JUWI sells 84-megawatt wind farm in South Africa

The Wolf wind farm was developed entirely by JUWI and placed in the fifth round of the South African Renewable Energy Expansion Program (REI4P). The buyer of the 84-megawatt project is the Cape Town-based independent energy supplier Red Rocket. Construction will start in the coming weeks, and commissioning is planned for the first quarter of 2024.

Key Highlights:

* A total of 17 turbines are planned, twelve Vestas V163, each with an output of 4.5 megawatts, and five V163, each with an output of 6.2 megawatts.

* The company is currently working on wind energy projects with an output of more than 1.5 gigawatts.

* It is also working on solar projects with a output of two GW and on hybrid projects including storage technology with around 500 megawatts.

* To date, JUWI has implemented more than 1,200 wind turbines with an output of more than 2,800 megawatts at around 200 locations.

* The operational management of JUWI oversees wind energy and photovoltaic systems with an output of more than 4,100 megawatts.

Original Press Release:

March 30 -- MVV Energie AG issued the following news release:

The Wolf wind farm was developed entirely by JUWI and successfully placed in the fifth round of the South African Renewable Energy Expansion Program (REI4P) by energy producer Red Rocket.

Construction will start in the coming weeks, and commissioning is planned for the first quarter of 2024.

The South African subsidiary of the JUWI Group, JUWI Renewable Energies Pty. Ltd., has successfully sold the rights to the self-developed Wolf wind farm. The buyer of the 84-megawatt project is the Cape Town-based independent energy supplier Red Rocket. The planned wind farm is located in the Eastern Cape Province, around a two-hour drive from the city of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). The start of construction is imminent. The wind farm is scheduled to go into operation in the first quarter of 2024. A total of 17 turbines are planned, twelve Vestas V163, each with an output of 4.5 megawatts, and five V163, each with an output of 6.2 megawatts.

Wolf is the second wind energy project developed by JUWI to be sold as part of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Procurement Program - the first, the 138 MW Garob wind farm, went online in 2021.

"Overall, the progress made in implementing the REI4P projects in South Africa is very encouraging," says Stephan Hansen, COO and managing director responsible for JUWI's international business with a view to the South African energy market. "With our projects, we are helping to overcome the country's energy crisis and make the transition to clean energy production."

Richard Doyle, Managing Director of JUWI South Africa, adds: "We are currently experiencing a rapidly growing demand from both the public and private sectors for large-scale renewable energy projects and for hybrid projects with battery storage. To meet this demand, we want more wind in 2023 -, develop solar and hybrid projects in the order of a gigawatt."

The Cape's energy crisis has spurred demand for utility-scale renewable energy. JUWI has reacted to this and expanded its project pipeline throughout the country. The company is currently working on wind energy projects with an output of more than 1.5 gigawatts (GW), on solar projects with an output of two GW and on hybrid projects including storage technology with an output of around 500 megawatts.

To the JUWI Group

The JUWI Group has been one of the leading specialists in renewable energies for more than 25 years and offers complete project development and other services related to the planning, construction and operation of renewable energy systems. The business areas primarily include projects with wind and solar energy as well as hybrid systems with storage for industrial applications.

The company belongs to Mannheimer MVV Energie AG, one of the largest municipal energy suppliers in Germany. JUWI has its headquarters in Wörrstadt near Mainz and other locations in Hanover, Brandis (Saxony), Melle/Osnabrück, Stuttgart, Bochum and in Franconia. In the summer of 2022, Windwärts Energie GmbH was merged into juwi AG, which then changed its legal form to JUWI GmbH. JUWI was founded in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1996 and Windwärts in Lower Saxony in 1994.

JUWI employs more than 1,200 people worldwide and is present with projects on all continents. There are branches outside of Germany in Italy, Greece, South Africa, the USA, Japan, Australia, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.

To date, JUWI has implemented more than 1,200 wind turbines with an output of more than 2,800 megawatts at around 200 locations in the wind sector; in the solar segment there are around 1,850 PV systems with a total output of more than 3,800 megawatts. The operational management of JUWI oversees wind energy and photovoltaic systems with an output of more than 4,100 megawatts. For the realization of the energy projects, JUWI has initiated a total investment volume of almost ten billion euros over the past 25 years.

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Source: MVV Energie AG

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