benchmark: all of

its energy needs are covered by renewable energy. There is space for

approx. 100 employees working at the hub of wind, solar and bio energy

project planning. The new branch manager, Günter Vallentin, has been

involved in the energy revolution for years. As the mayor of Ostritz, he

transformed his hometown on the Polish border into a model green city.

One of the most impressive photovoltaic

power plants in the world has grown, be-

coming even more powerful: juwi ex-

panded the solar park Lieberose in Bran-

denburg and added 18 megawatts. With a

total capacity of 71 megawatts, Lieberose

is now the second-largest solar park in

Germany and the fourth-largest photo-

voltaic plant in the world. The fi rst part of

the solar park which is located on former

military training grounds, was built by

juwi in cooperation with module manu-

facturer First Solar. Construction was

carried out in multiple steps and the

project was fi nished and commissioned in

December 2009.

18 Megawatt Added to Solar Park Lieberose

Calendar

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www.juwi.comjuwi Holding AG

What

EU PVSEC

The Energy Event

Windaba

Solar Power UK

Solarcon India

Agritechnica

SMCL

EWEC 2012

Hannover Messe

When

September 05 – 08 2011

September 13 – 14 2011

September 27 – 29 2011

October 26 – 28 2011

November 09 – 11 2011

November 13 – 19 2011

November 22 – 24 2011

April 16 – 19 2012

April 23 – 27 2012

Where

Hamburg (Germany)

Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Cape Town (South Africa)

Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Hyderabad (India)

Hannover (Germany)

Paris (France)

Copenhagen

Hannover

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