Catégories : Pressmirror

An analysis of the European electricity network operator came to this result, announced the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) in Munster. "In the period between the 7th and the 10th of February, Germany was always a net electricity exporter", said IWR Director Dr. Norbert Allnoch in Munster. France, however, depended on imports and aid from neighbouring countries during the whole period of analysis, Allnoch says. The German government denied the news, spread by the Welt am Sonntag (WamS), that a crisis team has been set up.

Germany exports power constantly

Germany exported more power than it imported at every hour of the examined period. The power demand reached an average of 49,400 megawatts (MW). At this point, the cold reserve is activated. This has caused much discussion about the alleged shortage of electricity in Germany’s media. The peak demand for electricity in Germany was reached between 6 and 7 pm on 8.2.2012 with 57,023 MW. Even at this time of high demand, Germany could export considerable amounts of power to its neighbours, for instance to Switzerland (1,603 MW), France (761 MW), Poland (1,034 MW), and Austria (614 MW). In sum, the current export reached, on balance, approx. 2,900 MW during this hour. This corresponds to the performance of almost three nuclear power plants. The total capacity of all power generation capacity in Germany is still at 160,000 MW—even after the shutdown of nuclear power plants. Together, wind and solar energy plants have contributed to Germany’s electricity generation at any time during the period; at peak times wind and solar energy produced more than 11,000 MW.

France in need: Energy consumption rises to about 100,000 MW

Because of the cold weather, the demand for electricity has risen to a record level in France. French houses are often heated with electricity; moreover, they are often poorly isolated. In the period under examination, the French power requirement was almost twice as high as in Germany. Between 7.2. and 10.2.2012, France thus had to rely on all of its neighbours; despite the high number of nuclear power plants, France needed to import energy at every hour. In France, the peak demand for energy was also reached on the 8.2.2012 between 6 and 7 pm; the demand for power, however, exceeded 100,000 MW. Great Britain (1,978 MW), Belgium (2,011 MW), Germany (761 MW), Italy (722 MW), and Switzerland (1,625 MW) had to help out: Only during this hour of peak demand, they delivered more than 7,000 MW to France.

Based on an IWR Press Release.

Catégories : Solar

Newark, NJ, USA; January 11, 2012. PSEG Solar Source today completed the acquisition of a 25.2 MW DC (19 MW AC) solar project developed by juwi solar Inc. The PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm is expected to begin construction in January 2012 and be completed in the 3rd quarter of 2012. The project will be located on 158 acres of land approximately 30 miles southeast of Phoenix Arizona. PSEG Solar Source paid approximately $75 million for the project.

The PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm will use crystalline panels and a single axis tracking system. In September 2011, the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District entered into a long term power purchase agreement to acquire all of the solar energy generated by the project for 20 years. Under separate agreements, juwi solar Inc. will engineer, procure, and construct the facility as well as perform operation and maintenance services for the project. The project will be owned by PSEG Solar Source, a subsidiary of PSEG, a diversified energy company based in New Jersey.

"PSEG Solar Source is pleased to add the PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm to our portfolio of high quality solar projects," said Diana Drysdale, president of PSEG Solar Source. "PSEG Solar Source will continue to seek opportunities throughout the US to provide clean, emissions-free solar energy and to help states meet their solar and renewable targets."

"juwi solar is proud to have closed its fourth deal in the United States with PSEG Solar Source, a company that is well-established in the utility-scale solar market," said Michael Martin, CEO of juwi solar Inc. "Our project development efforts for the Queen Creek project have been a great success, and we now look forward to building and operating a project in one of the most exciting solar markets in the United States."

This is the fourth solar project for PSEG Solar Source. It currently owns:

• The PSEG Wyandot Solar farm - a 12.0 MW DC solar farm in Wyandot, Ohio
• The PSEG Jacksonville Solar Farm - a 15.0 MW DC solar farm on 100 acres in Jacksonville, Florida
• The Mars Solar Garden - a 2.2 MW DC facility located adjacent to the Mars Snackfood’s US headquarters in New Jersey

PSEG Solar Source is one of two PSEG subsidiaries active in solar energy. PSEG’s regulated gas and electric utility in New Jersey, PSE&G, currently owns 52 MW of solar in New Jersey, consisting of 18 solar farms and more than 150,000 pole attached solar panels. In addition PSE&G is administering a $105 million solar loan program.

About PSEG:

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG) is a publicly traded diversified energy company with annual revenues of more than $13 billion, and three principal subsidiaries: PSEG Power, PSEG Energy Holdings, and Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G). PSEG Energy Holdings has two main unregulated energy-related businesses: PSEG Global and PSEG Resources. PSEG Solar Source LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of PSEG Global. It was formed to develop, construct, own and operate large-scale solar facilities outside of the PSE&G’s regulated service area. For more information on PSEG please go to PSEG.com Disclaimer: PSEG Solar Source LLC is not the same company as PSE&G, the New Jersey based electric and gas utility. PSEG Solar Source is not regulated by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. You do not have to purchase any PSEG Solar Source products in order to receive quality regulated services from PSE&G.

