Bremen, September 3, 2025 - Energiekontor AG, which is listed in the General Standard
("Energiekontor"; $EKT (+1,43%) ), one of the leading German project developers and operators of wind and solar parks based in Bremen, has reached financial close for the Haberloh and Heidkrug wind farm projects in the district of Verden in Lower Saxony and has thus successfully brought the projects
the projects ready for construction.
After Energiekontor received the building permits for the Haberloh and Heidkrug projects in the district of Verden in Lower Saxony with a total nominal capacity of around 94 megawatts in August 2024 and successfully participated in the EEG tender of the Federal Network Agency with both projects in May 2025, they have now reached financial close and are thus ready for construction.
and therefore ready for construction. According to the current planning status, both wind farms are scheduled to go into operation in 2027.
The neighboring sites are located between the existing and sold Völkersen wind farm and the Holtumer Moor wind project, which is currently under construction for the company's own portfolio. Eleven Vestas wind turbines with a rated output of 7.2 megawatts each are to be erected on site for the Haberloh project and two further identical turbines for the Heidkrug project.
will be erected. The hub height of the V162-7.2 turbines is 169 meters, the rotor diameter is
The rotor diameter is 162 meters. The average expected annual yield of both wind farms will total around 217 gigawatt hours from the first full year of operation - enough to supply more than 66,000 average households with renewable electricity and more than
and save more than 160,000 tons of CO2 per year.
In this context, the region benefits from the added value generated by broadly distributed
lease income, part of which is donated to charitable causes,
municipal taxes from future electricity production, trade tax revenue and the opportunity for direct citizen participation. In addition, numerous measures are being implemented to compensate for the impact on the natural environment, such as various new plantings, the conversion of former arable land into extensive grassland, the restoration of a still water body
or the creation of specially managed feeding habitats for birds of prey.
"Including these two projects, we have already brought nine wind and solar projects with more than 250 megawatts to construction maturity in the current financial year. This means that 17 projects with more than 540 megawatts are now under construction - including several projects with a total of more than 200 megawatts for our own portfolio, as well as several sold turnkey projects in Germany, which will contribute to Group earnings in the coming years once they are commissioned as planned. We are still examining the intended use of individual projects," says Peter Szabo, CEO of Energiekontor AG. "What is certain is that we are now at a historically high level of construction, which we intend to expand over the rest of the year in addition to the ongoing sales negotiations on further financial closings.
financial closings that are currently underway."