Energiekontor

Energiekontor AG
public
ISIN DE0005313506
Genre Renewable Energy
Founded 1990 (1990)
Founder Günter Lammers, Bodo Wilkens
Headquarters Bremen, Germany
Key people

Bodo Wilkens (Chairman)

Peter Szabo (CEO) Günter Eschen
Revenue € 191.3 million[1]
€ 20.9 million[1]
Total assets € 399.1 million[1]
Number of employees
 134[1]
Website

www.energiekontor.de

status: 2015

Energiekontor is a German company that develops, operates and manages renewable power supply facilities (wind and solar). It has a listing on the German Stock Exchange.

Wind turbine of a German wind farm developed by Energiekontor

Attainment and presence

Until the end of 2015 the company has built 101 wind farms with a total of 580 wind turbines and 840 MW capacitiy.[2] The investment volume amounts to 1.3 billion Euro. The company ownes and operates 33 wind farms with 269 MW in Germany, Portugal and UK (April 2016).[1]

Subsidiaries were established in Leeds (England), Glasgow (Scotland), Lisbon (Portugal) und Nijmegen (Netherlands).

History

Energiekontor was founded in 1990 by Bodo Wilkens and Günter Lammers on the basis of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). The first two wind farms, located in Lower Saxony, were built in 1994.[3] In 2000 Energiekontor had a track record of around 200 MW and went public.[4] In 2005 the first wind farm in UK was taken into operation.[5]

Beginning in the late 1990s, Energiekontor also developed two offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Borkum Riffgrund West was approved in 2004, Nordergründe in 2007. The rights for these projects were sold between 2011 and 2014 to Dong Energy and wpd.[6][7] Thereby the company carried out the pull back from all offshore activities.

In 2010 Energiekontor started to develop solar parks with photovoltaic panels.

Innovation

Energiekontor permanently develops new technologies to improve efficiency, reliability and persistence of wind power facilities. Particular importance has got the Rotor Blade Extension (RBE), presented in 2009 together with the University of Bremerhaven.[8] By increasing the rotor diameter with an additional modular segment, that is applied over the blade tip, yield grows significantly. The company specifies the increase with 5 to 7 percent and highlights the solution as an alternative to repowering.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Energiekontor AG. April 2016.
  2. ↑ "List of wind farms". The Wind Power. June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Wind ist ihr Geschäft". Weser Kurier. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Annual Report 2000" (PDF). Energiekontor AG. March 2001.
  5. ↑ "Forestmoor Wind Farm". renewables-map.co.uk. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dong Energy acquires German offshore wind development project Borkum Riffgrund West 2". Dong Energy AS. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Energiekontor sells Nordergründe". Offshore Wind Industry. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Advantages of rotor blade extensions". Windpower Engineering & Development. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Effects of Rotor Blade Extension in the AEP of a Wind Farm". Energiekontor AG. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

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