About juwi solar Inc.:

juwi solar Inc. (JSI) is based in Boulder, Colorado and specializes in developing, building and operating utility-scale solar energy generation facilities in North America. JSI is majority-owned by juwi Holding AG of Germany, whose solar subsidiaries have built more than 1,500 solar PV projects around the world — totaling 700MW of installed capacity. (http://www.juwisolar.com).

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Catégories : Company

Wörrstadt January 3, 2012. The construction of the third building complex at juwi headquarters in Wörrstadt advances with great strides. The basement and the first floor have already been established; the prefabricated wooden wall elements for the upper floors are being put up at the moment; next will be the elements for the ceiling and the roof. The carcass work for the first part of the building consisting of a reception, offices, meeting rooms and the boardroom was completed in December 2011. At the beginning of June 2012, about 400 juwi employees will be able to move into their new offices. juwi will continue to grow in 2012 and will thus also recruit new employees.

The juwi group looks back on a successful year 2011. Regarding the upcoming year, there is much reason for optimism for the project developer based in Rhine-Hesse. The company will continue to grow in 2012. Therefore, numerous recruitments are planned, especially in the project management section. juwi also looks for engineers for other key positions. “juwi belongs to the best employers in Germany. We offer our employees more than a secure job. Our employees feel comfortable at work; they are highly motivated and recognize the sense and value of their job,” says Matthias Willenbacher, CEO of the juwi group. “Every colleague contributes to our goal of reaching 100% renewables as soon as possible,” adds CEO Fred Jung. juwi will again recruit apprentices in 2012. 40 apprenticeship places are still to be filled. The spectrum ranges from draftsmen or commercial professions up to warehouse logistics specialists.

At the moment, the third building complex is being established on an area of 2,000 square meters at juwi headquarters. It consist of two parts of 11,000 m² gross floor area in total and encompasses a building with a reception, offices, meeting rooms and the boardroom as well as a second building with the staff restaurant. The restaurant can accommodate more than 700 persons and can provide meals for up to 2,000 employees at lunchtime. The restaurant is also the central room for events. With the new building, events with up to 1,000 persons can be held.

In respect to energy efficiency, the new building complex sets new standards: An energysaving design as well as a new LED conception will minimize energy needs. The new canteen kitchen will also contribute to climate protection. As before, the kitchenware will be energy-efficient; moreover, the cooks and kitchen staff will predominantly work with food produced in the region. The building has been developed by the juwi subsidiary Green Buildings. “The primary energy needs - heat, warm water and electricity - will come completely from renewable energies such as wind, solar and bio energy,” says Ralf Ratanski, executive director of Green Buildings. At the site, a 5.6 megawatt solar park, seven solar carports with a 9,000m² module area and 16 wind turbines cater for green energy. The remaining energy will be fed into the grid.

In the future, juwi headquarters in Wörrstadt (Rhine-Hesse) will provide space for 1,500 employees. In order for them to combine family and work, juwi also expands the in-house kindergarten “juwelchen”. When the construction work will be completed in spring, up to 70 children from one to six years can be looked after all-day.

juwi moved into its headquarters in Wörrstadt in 2008. It has been expanded twice, in 2009 and 2010. The headquarters is known to be one of the world’s most energy-efficient office buildings. Therefore, juwi was awarded with the German Climate Protection Prize in 2008. In 2011, the federal association of green economy, UnternehmensGrün e.V., awarded the juwi group with the golden label “CO2-neutral-company” for energy-efficient economic management. The association’s aim is to inspire more companies for climatefriendly business. The focus lies on the reduction of emission at a company’s headquarters. juwi serves as a good example. The company’s climate neutral energy conception consists of the vehicle fleet’s conversion to electric cars, the guidelines for business trips (preferably train instead of plane) as well as the in-house shuttle service, which runs from train stations and parking spaces to the headquarters.

In 2012, juwi-founders Fred Jung and Matthias Willenbacher also want to give the population of the region the opportunity to participate in the conversion of our energy supply. “The great interest in our new investment, juwi RegioEnergie Festzins I, encouraged us to combine environment protection and investment,” says Willenbacher. Thus, juwi Invest GmbH, founded in December 2011, will continue to work on environmentally sensible investments and offer them on the capital market.

juwi deconstructed more than ten “elderly” windmills of the 1990s in 2011 and replaced them with modern and far more powerful turbines. The project developer will enforce this procedure, called “repowering”, considerably in 2012. “We have planned to deconstruct approximately 50 old turbines,” says juwi-CEO Matthias Willenbacher. The new wind energy plants are capable of generating 20-times more green energy. They are higher, rotate slower and are therefore nearly inaudible at ground level.

In the solar sector development advances quickly, too. “Twelve years ago, my first solar power plant was five times more expensive than today,” Willenbacher recalls. “This is an incredible success.” Even the sometimes heard reproach that PV-plants are being subsidized by all electricity rate payers because of the share in costs (“EEG-Umlage”) cannot be upheld any longer. Willenbacher: “In 2012, the feed-in compensation for solar power will come below the private electricity rate.”

Catégories : juwi EnR

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