EANS-News: Deutsche Effecten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungsges. AG / juwi and µ-Sen to expand collaboration

Companies conclude framework agreement on condition monitoring

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Wörrstadt/Rudolstadt, 16 March 2009 (euro adhoc) - The juwi group,
based in Wörrstadt in Rhineland-Palatinate, and µ-Sen GmbH of
Rudolstadt, Thuringia, are set to place their already extremely
successful partnership on an even firmer footing: juwi Service &
Technik GmbH, a subsidiary of the renewable energy specialists, are
with µ-Sen concluding a new and far-reaching framework agreement
regarding the supply of systems for condition monitoring (CM) the
primary mechanical components (bearings and gears) in wind energy
systems (WES). This framework agreement is to run until 2011, and is
to cover every aspect of service, from all of the necessary hardware
and software to technology transfer for daily condition monitoring of
the systems.

Rolf Heggen, CEO of juwi Service & Technik GmbH, comments: "juwi
recognised at a very early stage the potential that professionally
integrated CM can offer operators. So for juwi, modern CM means the
integration of new indicators such as online imbalance measurement,
which can help both safeguard and increase yield, as well as standard
factors such as early error diagnosis."

"As analyses of the years 2007 and 2008 have shown, operators of wind
energy systems serviced by juwi Service & Technik have made savings
of no less than approx. 1.5 million euros, thanks to our CM systems",
Holger Fritsch, Approved Signatory of µ-Sen, explains. For example,
on a 1.5 MW WES, a deliberate 50% reduction in system output
alongside continuous monitoring of damage development via the
installed CM system made it possible to avoid a shutdown that could
have lasted for months. As Heggen comments, "This is not only
important in terms of yield, but also helps boost public acceptance
of wind power in general".

All of the 250 systems (with output of more than 350 MW) which are
currently serviced by juwi Service & Technik GmbH both within Germany
and internationally will in future largely be monitored online using
CM systems, in addition to the remote monitoring currently in place.
All data is incorporated into the juwi database, and expansion of the
database is to be on-going.

"Should anomalies occur, this will make it possible to work on
remedying them as quickly and as efficiently as possible. In general,
the deployment of certified, multi-vendor CM systems will enable
operators' interests to be better realised, especially in cases of
warranty expiry", explains Heggen further.

About the juwi group The juwi group was founded in 1996 by Matthias
Willenbacher and Fred Jung. The CEOs together transformed the
company, which is now based in Wörrstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, from
a two-person operation focussing on wind farm project development
into an internationally active group with around 500 employees and an
annual turnover of more than 400 million euros. As well as solar
power and bioenergy, juwi also specialises in wind and water power,
and geothermal energy. To date, juwi has installed more than 300 wind
turbines producing a total output of over 450 MW, while in the solar
sector, juwi has set up around 800 PV systems with a total capacity
of more than 200 MW as of December 2008.

About µ-Sen GmbH µ-Sen has been established since 2001 as a supplier
of multi-vendor solutions for early error diagnosis in wind energy
systems, which also encompasses the design of certified services for
condition monitoring the systems online. µ-Sen is currently
monitoring more than 650 wind energy systems with a total cumulative
output of 1 GW. The wind energy systems equipped with CM systems have
an output range of from 250 kW to 5 MW, and are installed offshore as
well as onshore. µ-Sen is an investment holding of the listed venture
capital company Deutsche Effecten- und
Wechsel-Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG (DEWB)headquartered in Jena.

Contact:

Mr. Ralf Heidenreich
Press Officer, juwi Holding AG
Energie-Allee 1
55286 Wörrstadt
Germany
Tel: + 49 (0) 6732 - 96 57 1207
Fax: + 49 (0) 6732 - 96 57 7001
Mail:heidenreich@juwi.de
Internet: http://www.juwi.de

Mr. Holger Fritsch
µ-Sen GmbH
Weimarische Straße 10
07407 Rudolstadt
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 3672 - 3186 104
Fax: +49 (0) 3672 - 3186 200
Mail: fritsch@my-sen.de
Internet: http://www.my-sen.de

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Further inquiry note:

Marco Scheidler

DEWB AG

Tel.: +49 (0) 3641 573-3600

E-Mail: marco.scheidler@dewb-vc.com

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