December 2011

Solar Power in the North of Namibia | Page 12

In Tsumkwe, the largest off-grid solar

hybrid power plant in Africa supplies

public and private buildings.

Energy Transition in the South | Page 10

Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria

intend to catch up in the utilization of

wind power. The potential is huge.

Green Energy in the Palatinate | Page 14

Close to Kaiserslautern, juwi

produces bio gas to be fed into

the public grid.

Renewable energies strengthen

the economic power and improve

a municipality’s image. Wörrstadt

in Germany gives an example.

Read more on pages 8 and 9.

Wind, Wine and Solid Finances

Insights Golden October Provides Power from Mainz Page 4

Aircraft in Shining Bright Floodlights Page 6

Feature Wine, Wind and a Healthy Municipal Budget Page 8

Wind Energy Transition in the South of Germany Page 10

Solar Start for One of Africa’s Largest Solar Hybrid Plants Page 12

Bio Green Energy for the Ramstein Region Page 14

Green Buildings Energy-Efficient Fire Station for the Town of Celle Page 15

Cooperation Partner STAWAG Energie GmbH: “Fukushima Changed the Market” Page 16

Career Educating with a Career in Mind Page 17

R & D ATS: Higher Yields with Steel and Concrete Page 18

Panorama Opel’s Ampera Fleet Stops at juwi Headquarters Page 19

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Towards the end of 2011, the worldwide energy debate picked up steam once again. At the beginning of November,

the International Energy Agency (IEA) in London released its latest report, the “World Energy Outlook 2011”. One of

the main points: The time window in which global warming can be limited to two degrees Celsius is closing. Against

the background of the world’s increasing energy needs and the trend towards more carbon dioxide emissions that

is regrettably continuing, one thing becomes obvious: It is imperative to accelerate the expansion of renewable

energies worldwide.

It seems that the countless climate conferences, such as the one that most recently took place at the end of

November in the South African city of Durban, are failing to produce the right impetus – given the many years in

which little has been done since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. This makes it all the more important

that there is a strong push at the local level: from motivated citizens, mayors and entrepreneurs, to mention just

a few groups. Fortunately, signs of this commitment can be seen in many countries of the world, e.g. in Germany;

take a look, for example, at the new soft spot the state governments of Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg and, most

recently, Hesse have for wind turbines.

The juwi group acknowledges the public’s desire to become involved in the expansion of renewable energies.

Together with local partners, juwi has, for some time now, been offering regional electricity directly from wind

power, placed fixed-interest savings bonds with banks and savings banks and supported the public in founding

energy cooperatives. Solar power systems for private customers and wood pellets for heating have already been

a long-standing part of the juwi group’s portfolio.

Recently, another new capital market product was introduced with the foundation of juwi Invest GmbH. The new

company specializes in ecological investments in the area of renewable energies and ecologically oriented products

with fixed-interest securities. These are used to capitalize issuers, which should essentially acquire shares of

project companies of renewable power plants or (production) plants of ecological products.

Let us, together, fuel the energy transition to 100 percent renewable energy sources.

Jochen Magerfleisch Matthias Willenbacher Fred Jung

Dear friends of the juwi group,

Insights

Golden October Provides Power from Mainz

This exquisite view of Mainz in autumn was

captured by Manfred Czerwinski (aerial pho-

tographer from Kaiserslautern) in mid-October.

At the end of 2010, juwi installed exactly 4,484

crystalline photovoltaic modules on two rock

crushing facilities of a former cement plant,

not far from the Rhine. The prominent build-

ings, which are now used as storehouses for

a disposal company, produce 770,000 kilowatt

hours of solar energy a year. This is equivalent

to the annual demand of almost 200 households.

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Aircraft in Shining Bright Floodlights

At the end of September, the juwi group presented a real head-turner to the roughly

1,000 guests at the “juwilation” anniversary celebration in the Coface Arena in Mainz.

