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House of Future Energies
No. 1 | 2011 | March House of Future Energies News Fully booked Once again, GRC blood drive CCA with new portal Repowering-Workshop Blood donations for emergencies New service package for insurance coverage Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Wind energy projects in Italy and Poland Equiventus acquires shares of the WKN AG 450 Megawatt Project Pipeline Page 2 New market WKN goes South Africa Page 8 Company update Wind pioneer Volker Friedrichsen joins the Board of Supervisors of the BGZ Group – Martinus Scherweit becomes the new CEO Cover story Wind energy projects in Italy and Poland Equiventus acquires shares of the WKN AG 450 Megawatt Project Pipeline After more than ten years as a member of the Board of Directors of the BGZ AG Volker Friedrichsen resigned his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) according to plan as of 31st December 2010. The sixty-four-yearold wind pioneer has joined the Board of Supervisors of the BGZ Group founded by Friedrichsen himself and remains its majority shareholder. With the establishment of WKN Windkraft Nord already in 1990 Friedrichsen had laid the foundation for the Husum company group. Before 2000 when the skilled banker began devoting himself completely to the further development of the company he had founded, Friedrichsen had been the Managing Director of the German subsidiary of the turbine manufacturer Vestas for ten years. As of 1st January 2011 Martinus Scherweit succeeds Volker Friedrichsen as CEO. Scherweit, born in 1964 and CEO of the BGZ subsidiary WKN Windkraft Nord AG, was already managing the entire operative business of the BGZ Group during the past months as the group’s Chief Operative Officer (COO). In 1991 the mechanical engineer began his career in the wind branch at Windtest Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog. In 1994 Scherweit was appointed Managing Director of energy-consult, today also a subsidiary company of the BGZ Group, and where he became managing partner in 1997. Since 2004 Martinus Scherweit has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of WKN AG. Further, as of 1st January 2011 Wichard von Harrach has been appointed COO to the BGZ Board of Directors. Since 1st October 2009 Wichard von Harrach has already been supporting the Management of WKN Windkraft Nord AG alongside Martinus Scherweit and Michael Ostwald. Wichard von Harrach, born in 1969, is a graduate economist and was previously employed as Vice President Project Development at Siemens Project Ventures (SPV) in Erlangen. Von Harrach contributed decisively to setting up the WKN/Siemens joint ventures “Innovative Wind Concepts” as well as to the Siemens Project Ventures in the BGZ Group. Michael Ostwald, as Chief Financial Officer, continues to be accountable for the finances of the company group and to serve not only as a member of the BGZ Board but also of the WKN Board. The investment company Equiventus Capital S.a.r.l. has acquired a minority share of the wind energy projects from the project developer WKN Windkraft Nord with a total volume amounting to approximately 450 Megawatt. This business transaction pertains to locations in Italy and Poland. At the end of 2010 Equiventus already took over the 50- megawatt “Bardy” project in Poland from the Husum project developer. Equi-ventus Capital S.a.r.l. is a branch of Equiventus Holding S.A. with its headquarters in Luxemburg. Five of the eight projects in Italy will be built with an installed output of about 300 megawatts. The smallest of the projects planned comprises 18 megawatts and the largest 120 megawatts. A total of 140 wind turbines type V90 manufactured by the global market leader Vestas are to be built, each with an installed output of two or three megawatts and a hub height of 105 meters. The projects will obtain their construction permits between 2011 and 2012 and erection is planned to take place from the end of 2011 to 2013. The three Polish projects will have a total capacity of approx. 150 megawatts, the largest one with an installed output of 93 megawatts. Vestas turbines type V112, each with an installed output of about three megawatts and a hub height of 119 meters, are mainly utilized in these projects. The locations will obtain their construction permits between 2012 and 2014 and will be erected between 2013 and 2015. Once again WKN assumes the entire coordination of the construction of the large projects, as they did at the “Bardy” wind farm. The investor Equiventus has assigned the experts of WKN to function as the so-called owners’ engineer. Volker Friedrichsen Martinus Scherweit “WKN stands for high quality projects. We are proud to have convinced one of our investors of this,” says Martinus Scherweit, CEO of WKN Windkraft Nord. “We are looking forward to strategic cooperation with Equiventus in the years to come.” Michael Ostwald 02 Wichard von Harrach 03 News ticker Successful Repowering That was the title of the one day workshop BGZ Fondsverwaltung organised on the 28th February. Approximately sixty people expressed their interest in repowering and accepted the invitation. With that the event at the House of Future Energies was fully booked up to the last seat. The following questions were discussed with the panel of experts: • When is the best time for repowering? • Is the managing director of a wind farm operating company automatically responsible for the plant? And if so, what does that mean? • What about connection rights