Founded in 1996 and based in Rhineland-Palatinate, juwi AG maintains a strong presence and ties to the region, despite having made itself at home in the international renewable energy business. The company, whose activities are mainly focused on national and international solar and onshore wind energy projects, employs around 1,000 people worldwide.

Its combined wind and solar projects produced around 7.7 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, equalling the annual demand of around 2.5 million German households. Since the end of 2014, the Mannheim-based utility MVV Energie AG has been the company’s majority shareholder with 63 percent. The remaining shares are owned by Frema GmbH & Co. KG, a joint holding company of juwi’s co-founders Fred Jung and Matthias Willenbacher. Over the past 20 years, juwi’s investment volume has reached 8.6 billion euros.

Juwi tries to use efficient and energy-saving building technology, has electric vehicles and has a company restaurant that cooks with regional and seasonal ingredients.

Further reading: CLEW dossier Onshore wind power in Germany, CLEW factsheet Solar power in Germany – output, business & perspectives

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Date of publication: April 2018