Standing just short of 30 meters and emblazoned with the juwi logo, the hot air balloon

from Skytours Ballooning GmbH made the hearts of the adventurous passengers beat

faster. 4,520 cubic meters of hot air, 500 square meters of fabric and a basket with room

for six guests will soon demonstrate that the power of wind for generating energy is

as thrilling as it is useful. Passenger operation will commence in Frankfurt starting in

April of the coming year. Those interested can contact info@skytours-ballooning.de.

Insights

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There are more than 860,000 solar power systems in Germany, almost

22,000 wind turbines, and approximately 4,500 biogas plants. They all

have one thing in common: Rather than producing energy bundled at

a few locations, they produce it locally in each community and each

region. On the roofs of houses, in open spaces or in the forest. They

provide clean energy – and money: According to a study carried out

by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) in Berlin,

the impressive figure of EUR 6.8 billion in added value flowed into

communities in 2010 due to renewable energies – through invest-

ments, turnover, income, tax and lease payments.

Whoever does little, only gets a little of this cake. Whoever is

committed, gets a lot more. “I would absolutely advise everybody

to become involved in this area,” says Markus Conrad, mayor of the

collective municipality of Wörrstadt (Rhine-Hesse). “For ecological

and economic reasons.” The 38-year-old CDU (Christian Democratic

Union) politician can give a detailed account of the positive effects

of wind, solar and bio energy – and he does just that: “I get a lot

of inquiries. Fukushima gave an enormous boost to the subject.”

In 2012, his municipality of almost 30,000 residents will produce

more power through renewable energies than its businesses and

private households consume annually – approximately 85 million

kilowatt hours.

Together with the juwi group, which moved its headquarters from

Mainz to Wörrstadt in July 2008, Conrad has made great headway

since 2007. “The committees were very quickly impressed by the

establishment plans – including the reference plants planned by

juwi.” Everyone agreed: By 2017, 100 percent of the power was to

come from renewable energies. The citizens were also open to the

goal – they acquired a solar power system and installed it on the

town hall. The administrative body in turn created the prerequisites

for the construction of a 5.6 MW solar park and the Wörrstadt wind

farm, which grew from five to 14 turbines. Soon there will be 21

installations. Wörrstadt is therefore set to reach the goal of 100%

five years earlier than planned.

Wörrstadt is profiting. Take the example of business tax: “The juwi

headquarters bring in business tax revenue to the tune of millions.

Wine, Wind and a Healthy Municipal BudgetThe collective municipality of Wörrstadt in Rhine-Hesse, Germany is leading the way in the expansion of renewable energies and is profiting in various ways.

Without these we would not have made it through the economic

crisis so well”, says Conrad. Once the wind turbines will have paid

off, they too will contribute five-figure sums to the municipal coffers

on an annual basis.

Take the example of lease payments: A municipality collects four-

figure sums annually per installed megawatt for road usage alone. In

this way, even if the installations are on private property, the treasur-

ers profit. Conrad: “That helps a local municipality to complete its

tasks and control the budget.”

Take the example of tourism: In this year alone, approximately 8,000

guests from all over the world visited the juwi headquarters. “A huge

opportunity for us,” says Conrad. “Because when you are actually

here, then you also get to know our main product – wine.” This boost

to the image can be an important economic asset: “Other companies

will take notice of Wörrstadt and note that we are fast and effective

when it comes to establishing industrial area.”

Take the example of independence: In 2010, the collective munici-

pality tendered power supply agreements with power costs of

approximately EUR 800,000. Some properties, including an outdoor

swimming pool, now acquire their power directly from the Wörrstadt

wind farm. Conrad: “We are therefore Germany’s first community

with direct local acquisition of wind power.” Since September,

Feature

“I would advise everybody to become involved with renewable energies.” Markus Conrad

Family man with a sense for a renewable energy supply: Markus Conrad, mayor of Wörrstadt.

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private customers from the local municipalities of Schornsheim and Gabsheim can also

acquire power directly from the wind farm.

Recommended for replication: Money stays in the region

At the national level, the energy revolution is only at a beginning; in Wörrstadt it is already

in full swing. The collective municipality decided to purchase its own wind turbine for the

direct supply of its properties and systems. In this way, in addition to leases and taxes, the

revenues also remain in the municipality. A separate branch of the collective municipality

services has already been established for this. In addition, for the purpose of the realloca-

tion of concession contracts, the administrative body is examining a return to municipal

ownership of the networks as well as the establishment of an institution under public law.

