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JUWI Shizen connects 100-megawatt solar park in Fukushima City to the grid


The Azuma Kofuji project covers an area of approximately 186 hectares and adds about 100 megawatt of solar power to the Japanese grid.
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Fukushima/Wörrstadt (renewablepress) - The Azuma Kofuji project was successfully handed over to the operator on March 31. It is the largest solar park built by the Japan joint venture to date.

JUWI Shizen Energy, the joint venture established in 2013 between German project developer JUWI and Japanese wind and solar park developer Shizen Energy, has successfully connected the largest single project in its history to the grid in Fukushima City and has already handed it over to the operator. Construction of the Azuma Kofuji solar park began in August 2020, and the first kilowatt-hour of clean electricity was fed into the grid at the end of September 2022. Annually, the solar park, which is spread over several sub-areas, will produce around 107 million kilowatt hours of electricity. This is equivalent to the average consumption of around 31,000 Japanese households.

JUWI Shizen implemented the project as EPC service provider. The largest project in the joint venture's history brings the total project volume implemented since its commencement in 2013 to 602 megawatts. Another 140 megawatts of solar capacity is currently under construction.

"We are very pleased to have completed and handed over the large-scale Azuma Kofuji project on time," says Jan Warzecha, managing director of JUWI-Shizen Energy. "This emphasizes our high level of competence, professionalism and experience as a reliable EPC partner."

The finalized plant covers an area of approximately 186 hectares, most of which consists of farmland that is no longer in use. The construction of renewable energy plants on such abandoned former agricultural land is encouraged by law in Japan.

The solar park is located in Fukushima Prefecture, about 80 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor. There, in March 2011, an earthquake and a tsunami triggered core meltdowns in several reactor units, resulting in one of the largest nuclear disasters in history.


About the JUWI Group

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

JUWI employs more than 1,200 people worldwide and is present with projects on all continents. Outside Germany, there are subsidiaries 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 energy plants with a capacity of more than 2,900 megawatts at around 200 locations worldwide in the wind segment; in the solar segment, there are around 2,000 PV plants with a total capacity of around 3,750 megawatts. JUWI's operations management services wind energy and photovoltaic plants with a capacity of more than 4,100 megawatts. JUWI has initiated a total investment volume of more than ten billion euros for the realization of energy projects.


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Caption: The Azuma Kofuji project covers an area of approximately 186 hectares and adds about 100 megawatt of solar power to the Japanese grid.
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Fukushima/Wörrstadt, 19 April 2023


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About JUWI GmbH

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

The company belongs to Mannheim-based MVV Energie AG, one of the largest municipal energy suppliers in Germany. JUWI has its headquarters in Wörrstadt near Mainz and further 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 subsequently changed its legal form to JUWI GmbH. JUWI was founded in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1996, Windwärts in Lower Saxony in 1994.
Worldwide, JUWI employs more than 1,100 people and is present with projects on all continents. Outside Germany, there are branches 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 a capacity of more than 2,800 megawatts at around 200 locations worldwide in the wind segment; in the solar segment, there are around 1,850 PV plants with a total capacity of around 3,250 megawatts. JUWI's operations management services wind energy and photovoltaic plants with a capacity of more than 4,100 megawatts. JUWI has initiated a total investment volume of more than ten billion euros for the realization of energy projects.

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Phone: +49 (0)6732 9657-1201