2011 WIND INDUSTRY in gERMany - Wind-Energy-Market

Service & LogisticsABO Wind AGAs one of the pioneers of wind energy ABO Wind has considerable experience inthe industry. The success rests on the competence and commitment of the more than160 staff. With a yearly project volume of circa 100 million Euros, ABO Wind AG is oneof Europe’s most successful developers of wind energy projects.ABO Wind AGAddress Unter den Eichen 765195 WiesbadenFederal state Hesse / GermanyPhone +49 (0) 611 / 26 76 50Fax +49 (0) 611 / 26 76 5-599E-Mailglobal@abo-wind.deWebwww.abo-wind.deProfileCategoryPlanners & project plannersPlanning[02]Turnover€ 105 million, projectvolume (100 million in thefield of wind energy)Employees 160 (155 in the fieldof wind energy)Founding year 1996[01] Dr Jochen Ahn, Matthias Bockholt andandreas Höllinger represent the Board ofdirectors of ABO Wind AG.[02] Rotor transport to a wind farm inBerviller in Lorraine.[03] Berviller wind farm in Lorraine is anexample for the cooperation of ABO Windwith local partners.[01]ABO Wind plans and constructs wind farmsin Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, the UK,Argentinia, Belgium and Bulgaria. Some ofthe projects are bought by the operatingcompany ABO Invest AG, in which ABOWind is a minority shareholder. The majorityof shares are owned by several hundredinvestors that have subscribed to the citizen’swind energy share. With an investmentof 2,500 Euros or more, they havebecome shareholders in an internationalportfolio of wind energy projects.ABO Wind initiates wind farm projects,acquires site locations, organizes all technicaland business planning, arrangesinternational bank financing and deliversturnkey wind farms. Up until now, ABOWind has connected several hundred windenergy sites to power grids with a totalcapacity of 500 megawatts. In the smallerbioenergy sector, biogas plants are plannedand built.of most wind farms and biogas plants, alsoon behalf of international operators.ABO Wind is contracted to manage around450 megawatts of wind energy projects,90 MW of which are located in France and50 MW in Ireland. ABO Wind also developsrepowering concepts in order to utilizetried and tested sites more effectively.ABO Wind develops individual structuredfinancing solutions and acquires projectsat all stages of development. For someprojects financing is obtained within thecontext of larger portfolios. In this way,projects are not only accelerated but usuallyalso gain in value.After commissioning, ABO Wind takes onthe commercial and technical management[03]114 Wind industry in germany