The networks, energy supply, outdoor swimming pool, street lighting and compensation

area management are to be bundled for this. In addition, based on a climate protection

concept, the community is appointing an energy consultant who will improve efficiency in

public, commercial and private buildings.

“Ten years ago, I was also skeptical about the wind turbines,” admits Markus Conrad, “but

we have developed further and recognized that we need this kind of energy production.”

Wörrstadt began switching to renewable energies in 2007 at the latest, four years before

Fukushima. And they are now harvesting the fruit of their labor, in addition to the wine.

The energy revolution in Wörrstadt

1997• Construction of the first wind farm

in Spiesheim

2000• Establishment of Local Agenda 21 in

the local municipality of Wörrstadt

2007• Decision of the collective municipal

council to have 100% of power sup-

plied by renewable energies by 2017

• Construction of a citizens’ photovol-

taic system on the roof of the town

hall of the collective municipality

2008• Construction of the Wörrstadt

solar park

• Inauguration of juwi headquarters

2009• Construction of the Wörrstadt

wind farm

2010• Collective municipality acquires

power directly from the Wörrstadt

wind farm

2011• Expansion of the Wörrstadt wind

farm (ongoing)

• Offer of direct power for citizens of

two local municipalities

• Decision by the municipal council to

purchase a wind turbine

• Start of the creation of a climate

protection concept

Family man with a sense for a renewable energy supply: Markus Conrad, mayor of Wörrstadt.

juwi RegioEnergie I Fixed RatePrivate customers can profit from renewable energies in the South-West

of Germany with profit participation certificates.

Issuer juwi RegioEnergie I GmbH & Co. KG

Minimum subscription EUR 1,000

2016 series

Interest Annual disbursement of 5.75%

Term 5 years

Issue volume EUR 5 million (5,000 units @ EUR 1,000)

2020 series

Interest Annual disbursement of 6.75%

Term 9 years

Issue volume EUR 5 million (5,000 units @ EUR 1,000)

March 2011. After the events in Fukushima, the protests in Germany

against the government’s stance on nuclear power are growing

louder and louder. This is reflected prominently in the election

results of some German states: After 58 years, the citizens of

Baden-Wuerttemberg oust the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

party. The Green party takes a historic 24.2 percent on March 27,

2011, and appoints, for the first time, a green minister-president,

Winfried Kretschmann. Shortly after taking office, he announces

that Baden-Wuerttemberg intends to stop trailing in the utilization

of wind power. With 0.8 percent of energy production coming from

wind power, the state brings up the rear among the Germany federal

states when the three city-states are left out. An amendment to the

land planning act shall lay the foundation for producing ten percent of

their electricity from wind power within a few years. This will require

roughly 1,000 new plants by 2020. “The communities themselves

Wind

Energy Transition in the South of GermanyBaden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria intend to stop trailing in the utilization of wind power – and the potentials are huge.

must act now that the regional plans have been overruled,” explains

Maximilian Nowak, regional leader for Baden-Wuerttemberg and

Bavaria at juwi Wind in Germany. Currently, Baden-Wuerttemberg is

somewhat frozen with fear and the communities are feeling rattled.

“We are anticipating that most projects will be for 2013. Right now,

we are strengthening acquisitions locally,” explains Nowak.

Two wind parks in Bavaria in construction In Bavaria, the largest German state by area, juwi is already one step

further ahead. In addition to the completed Diespeck project in Middle

Franconia, 40 kilometers from Erlangen, with two Vestas V90 plants,

the Wind Construction team is currently working on two other wind

farms: Forst Waldsachsen, which has five Enercon E-82 turbines with

hub heights of 108 meters and can be seen from the Grafenrheinfeld

nuclear power plant, and Dürrwangen, 100 kilometers southwest of

juwi Management Starts First Projects in Romania and Bulgaria

Who is faster? Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria could both gear up.