concerning the energy provider? • What are the possible reasons for the failure of repowering projects? • What are the prerequisites for optimum financing? Experienced experts such as Dr. Stephan Tölpe, a lawyer from Hamburg, who spoke about “The challenges of successful repowering from the standpoint of legal planning regulations“, provided answers to those questions. The participants were informed about new requirements for contracts and permits and learnt about crucial details concerning grid connection issues and area securing. Hermann Albers, President of the German Federal Wind Energy Association The participants eagerly awaited information about the current status of state planning. When can we expect the adoption of regional plans in Schleswig-Holstein, in which the state government will expand suitable areas from 0.8% at this time to 1.5% and thus allow the planning of many new wind farms? If the present schedule is observed, the regional plans will be completed by 2011, according to a statement by the land use planning commission. However, Björn Awiszus, Manager of WKN Project Development recommends - based on his experience - not to rely for sure on this deadline and rather expects a postponement to the beginning of 2012. Close attention was paid to Jens Sieger, Managing Director of energy-consult, and his explanations concerning yield increase through optimal and proactive technical operation management. A small surplus percentage can be decisive in times of low winds as has been experienced during the last three years. The new concept for preventive maintenance introduced by Sieger is encouraging and raises hopes. 04 Olaf Küter from the Husum Nord-Ostsee Sparkasse, well-known by many of the participants for his expertise in matters of wind farm financing, gave an overview of current financing conditions and introduced the special requirements placed on repowering projects. This was followed by a lively Q&A session. In the afternoon the participants were challenged to take the initiative. After being introduced to the secrets of investment and profit and revenue planning by Olaf Nicolaisen, Managing Director of BGZ Fondsverwaltung, they calculated their own repowering projects. “When you finally sit down to calculate and play with the different variables, you develop a much better feeling for the impact of the financing conditions or for example of the choice of turbine type,” a participant comments. The event was rounded off by several talks given by guest speakers. Hermann Albers, President of the Bundesverband Windenergie e.V. (Federal Wind Energy Association), informed the participants about the policy document of the association concerning the pending Renewable Energy Law (EEG) amendment and the state of the political discussion in Berlin. Oliver Hummel, member of the Board of NaturStrom AG in Düsseldorf, explained the possibilities of the direct marketing of wind power and demonstrated how wind farm operators can profit from it. Indeed, referring to repowering as the ultimate in wind farm project engineering is certainly justified in the unanimous opinion of the participants. “We hope this has given other operators the courage and incentive to tackle repowering,” says Olaf Nicolaisen in closing. He has already had some of the “old” WKN wind farms repowered by order of the company partners and knows the ropes of such projects. “I can only warn you not to be too starry-eyed when considering and approaching a repowering project. As is so often the case, the devil is in the details.” Donated half a litre: Doris Hartung-Schach, Vestas Once again, the House of Future Energies hosts GRC blood drive Blood donations for emergencies At the beginning of December the House of Future Energies hosted a blood drive in joint action with the German Red Cross (GRC). Approximately 60 staff members of the House of Future Energies and their “wind colleagues” from VESTAS, the neighbouring manufacturer of wind power turbines located on Otto-Hahn-Straße, generously donated half a litre each of their precious life fluid. “We are pleased that so many volunteers from the Husum wind scene joined in,” says Claudia Hammerich from the German Red Cross, who managed the blood drive at the House of Future Energies. “And – what is especially notable – there were ten new donors among them. The blood drive hosted by the House of Future Energies provided the clinics in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg with urgently needed blood supplies before the Christmas holidays.” According to the statistics fewer people donate blood before the run-up to Christmas and, in addition, several public blood drives were cancelled during the holidays. According to the GRC the need for blood donations is steadily increasing – anyone might find themselves in need of a blood donation. “In case of severe injuries or life-threatening diseases even the most sophisticated healthcare system cannot operate without blood,” Claudia Hammerich continues. Ever since 1952 benevolent donations organized by the German Red Cross have ensured the treatment of patients who depend on transfusions of blood and blood products. Thus blood drives represent one of our major citizens’ initiatives. Every year millions of Germans donate blood voluntarily and benevolently – and in many cases more than once. The donors are the vital link in the chain of blood supply. Voluntary helpers in the GRC’s district and local associations are doing an important job by planning, organizing and managing local blood drives. If you are interested in information about the next GRC blood drive in your neighbourhood, please call the toll free hotline 0800 11 949 11. 