juwi Sells Solar Park in the Czech Republic

- PV Plant Morašice supplies more than 300 households with clean solar power

Prague/Wörrstadt - 1,000 people in the heart of the Czech Republic could welcome the new year with a good conscience. The reason: They cover their energy needs with regionally produced clean solar power. Thus, they avoid more than 900 tons of the harmful greenhouse gas CO2 in one single year. After the successful commissioning in late 2009 and two years of controlled operation, the solar park Morašice has now been sold to the Czech investor Ing. Jiri Fast, under participation of the Czech bank LBBW.

The high-tech plant has been constructed by the juwi group, a specialist for renewable energies based in Wörrstadt in Rhineland-Palatinate. COO Jochen Magerfleisch is convinced of the Czech Republic’ s potential, despite reluctant support from the political side: \"Solar power is a central element of a comprehensive power supply based on renewable energies. The urgently needed energy transition on a European level based on 100 percent renewable energies cannot be realized without the expansion of solar power.\"

In Morašice, 14,200 First Solar thin-film modules with a total capacity of 1,065 kilowatts peak (kWp) are installed on a Schletter GmbH substructure. Two SMA Sunny Central 500 kW inverters convert the produced energy into alternating current. Since December 2009, power is fed into the Czech grid – with an annual yield of 1.16 million kilowatt hours (kWh).


The juwi group
juwi is one of the world’s leading specialists for renewable energies with a strong regional presence. Our goal: 100 percent renewable energies. Our impetus: Work together to implement renewable energies economically and reliably with passion. From site selection to planning, construction and financing up to management – juwi is the competent partner for the energy transition with a regional focus.
Besides solar, wind and bio energy, company activities include hydropower and geothermal energy as well as Green Buildings and E-mobility. juwi was founded in 1996 by Matthias Willenbacher and Fred Jung in Rhineland-Palatinate. Today, the company employs more than 1,700 people in 15 countries and had an annual turnover of more than a billion Euro in 2011.
Up to date, juwi has constructed around 525 wind turbines with an output of around 920 megawatts; in the solar sector more than 1,500 solar power plants with a total output of around 950 megawatts. These plants generate around 3.5 billion kilowatt hours of green energy per year; this corresponds to the annual power consumption of approx. a billion households. For the realization of these projects juwi has initiated an investment of more than 3.5 billion Euro.
juwi is one of Germany’s best and most sought-after employers. In 2011, the company was among the Top 20 (in the category 501 to 2,000 employees) in the renowned competition organized by the \"Great Place to Work Institute\". The juwi group has offices in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Bulgaria, Great Britain, India, Singapore, South Africa, Chile, the USA and Costa Rica. In Germany, juwi has subsidiaries and regional offices in twelve German states.


Prague/Wörrstadt, January 12, 2012


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