Active on the Eastern European market as well: juwi Management GmbH.

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juwi Management GmbH is expanding its international activities and

now provides its services in the technical and business management

of renewable energy plants in Romania and Bulgaria, too.

Close to the city of Constanta on the Black Sea, juwi has taken over

the technical management of the Dorobantu wind farm (45 mega-

watts) and is responsible for remote monitoring, data analysis, report

generation, system inspections and consultation during ongoing

operation. In Bulgaria’s Varna region, the company is responsible for

the business management of a five-megawatt photovoltaic system

with 51,600 modules located on a former industrial site.

“We are continuously expanding what we offer – in service and on

the ground. The projects in Romania and Bulgaria are important

milestones in the internationalization of our company,” says Thomas

Albrecht, who manages the juwi Management GmbH businesses in

conjunction with Rolf Heggen.

Nuremberg, where three E-82 plants with hub heights of 138 meters

are being installed. The Dürrwangen farm consists of community-

owned wind turbines. “The demand for public involvement is very

high, especially in Bavaria,” explains Nowak.

Given the political events, a true wild fire has broken out in both

German states. Many, especially smaller developers are flooding the

market. “Our primary goal is to consult the communities on the topic

of wind power, and, in doing so, to create security, mainly in Baden-

Wuerttemberg, and to control the developments in the long run,”

says Nowak. “In Bavaria, we want to expand our market share and

to advance the activities using momentum gained in Dürrwangen.”

In 2011, juwi opened a regional office in the Dürrwangen castle, not

far from the wind farm under construction. The energy transition

has now found its way even to the South.

Solar

In Northern Namibia, juwi Solar GmbH has completed one of the largest off-grid

solar hybrid plants on the African continent. The plant is located in the village of

Tsumkwe near Khaudom National Park. With a capacity of 200 kilowatts, battery

storage with a capacity of one megawatt hour and three integrated diesel genera-

tors, the plant provides reliable power 24/7. It supplies all public buildings and

roughly 100 households with power. Fabian Jochem, head of juwi Off-Grid, says:

“The people used to have power for only a few hours a day. With the prices of

crude oil rising, they could not afford to let the diesel generators run all day long.”

Solar power has opened up entirely new possibilities for the village residents.

“Since the commissioning of the plant, many small shops and businesses opened

in Tsumkwe. With a reliable electricity supply comes economic development,”

remarks Fabian Jochem. Thanks to the solar hybrid plant, the price of electricity

has fallen significantly, by nearly half: Today, a kilowatt hour of electricity costs

only EUR 35 cents, instead of EUR 60 cents. The Desert Research Foundation

Namibia (DRFN) planned and oversaw the Tsumkwe energy project. Operator

is the local energy supplier NamPower. The plant is monitored by a control

system specifically developed by juwi that is operated online through remote

data monitoring.

Start for One of Africa’s Largest Solar Hybrid Plants200-kilowatt system supplies Tsumkwe in Namibia with clean power.

It came as a big surprise for many solar companies in Great Britain:

At the beginning of the year, the British government reduced its

feed-in tariff for all systems larger than 50 kilowatts by more than

half. Free-field projects became unprofitable from one day to the

next, and juwi was forced to revise its plans completely. “While

our first free-field system in Trevemper in Cornwall, with a capacity

of 638 kWp, can still operate under the old tariffs, we now have

to concentrate heavily on the rooftop installation business, an

area that we had not intended upon exploring,” says Jan Sisson,

managing director of the juwi subsidiary in Great Britain describing

the situation. “A lot of other companies dropped out of the business

when the conditions changed. For juwi, it was clear: we won’t give

up, we will adapt.” And the company’s success continues. In a little

more than a year and under ever changing general conditions, the

Birmingham subsidiary has projected roughly one megawatt and is

installing the first rooftop system projects.

The solar power plant in Trevemper, Cornwall with 638 kWp was connected to the grid in September.

Success on the

British Islandsjuwi team in Birmingham sets new focus on rooftop projects.

