Wind and solar farm developer UKA Umweltgerechte Kraftanlagen GmbH & Co. KG achieved a record award volume in 2024, with contracts for onshore wind power from Germany’s Federal Network Agency totaling 883 megawatts. In the tendering phase on November 1, 2024, UKA achieved a further record with contracts totaling 418 megawatts.
Stefan Kath, COO of UKA, commented: “Our hard work on the very extensive UKA project pipeline is paying off, with our partners and customers benefiting from high-quality wind farms to an extent that’s never been seen before.”
What Kath means by “hard work on projects” is being ready to try new approaches at all times, and that means having staying power. For example, when existing wind assessments failed to provide data in the required quality, an in-house wind measurement campaign using state-of-the-art laser measurement techniques (LIDAR) was implemented. Other projects were possible only thanks to extensive white space mapping. Although this is the more difficult approach, it pays off. UKA experts independently test possible sites for wind farms in an extensive area instead of relying only on public regional plans. This method also includes submitting the UKA plans to subsequent independent review.
With a year full of awarded contracts, UKA is heralding a phase of concentrated project implementation. On the horizon for 2025 are many completed UKA wind farms, and thus investment opportunities with an excellent risk/opportunity profile. The next phase of tenders for onshore wind power will take place on February 1, 2025.
UKA participated in the tender on November 1, 2024 (because of a regional holiday, bids could be submitted through to November 4), with 74 turbines with a total nominal capacity of 418 megawatts. It won the contract for every bid it submitted. The awarded projects are located in the German states of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Brandenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony -Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse, Lower Saxony, and Rhineland-Palatinate.