05 Great confidence in energy-consult Operation Management The Operation Management of energy-consult in Husum is pleased to welcome several new clients. In this case they are operators of old plants constructed between 2003 and 2005; the majority of them are operators of private wind turbines of types V52 and V80. For years energy-consult has proved to be extremely competent for these types of wind turbines. In the past the new clients had consigned energy-consult to retrofit their turbines to entitle them to the systems service bonus and were thereby convinced by the performance of their operation management. www.cca-versicherungsvergleich.de To gain an initial overview of individually relevant insurance coverage, the user has the possibility to carry out a needs analysis. Only a few entries need to be made to generate a personalized evaluation indicating the recommended insurance coverage if required at all. “This is a benchmarking opportunity everybody should take advantage of,” Stephan Koth believes. If and when desired, the user can generate an enquiry. “All it takes is a mouse click and the enquiry is on our desk. After it has been analyzed in an extensive market survey form, the enquirer receives a comprehensive and personally tailored offer from us,” explains Solveig Lekkat, private client expert at CCA. Regarding personal coverage, the user has the opportunity to obtain an overview of their present situation, for instance, with regard to pension entitlement or occupational disability. In particular within the range of property insurances (e.g. liability, household, homeowners or 06 Currently the Husum company already attends to a total of 350 wind turbines with an output of 600 megawatts. Furthermore, the operators of Enercon turbines of types E70 und E82 also now rely on energy-consult after the successful implementation of repowering measures. “We increasingly observe that existing clients are recommending us to new customers,” the Managing Director of energy-consult Jens-Ahrend Sieger is pleased to announce. “We can hardly imagine better advertisement.” The positive trend can also be traced to energy farms abroad. The New service package for insurance coverage automobile insurance) various insurance policies usually already exist that require regular checking. The CCA insurance comparison service offers the user the nonbinding and neutral opportunity to draw comparisons in terms of content and cost-effectiveness. Can I obtain a comparable coverage possibly for a lower premium? Can I agree better terms for the same premium level? Generally, those are the questions that preoccupy the consumer most. The user has the possibility to juxtapose different offers from different insurance companies in a clearly structured way. However, the insurance premium alone is not always the decisive factor. It is important to understand the level and extent of the insurance coverage. A common situation with household insurance is that damages – which have been caused, for instance, through gross negligence – are sometimes only insured up to a predetermined sum or, often, not at all, depending on the insurance company and on the scope of coverage. Numerous distinguishing features are stored on the new CCA portal along with additional information and can be called up with a simple mouse click. When the user has decided on an option, a request can be made for a written offer from the Husum-based insurance agency with a single mouse click. The offer contains all of the conditions and information required pursuant to the Versicherungsvertraggesetz (VVG - Insurance Contract Act). Konzeption & Gestaltung: www.hoch2.de “Because we know that more and more people use the Internet to learn about the various options on insurance coverage, we have put together an additional service package for our clients,” reports Stephan Koth, MD of the insurance agency Capital-Concept Assekuranz GmbH, in short CCA. Since the beginning of 2011 CCA clients – and those who would like to join the client base – have had the possibility to check, compare and optimize their insurance coverage online. Interested consumers can find a user-friendly and clearly structured portal on www.cca-versicherungsvergleich.de that naturally also provides comprehensive information about the individual lines of the insurance business. “Thus, every client or prospect can deal with the loathed topic of insurances at a self-selected point in time,” Koth continues. In order to provide current comparisons on a daily basis, the portal is constantly updated and expanded. experienced operational management team has been attending to a 50-megawatt wind farm with turbines of the type Nordex N90 on the isle of Sicily. “Meanwhile we are focusing on 122 megawatts of installed output in South Italy alone,” says Jens-Ahrend Sieger. Local heroes for international challenges “We consider our web presence an additional service for our clients. Of course we continue to offer extensive and qualified counseling about insurance coverage on the phone or in person,” Stephan Koth, the MD of CCA, wishes to clarify. Solveig Lekkat can be reached by phone at +49 4841-8944-941 or on s.lekkat@cca-gmbh.de Klaus Rave, Chairman of the Supervisory Board – knows everyone under the sun and keeps a very close eye on us. WKN Windkraft Nord AG · House of Future Energies · Husum/Germany · www.wkn-ag.de · info@wkn-ag.de