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Clean power for Tsumkwe: With a capacity of 200 kW, a battery storage and three integrated diesel generators, the plant produces clean power 24/7.

It’s a unique project. On an area of approx. 60 hectares, the Georgsdorf

solar park in the Grafschaft Bentheim district west of Osnabrück in

Germany will begin producing approx. 23 million kilowatt hours of clean

power with a nominal output of 24.7  megawatts at the end of this year.

This will make it the largest solar park in Lower Saxony. Also notable is

that the solar park is located in a conversion area in Georgsdorf. “We in

Georgsdorf have always wondered what will happen to the land when

the extraction of raw materials is over,” says mayor Johann Scholten.

“Finally we have found a good use,” he adds. juwi planned the project

in a record time of about ten months. Construction planning began

early in the year, and construction commenced in October. “What

has been achieved here within a  few months is truly astonishing,”

says Johann Scholten. “Without the very fruitful cooperation with the

Grafschaft Bentheim district, the Neuenhaus joint municipality and

the Georgsdorf municipality, we would not have been able to begin

construction in October,” observes juwi project developer Dr. Guido

Terwey appreciatively.Solar park Georgsdorf: With 23 million kilowatt hours of clean energy it is the largest solar park in Lower Saxony.

Constructed in Record Time Lower Saxony’s largest solar park is commissioned.

Bio

Green Energy for the Ramstein Region Biogas processing plant supplies 1,500 households in the Palatinate.

In Ramstein-Miesenbach near Kaisers-

lautern, juwi Bio GmbH constructed the

first biogas processing plant in the region.

The plant has a usable total energy content

of 30  million kilowatt hours, providing a

significant contribution to the decen-

tralized energy supply in the Palatinate.

After commissioning, the plant will feed

350 cubic meters of bio methane (in natural

gas quality) per hour into the existing gas

network. The generated bio natural gas can

cover the heating needs of roughly 1,500

private households or be converted into

clean electricity.

Upstream the processing plant is a biogas

plant that generates biogas from roughly

34,000  tons of regionally generated, re-

newable biomass, such as corn, grass or

whole plant silage. In addition, around

5,000 tons of slurry come from farmers in

the region. Biogas produced in this way

is refined into bio methane (in natural gas

quality) in a further process step using

high-pressure water scrubbing in the actual processing plant. The applied processing

technique removes carbon dioxide from the biogas without adding chemicals. The bio

methane won in this way has a methane content of more than 97 percent and demonstrates

the quality for injection into the gas network as required by the German Renewable Energy

Act and the Gas Network Access Ordinance. It will be directly injected into the existing

natural gas network belonging to the local network of providers.

Together with Thosca Holz GmbH, juwi founded the proNARO pur-

chasing company at the end of September. The primary goal of the

new company is the sustainable and safe supply of juwi bioenergy

locations with wood raw materials, including forest wood chips,

landscaping material, wood from short-rotation plantations, log

wood and byproducts from sawing. The abbreviation proNARO is a

German acronym meaning “for renewable raw materials.” Thosca

and juwi each have a 50 percent share in the joint company. The

headquarters are in Hösbach in the Lower Franconia district of

Aschaffenburg.

Thosca Holz is a joint venture of the Finnish Metsäliitto group

and SCA Hygiene Products GmbH in Mannheim and is among the

industry leaders in the Central European wood market. The joint

venture between juwi and Thosca offers both partners consider-

able advantages. Centrally controlled purchasing of raw materials

and the bundling of purchasing quantities help to optimize costs.

Falling back on the existing supply network of Thosca Holz GmbH

makes possible the exclusive, and above all, long-term supply of

juwi bioenergy locations with wood raw materials. Down the road,

proNARO is planning to supply the bioenergy locations of third

parties with raw materials as well.

Sustainably Securing the Supply of Raw Materialsjuwi and Thosca Holz found proNARO purchasing company.

The bio gas plant in Ramstein.

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The town of Celle invited specialists from juwi on board with good

reason when it came to designing a new fire station. Our specialists

had already designed the world’s first fire station in passive house

construction in Heidelberg in 2007 – which, at that time, was still under

the umbrella of ISP Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Strunk + Partner, that

has since been integrated into juwi Green Buildings GmbH.

