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3U HOLDING AG given the green light for the repowering project in the Langendorf Wind Farm / Saxony-Anhalt

EQS-News: 3U HOLDING AG / Key word(s): Expansion/ESG 3U HOLDING AG given the green light for the repowering project in the Langendorf Wind Farm / Saxony-Anhalt 27.03.2024 / 07:30 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 3U HOLDING AG given the green light for the repowering project in the Langendorf Wind Farm / Saxony-Anhalt

Marburg, 27 March 2024 – 3U ENERGY PE GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3U HOLDING AG (ISIN DE0005167902), has today obtained approval in accordance with the German Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) for the construction of new wind turbines on the Langendorf Wind Farm, Burgenlandkreis, a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. An initial hurdle for promoting strong growth in the Renewable Energies segment in the coming years has therefore been cleared.

Important milestone achieved for planned capacity expansion

The approval procedure in line with Germany’s BImSchG is a very complex process as it takes account of all aspects of a wind turbine’s impact on the environment. Consequently, a positive decision is the most important regulatory milestone in the whole project workflow for an enterprise of this kind. The approval covers the building and operating of turbines along with the construction of access roads to the individual turbine sites and the necessary crane erection and assembly areas. There are also plans for building a substation for feeding the energy produced into the grid. Work on preparing the site for building on the designated project area in Langendorf is due to commence in the autumn of 2024.

Planned new wind energy facilities to double electricity production in Langendorf

The repowering project provides for seven of the 15 existing wind turbines to be replaced by five new turbines. The new Vestas V162 wind turbines have a nominal output of 6.2 megawatt (MW), a hub height of 169 m and a rotor diameter of 162 m. Upon implementation of the project, the installed wind turbine capacity in Langendorf will be raised from currently 22.5 MW to 43.0 MW. The design of the new turbines allows them to generate around twice as much environmentally compatible electricity per megawatt of nominal output as the existing facilities.