Johannisburg South Africa Cape Town A new market for Husum wind experts WKN goes South Africa South Africa – wildlife, wine and the World Cup cross our minds. WKN Windkraft Nord’s Data & Facts: South Africa specialists associate the country on the Cape of Good Hope from now on with respectable Country name: market opportunities for the development of wind and photovoltaic projects. Since 2009 National languages: eleven in all, including English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa South Africa has been striving to modernise its power supply system. In addition, the country Area: 1,219,912 km² Capital: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) Currency: rand (1 euro currently equals about 9.61 rands) has officially announced its intention to considerably reduce its CO2 emissions. Last but not least, the network infrastructure already existent in many regions of South Africa is exceptionally suitable for the integration of wind energy. Republic of South Africa Population:49,991,300 Until now South African power supply has been based almost entirely on the utilisation of domestic coal deposits. Due to ballooning energy consumption, there have been an ever increasing number of power failures. The Western Cape Region has been especially affected. At the same time this province in particular with its infinitely long coastline has very good wind energy potential that has been passed up for the most part until now. In 2009 South Africa initiated the first so-called Integrated Resource Plan (IRP1), i.e. a kind of holistic resource plan that stipulates the political rules and standards for the utilisation and remuneration of diverse renewable energy sources until 2013. Further IRPs are being mapped out and are to contain a plan for the next twenty years. “South Africa’s political will along with the country’s expanding globalisation is the occasion for us to tackle the interesting South African market,” Oliver Patent, Head 08 of International Project Development at WKN, explains. The Husum project developer can fall back on a longstanding system. “Together with local partners we have founded a joint venture in situ. Cooperation with local heroes has already proved extremely successful on many other markets,” Oliver Patent continues. In South Africa our partner is called Windcurrent SA, and consequently the recently founded joint venture is WKN Windcurrent SA. The development of wind and solar projects is on the plan at different stages. Presently the company, which has settled in the Cape Region, is taking part in a call for tenders within the scope of a REFIT programme launched by the government. “A very promising market,” says Oliver Patent optimistically as he looks forward to future activities in South Africa. Climate: South Africa has a great number of climate zones: from the extreme desert in the Kalahari on the border to Namibia to the subtropical climate in the southeast and on the border to Mozambique. The general climate influenced by the country’s location on the southern Tropic of Capricorn is mainly sunny and dry. The average annual precipitation decreases from the southeast to the northwest, while temperatures increase at the same time. Politics & economy: South Africa is traditionally a multicultural country although great differences exist with regard to the population groups, even after the official end of the Apartheid. South Africa dominates the economy of southern Africa. Its land is rich in resources and has profited from the hunger of the emerging markets - China and India - for raw materials. Its competitiveness in energy intensive branches is impaired, however, by its poor energy supply system among others. In 2007 the entire country was repeatedly struck by electrical power failure. At the same time due to the growth of the economy, energy consumption is expected to increase. Currently 90 percent of the energy is produced in coal power plants. Since 2009 the country has now also been focusing on wind energy. 09 New schedule for the 2012 Renewable Energy Law amendment On time: EISMAN retrofitting News in brief The German Bundestag (Federal Parliament) had created a passage in Article 6 of the 2009 EEG (Renewable Energy Law) according to which grid operators may reduce the power output of renewable energy plants temporarily in certain situations. At the same time it was stipulated that reduced output implicates financial remuneration. Hence, it was necessary to retrofit all wind farms with a feed-in management system (EISMAN) – formerly also called ERZMAN (energy supply management) – to reduce feed-in through remote control. The deadline for the start-up of these systems was 01/01/2011. Non-observance of this deadline implies that operators may expect to lose their entitlement to claim remuneration. According to recent plans the completion and passage of the field report which serves as the fundamental basis for the Renewable Energy Law (EEG) amendment has now been All of the wind farms that energy-consult is in charge of were successfully retrofitted - on time. “During this process we also focused on the costs of implementation with our clients’ interests in mind,“ energy-consult Managing Director Jens-Ahrend Sieger reports. For all SDL compatible wind farms attended to by energy-consult conditions were created early on at the end of 2010 in order to make them eligible for the systems service bonus. This bonus amounts to 0.7 eurocent per kilowatt hour and is be paid for the next five years, whereby investment costs not only pay for themselves but even yield surplus profits. The measures have been monitored and approved by experts and filed on time with the grid operators responsible. “The first confirmations from the grid operators have been turned in; in some cases the desired bonus has already been granted to our happy clients,” Jens-Ahrend Sieger, Director of Operation Management energy-consult in Husum comments. 