Energy-Efficient Fire Station for the Town of Cellejuwi receives contract in a Europe-wide invitation to tender.

Saving Energy through Construction and RenovationDr. Dominik Benner is second managing director of juwi Green Buildings GmbH.

Dr. Dominik Benner, the new manag-

ing director of juwi Green Buildings

GmbH as of September, has a clear

goal: “At juwi we are already extremely

well positioned in the area of power

generation. The question of how to

save energy will be answered in the

future by juwi Green Buildings.” There

is great potential for new construc-

tion and renovations; demand grows

unabated. Benner and Ralf Ratanski,

second managing director of juwi

Green Buildings, recognize the oppor-

tunity for juwi: “Through innovative

solutions in building technology, we

would like to leverage the opportunities

that competitors cannot or do not want

to realize.”

Benner discovered his passion for

building efficiency after completing

In Celle, the low-consumption building should be implemented on a

large scale similar to its counterpart in Heidelberg. With the approx.

6,400 square meters of floor space over two stories, the L-shaped

building will house administrative, workshop, training and drill areas;

in addition to a garage with space for 26 fire trucks.

The new fire station earns points mainly for its innovative build-

ing technology, for example for the use of geothermal energy

for heating. Construction is already underway. Completion is

scheduled for fall 2012. Construction costs will run at about

EUR 13 million.

The invitation to tender for the new development was issued

throughout Europe as a public-private partnership (PPP) project

between the town of Celle and a private construction company.

And although they were up against more than a dozen applicants,

Goldbeck West GmbH – in cooperation with juwi Green Buildings

GmbH – was able to secure the contract.

his studies: At a Swiss construction firm, he collected a wealth of experience in the areas of

sustainable building and energy-efficient technology. In a subsequent managerial function at an

international construction and service group, he was able to successfully apply his knowledge

in the area of residential management. He had the perfect requirements for a start at juwi

Green Buildings. “Energy efficiency is one of the keys for a climate-neutral energy supply.

We offer complete concepts with which you can save energy directly through construction

and renovation,” says Benner.

Intelligent concepts for energy efficient buildings: Ralf Ratanski (left) and Dr. Dominik Benner.

Looking into the future – the fire station in Celle.

STAWAG Energie GmbH would like to take renewable energies

even further. The company is planning to obtain 200 gigawatt

hours of green energy annually from its own plants starting at the

end of 2013. “In 2020, it should be 600 gigawatt hours a year,” says

Frank Brösse. STAWAG Energie GmbH is setting the bar high and

may end up on the cutting edge of its field, just as it was once in

the mid-1990s. “At that time, we implemented the Aachen model,”

explains Brösse. The 44-year-old is confident: “This model inspired

the politicians of the time to pass the German Renewable Energy

Act.” The basic idea was that operators of photovoltaic systems

should receive fixed compensation of two German marks for every

kilowatt hour. This model was intended to create incentives for

companies to invest in renewable energies. Today, many operators

are still receiving this compensation, as the period of the contracts

was 20 years.

Now, fewer incentives are needed to get people excited about

renewable energies. “Fukushima changed the market,” says

Brösse. “The customers are asking more than ever where their

energy is actually coming from. This is why we invest only in

renewable energies. We would no longer invest in conventional

energies today.”

Visitors approaching the company headquarters with the six red

letters quickly notice what matters here: Employees are welcoming

and friendly. Several desks in the lobby invite you to sit down and learn

about alternative energies. The area in front of the reception desk is

full of informational brochures about energy. Here, the customer is

king. “We want to sell as much energy as possible and yet we tell our

customers how they can save energy. This is actually a contradic-

tion,” notes Frank Brösse. “Having said that, customers today have

become much more demanding and they expect this service.”

