{"id":27418,"date":"2021-04-13T11:41:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=27418"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:44:22","slug":"eph-and-ge-renewable-energy-sign-300-mw-onshore-wind-purchase-agreements-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/press-releases\/eph-and-ge-renewable-energy-sign-300-mw-onshore-wind-purchase-agreements-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"EPH and&nbsp;GE Renewable Energy sign 300&nbsp;MW onshore wind purchase agreements in&nbsp;Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>50 wind turbines, each 6.0&nbsp;MW installed capacity<\/li>\n<li>To be installed in&nbsp;wind-onshore farms in&nbsp;Germany<\/li>\n<li>Renewable energy transformation of&nbsp;former open-cast mining areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wind turbines will be installed in&nbsp;wind-onshore farms being developed by EP New Energies in&nbsp;Germany<\/p>\n<p>EP New Energies (EPNE), the&nbsp;EPH group owned renewables developer, selected GE Renewable Energy (GE) to supply 50 wind turbines, each with 6&nbsp;MW rated capacity. The&nbsp;wind turbines will be installed in&nbsp;wind-onshore farms being developed by EPNE in&nbsp;Germany, among them the&nbsp;100-MW-project Forst-Briesnig II in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Federal State of&nbsp;Brandenburg, owned by LEAG. The&nbsp;approval procedures for the&nbsp;projects will start as early as this year with the&nbsp;first construction to start in&nbsp;2023. This step is part of&nbsp;EPH group\u2019s renewable energy strategy to transform real estate capabilities and&nbsp;former open-cast mining areas by implementing onshore wind energy and&nbsp;photovoltaics. <em>&#8220;EPH is taking an active role in&nbsp;transforming the&nbsp;energy system. We seek real solutions of&nbsp;transition towards sustainable power generation, this is one of&nbsp;them,&#8221;<\/em> confirmed<strong> Tom\u00e1\u0161 David, senior executive of&nbsp;EPH<\/strong>. EPH currently operates both directly and&nbsp;via its&nbsp;equity participations 1500&nbsp;MW of&nbsp;renewables and&nbsp;almost 1000&nbsp;MW of&nbsp;energy storage capacities.<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&#8220;We are quite enthusiastic about being among the&nbsp;first to deploy 6&nbsp;MW class wind turbines, one of&nbsp;the&nbsp;most modern turbine technologies on the&nbsp;market. More so, as this deal is remarkable in&nbsp;its&nbsp;size in&nbsp;Germany. It puts us in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Premier League of&nbsp;wind project developers,&#8221;<\/em> says<strong> EPNE Managing Director Dominique Guillou<\/strong>.<em> &#8220;These purchase agreements are an important milestone for realizing ca. 300&nbsp;MW of&nbsp;wind capacity, further contributing to the&nbsp;German energy transition and&nbsp;the&nbsp;deployment of&nbsp;renewable energies.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Klaus Rogge, GE Sales and&nbsp;Regional Manager Central Europe<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;We are pleased to deliver wind turbines for EPNE&#8217;s&nbsp;first wind farm projects in&nbsp;Germany. The&nbsp;projects on former brown-coal opencast mining sites symbolize the&nbsp;shift from conventional power generation to renewable energy, and&nbsp;we are proud to contribute to the&nbsp;energy transition in&nbsp;Germany with the&nbsp;delivery of&nbsp;our 6.0-164, the&nbsp;most powerful onshore wind turbine of&nbsp;GE.&#8221;<\/em> However, not only the&nbsp;contract volume, but also the&nbsp;turbine type itself are impressive. The&nbsp;GE 6.0-164 turbines are a&nbsp;complement of&nbsp;GE\u2019s well-established Cypress platform. With a&nbsp;hub height of&nbsp;167 meters and&nbsp;a&nbsp;rotor diameter of&nbsp;164 meter they drive an impressive six megawatts generator, very efficiently using the&nbsp;wind resource while being very environmentally friendly.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In&nbsp;addition to good economic efficiency of&nbsp;our projects, we attach great importance to quality and&nbsp;the&nbsp;reliability of&nbsp;our partners. We are therefore delighted to partner with GE Renewable Energy, a&nbsp;renowned turbine manufacturer, for construction and&nbsp;post construction maintenance of&nbsp;our wind energy projects,&#8221;<\/em> says <strong>Dominique Guillou<\/strong>, who also emphasizes the&nbsp;award of&nbsp;the&nbsp;whole set to one manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe&nbsp;signed contracts cover supply, installation and&nbsp;maintenance of&nbsp;wind turbines. As the&nbsp;projects are located in&nbsp;former open-cast mining areas, there are also very special requirements to the&nbsp;foundation. EPNE demonstrates its&nbsp;expertise as a&nbsp;dynamic company that has been focusing on the&nbsp;development and&nbsp;realization of&nbsp;onshore wind energy, ground-mounted photovoltaics (PV), rooftop PV&nbsp;as well as floating PV&nbsp;since 2019. <em>&#8220;We benefit from the&nbsp;immense land potential and&nbsp;the&nbsp;know-how of&nbsp;our affiliates within the&nbsp;EPH group,<\/em>&#8221; says <strong>Dominique Guillou<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 wind turbines, each 6.0&nbsp;MW installed capacity To be installed in&nbsp;wind-onshore farms in&nbsp;Germany Renewable energy transformation of&nbsp;former open-cast mining areas Wind turbines will be installed in&nbsp;wind-onshore farms being developed by EP New Energies in&nbsp;Germany EP New Energies (EPNE), the&nbsp;EPH group owned renewables developer, selected GE Renewable Energy (GE) to supply 50 wind turbines, each with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"tax-year":[95],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases\/27418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tax-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax-year?post=27418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}