5/4/11 Lüdersdorf Büttel thereafter the amendment will undergo a very complex legis- 11/4/11 Seelow lative procedure that will most likely not be completed before 14/4/11 Meerhof December 2011. 19/4/11 Sörup 21/4/11 Looft Irrespective of the 2012 Renewable Energy Law amendment scheduled, advanced measures to dampen costs ensuing from the promotion of renewable energies were confirmed by the Federal Cabinet on 2nd February. With that a reduction of remuneration has been planned for photovoltaics depending on the market development in the months of March, April and May 2011. The reduction might be as much as 15 percent already as of 1st July 2011 (with open space plants as of 1st October). 26/4/11 Krempdorf 28/4/11 Wöhrden I 2/5/11 Apensen 5/5/11 Zinndorf 10/5/11 Westküste 12/5/11 Huje 17/5/11 Bentfeld 19/5/11 Wöhrden II & Wöhrden V 24/5/11 Puls 26/5/11 Keula 31/5/11 Fiefbergen & Norderwöhrden III 3/6/11 Zitz-Warchau 7/6/11 Hedwigenkoog & Schwalkenstrom 10/6/11 Höslwang 14/6/11 Rugenort & Rosenschloß 17/6/11 Klein Rodensleben 21/6/11 Wulfsdorf New at House of Future Energies: November 2010 Veronika Chorna, Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WKN Ukraine.. December 2010 Vladimir Gussev, Project Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WKN Ukraine.. January 2011 Guillermo Navarro, International Project Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WKN Windkraft Nord . Sabrina Lorenzen, Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BGZ AG.. Marta Bielnska, Project Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sevivon Polen - Gdansk.. Maciej Kulak, Project Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sevivon Polen - Gdansk.. Bozena Wolska, Project Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sevivon Polen - Gdansk.. Anet Zarska, Project Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sevivon Polen - Gdansk.. Wojciech Holowienko, Project Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sevivon Polen - Gdansk.. 10 Rantrum 7/4/11 The latest information concerning the progress of the legal proceedings can be found on the website www.eeg-aktuell.de. In light of the so-called Systemdienstleistungsverordnung (SDL WindV - Systems Service Act) the operators of wind turbines had the opportunity to carry out retrofitting to satisfy grid systems services on a voluntary basis. This applied to existing turbines commissioned after 31/12/2001 and before 31/12/2008. This measure aims to improve the integration of wind farms into the grid. 1/4/11 announced for the second quarter of 2011. Immediately By mid-August the initial draft will be available and finalised in the Bundeskabinett (Federal Cabinet). In September deliberations are expected to take place in the committees for Economy and Environment. The first reading in the Bundestag (German Parliament) might take place at the end of September, followed by the hearing and the resolution of the environment committee. The second and, if need be, the third reading might go through the Bundestag in mid-September. Renewed deliberations in the committees of the Bundesrat (Upper House of German Parliament) are not unlikely so that final clarity probably will not be reached before December. Catchword SDL bonus Annual Meetings February 2011 Daniel Szilagyi, Commercial Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BGZ Fondsverwaltung GmbH Magdalena Wilczynski, Project Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WKN Windkraft Nord AG.. March2011 Pascal Marolla, Project Development Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WKN Windkraft Nord AG April 2011 Christopher Schramm, Project Development Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WKN Windkraft Nord . 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KG, Handewitt, www.leupelt.de House of Future Energies – Competence Centre and Think Tank BGZ Beteiligungsgesellschaft Zukunftsenergien AG Holding and initiator of House of Future Energies Tel.: +49 4841 - 89 44-100, info@bgz-ag.de www.bgz-ag.de, www.hausderzukunftsenergien.de BGZ Fondsverwaltung GmbH Administration of energy farms Tel.: +49 4841 - 89 44-825, info@bgz-gmbh.de www.bgz-gmbh.de Capital-Concept Assekuranz GmbH Independant Insurance Broker Tel.: +49 4841 - 89 44-938, s.koth@cca-gmbh.de www.cca-gmbh.de energy-consult Projektgesellschaft mbH Technical Operations Management Tel.: +49 4841 - 89 44-410, info@energy-consult.net www.energy-consult.net Innovative Wind Concepts GmbH Development of wind energy projects in Middle- and Eastern Europe Tel.: +49 4841 - 89 44-100, info@iw-concepts.com www.iw-concepts.de NordStrom Bioenergie GmbH Development of bio energy projects Tel.: +49 4841 - 89 44-380, peter.lauritzen@nordstrom.de NordStrom New Energy GmbH Group‘s own stock of renewable energy farms Tel. +49 4841 - 89 44-100, kontakt@nordstrom.de www.nordstrom.de WKN Windkraft Nord AG Development, financing and turn-key erection of wind and solar projects Tel.: +49 4841 - 89 44-100, info@wkn-ag.de www.wkn-ag.de WKN Windkraft Nord Beteiligungs-GmbH Full partner of windfarm KG‘s Tel.: +49 4841 - 89 44-221, info@wkn-gmbh.de www.bgz-gmbh.de