Frank Brösse is the managing director of STAWAG Energie GmbH,

a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Aachen, or STAWAG for short. Industrial

engineer Brösse has been working here for 12 years. The company

has been investing in renewable energies since 2006: First

in biomass, then, at the end of 2008, in photovoltaics and wind

power. At  this time, STAWAG founded the joint venture STAWAG

Solar GmbH together with juwi renewable IPP GmbH, a subsidiary

of the juwi group. Together, the two companies realize wind farms

and solar parks and operate the plants after completion. So far, the

companies have installed 12 megawatts of photovoltaic power and

24 megawatts of wind power. “Especially for wind power, we have

a lot of upcoming projects,” emphasizes Brösse.

Cooperation Partner

“Fukushima Changed the Market”Aachen’s utility company STAWAG places more emphasis than ever on renewable energies.

Frank Brösse, managing director of STAWAG Energie GmbH.STAWAG company headquarters in Aachen.

The renewable energies industry is in increasing demand, also

at universities. This makes it all the more important to facilitate

college graduates’ entry into this field. For this reason, juwi

launched its trainee program in September 2011 and began by

accepting three trainees in juwi Wind GmbH. “The goal is job-

oriented qualification. Along with our apprentices and BA students,

we are also instructing our trainees so that they may join our team

after they complete the program,” explains Bodo Parnitzky, HR

manager in the area of Vocational Education, responsible for BA

students and trainees.

Depending on the target position, it will take trainees two years to go

through the program, which allows them to obtain as much knowledge

as possible in a relatively short time. The target position of the current

program is project manager in the wind division. In their two years

of training, Malte Winterstein, Stoyanka Kisyova and Florian Stein

will work in various departments to become familiar with all facets

Educating with a Career in MindSeptember 2011 marked the beginning of juwi Wind GmbH’s trainee program.

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of project work in relation to realizing a wind farm. The basis for this

is a variable familiarization plan that has been previously worked out

together by HR, the technical department and the trainees. Three

mandatory stations are planned. These include approval planning,

project acquisition and project financing, with each scheduled to

take half a year. Time abroad is also a fixed part of the program. The

trainees are given the chance to work in an international subsidiary

of their choice and to get a behind-the-scenes look at project work.

Throughout the entire trainee phase, the HR department will

accompany the trainees and be ready to assist them in any way.

Other trainee programs are scheduled for 2012 as well. “After

the successful start in 2011, we will be expanding the programs

individually to the other companies,” declares Parnitzky. In addi-

tion to the wind division, juwi Solar GmbH also shows interest in

such a program. juwi Holding AG and juwi Bio GmbH each already

employ a trainee.

Career objective project manager: Malte Winterstein, Stoyanka Kisyova and Florian Stein (f.l.) work as trainees in the juwi group’s wind sector.

Career

You don’t need offshore wind farms located far away from the consumer to generate higher

wind power yields. Higher towers work just as well to produce higher yields inland. Advanced

Tower Systems (ATS), a tower construction consortium in which juwi and the engineering

firm MECAL work together in an equal partnership, develops and builds these kinds of

innovative towers. juwi is currently commissioning four of these towers near the company

headquarters in Wörrstadt. What is so remarkable is that the ATS tower has a total height

of 180 meters, and that the greater hub height results in higher energy yields. Not only that:

Due to their special construction, the towers are also easy to transport, which reduces

costs as well. This is because, in contrast to tower segments from other manufacturers,

which are mostly round, the concrete parts of the ATS towers are only 15 meters long and

three meters slender. So slender, in fact, that they fit perfectly into ordinary trucks and do

not have to be transported as wide loads. “A typical tower consists of five levels, each one

consisting of eight precast segments that are assembled level by level. The corner elements

at each height are all manufactured in a single cast mold and are identical at all levels of the

tower – this is also the reason for their square shape,” explains Jan Warzecha, managing

director of juwi Research & Development GmbH (R & D).

The ATS towers are hybrid structures. The lower part consists of slender ATS precast

concrete components and the upper part is made of conventional steel components. As soon

as the foundation is laid, the concrete section of the hybrid tower can be erected in three

weeks. After this, the tower is coated and the colors can be customized, like the towers in

Schornsheim. “With these projects, we can offer the local municipality or even the public

the option to select the colors they want for the lower third of the towers. This means that

they can choose the colors that represent their community, for example. This helps to foster

even greater acceptance for a project,” explains juwi CEO Matthias Willenbacher.

