Juwi Joint Venture in Japan Successful
Wörrstadt, Germany / Tokyo, Japan - Juwi focuses nationally and internationally on the expansion of renewable energies. Expansion is currently underway in Japan, among other countries. Here Juwi is about to break ground for a large solar park through its Japanese joint venture.
JSE joint venture builds 54-megawatt solar park on former golf course in Japan
The joint venture Juwi Shizen Energy (JSE), founded in 2013 between the German project developer Juwi and the Japanese developer of wind and solar parks Shizen Energy, is building a solar park with a capacity of 54 MW (DC) in the city of Sano, located about 100 kilometers north of Tokyo. The joint venture is building the park on the site of a former golf course on behalf of Pacifico Energy. Start of constructions is in October this year. The power plant is scheduled to go into operation in summer 2022.
The Japanese joint venture has successfully implemented several projects of this kind in the recent past. In total, JSE has realized EPC-projects (Engineering Procurement Construction) with a capacity of about 200 MW over the last eight years. Most recently, the company took on two solar parks for a 100 percent subsidiary of the gas supplier Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. in operation.
With a view to further development, the project pipeline is well filled. Juwi Shizen Energy is currently having more than 300 megawatts of peak output under construction in Japan. At the end of August, Jan Warzecha signed an EPC contract with Amp Energy for juwi Shizen Energy for the construction of a 14-megawatt solar PV park in Kai City in Yamanashi Prefecture. The two companies are working together for the first time. The Kai Shobuzawa solar park is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2021. The prefecture is located west of Tokyo on the main island of Honshu and is home to Mount Fuji, one of the country's landmarks. The solar park is currently under construction on an area of 15 hectares and is expected to supply around 5,770 average Japanese households with the expected energy yield of 18 million kilowatt hours per year.
Juwi realizes photovoltaic hybrid project with 25 MW battery storage in the USA
In addition to Japan, Juwi recently announced the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the 175-megawatt Pike solar park in conjunction with a 25-megawatt battery storage facility in the USA. Juwi has signed the long-term power purchase agreement with the U.S. utility Colorado Springs Utilities. The Pike Solar and Storage project will be located in El Paso County and is slated to be completed in 2023. According to Juwi, when built, it will be the largest solar facility on Colorado Springs Utilities’ system. During the 17-year term of the power purchase agreement, Pike Solar will generate enough energy to supply more than 55,000 US households with electricity. The energy stored in the battery will be discharged during expensive peak hours or at night when the solar facility is not generating electricity. The storage system will help integrate solar power with the rest of Colorado Springs Utilities’ energy portfolio, by shifting the hours during which some of the solar energy is delivered to the grid.
Source: IWR Online, 20 Oct 2020