For future projects, ATS wants to aim a bit higher – with a hub height of 145 meters or more,

yield can be increased by several percentage points. In this way inland areas can be used

optimally.

R & D

ATS: Higher Yields with Steel and ConcreteInnovative technology enables optimum usage of inland locations.

The ATS turbines are constructed in Wörrstadt – concrete and steel elements are put in place on-site.

Cooperatives: Energy Managers of the Future

More than 200 municipal, communal and business representa-

tives got together in Wörrstadt in early October to discuss com-

munity models for a democratic change in energy production.

They met for the fourth “Regional Energy Supply” conference,

which juwi organized together with the cooperative association

Genossenschaftsverband e.V. and GenoPortal, a startup and com-

petence center for cooperatives.

“We show how change in energy production can work. It requires

distributed energy production from regenerative sources and an

integration of regional energy suppliers and utility companies,”

says René Rothe, board member of Genossenschaftsverband e.V. 200 representatives from cities, municipalities and companies met in Wörrstadt.

Panorama 1918

juwi Solar Presents itself at ecoQ in Doha

Rethinking in the land of petroleum riches. At the beginning of

October, ecoQ in Qatar showcased the latest developments in the

area of renewable energies. juwi was on site too and welcomed to

its booth Qatar Minister of the Environment, His Excellency Abdullah

Bin Mubarak Al Midhadi. The minister’s interest and the interest

of other attendees was mainly focused on photovoltaics and the

potentials of photovoltaics in general. At the political level, the

transition to renewable energies is already being promoted with

the Qatar National Vision 2030. “There is definitely an awareness

of regenerative energies, but implementing specific projects will

certainly take some time and require additional work to win people

over,” says Martin Görner of juwi Solar. “What supports us in this

effort is the ‘competition’ among the Gulf states. Each project

started in one of the countries furthers the interest of the other

countries,” he adds.

Opel’s Ampera Fleet Stops at juwi Headquarters

At the end of September, the Opel Ampera City2City tour swung by

juwi headquarters in Wörrstadt, after stops in Berlin, Munich and

Hamburg. As part of the road show, specialized journalists were able

to learn about the introduction of the electric vehicle. The event was

put on in cooperation with juwi Research & Development GmbH,

which is involved with establishing and integrating electrically

operated vehicles into everyday life. In an introductory presentation,

juwi R & D highlighted the potential of electromobility. The electric

car from Rüsselsheim-based car manufacturer Opel will also play an

important role at juwi in the future. This year, juwi plans to integrate

at least one Ampera into its vehicle fleet . Dr. Susanne Wegerhoff, OPEL Global Vice President Communications and juwi CEO Matthias Willenbacher.

Qatar’s Environmental Minister at the juwi booth in Doha.

Calendar

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What

Fieragricola

Middle East Electricity

E-world

Energy Now Expo

Ecobuild

Expomin

EWEA

Hannover Messe

When

February 02 – 05 2012

February 07 – 09 2012

February 07 – 09 2012

February 15 – 16 2012

March 20 – 22 2012

April 09 – 13 2012

April 16 – 19 2011

April 23 – 27 2012

Where

Verona (Italy)

Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Essen (Germany)

Malvern (UK)

London (UK)

Santiago (Chile)

Copenhagen (Denmark)

Hanover (Germany)

The 100% renewable foundation recently collected considerable

donations to construct a solar system on the roof of the Berlin

children’s museum “MACHmit” (www.machmitmuseum.de). Raffle

drawings during the juwi group’s anniversary event held in the

Coface Arena in Mainz as well as a benefit match in Wörrstadt

generated a total of EUR 12,000 in September. Prominent players

of the LottoElf soccer team and a selection of players from TuS

Wörrstadt and juwi laced up their soccer shoes for a good purpose.

Pictured are Michael Lengersdorff, head of the foundation together

with Sophia and Simeon Jung who picked the winners.

Donation for Solar System on Children’s Museum in Berlin