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COMPANY PRESENTATION
November 2010
Consultancy Services for
Renewable Energies
CUBE Engineering America
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CONTENT
1 Company Profile
2 Services
3 Experiences – References & Clients
4 Networking Competences
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Company Structure
CUBE Engineering America is the US-
branch of CUBE Engineering GmbH,
the well established German
engineering and consulting company.
Alongside the full spectrum of services
offered, CUBE Engineering also works
together with its subsidiaries and
established partners in an exclusive
network.
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One-Stop-Shopping
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CUBE Group
CUBE Engineering
GmbH
CUBE Energy S.R.L.,
Romania
CUBE Engineering,
UK
CUBE Solar Ltd.
more energy GmbH
EOL EnergieOnline GmbH
CUBE Engineering
America, LLC
Wind Energy Consultancy and accredited Engineering Services
Independent and international work with wind energy experience
since 1991
• Founded in 1993 resp. 1997 (as Ingenieurbüro Chun / plenum energy gmbh)
• Limited Liability Company
• Merged to CUBE Engineering GmbH in 2002
• Owned by Jörg Beland and Stefan Chun
• Turnover of > 2.5 Mill. Euro (2009)
• > 50 employees (2010)
• 2 offices in Germany: Kassel and Hamburg
• Branches in Edinburgh (UK), Bukarest (RO), Menlo Park (CA, U.S.A.)
• 4 subsidiaries (CUBE Energy S.R.L., CUBE Solar Ltd., more energy GmbH, eol energie-online.de GmbH)
Key Figures
DAP-PL-3980.00
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Management CUBE America
Jörg BELAND
(Born 1964)
Dipl. Ing. (FH) in IT Engineering
from University of Flensburg
Working Experience and Activities
1991-1993 Sales Engineer at VESTAS
Deutschland GmbH, Husum, Germany
1993-1995 Head of Sales Department at
VESTAS Deutschland GmbH, Husum
1995-1997 Head of Sales and Project
Development Departments at Nordtank
(later NEG Micon) Windkraftanlagen GmbH,
Ostenfeld, Germany
1997-2002 Managing Director of plenum energy GmbH,
Husum, Germany
2002 to 2009 Managing Director of
CUBE Engineering GmbH, Germany
2003 to 2009 General Manager of More Energy GmbH
2009 to date CEO of CUBE Engineering America, LLC
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Key Qualifications
• Project Development
• Project Management
• Implementation and
Procurement
• Measurement + Monitoring
Systems
• Consulting, Teaching and
Education
• Concepts, Strategies and
System Layout
Working Experience and Activities
1991-1993 Sales Engineer at VESTAS
Deutschland GmbH, Husum, Germany
1993-1995 Head of Sales Department at
VESTAS Deutschland GmbH, Husum
1995-1997 Head of Sales and Project
Development Departments at Nordtank
(later NEG Micon) Windkraftanlagen GmbH,
Ostenfeld, Germany
1997-2002 Managing Director of plenum energy GmbH,
Husum, Germany
2002 to
CUBE Engineering GmbH, Germany
2003 to 2009 General Manager of More Energy GmbH
2009 to date CEO of CUBE Engineering America LLC
Key Qualifications
• Project Development
• Project Management
• Implementation and
Procurement
• Measurement + Monitoring
Systems
• Consulting, Teaching and
Education
• Concepts, Strategies and
System Layout
Staff & Team Work
Each CUBE member contributes with its skill
and profession to the success of each project.
Our experts have been educated and trained
mostly as engineers with a broad experience
in different fields of study:
• Electrical & Mechanical Engineering,
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Geography & Geology,
• Meteorology and Physics,
• IT Engineering
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“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” Henry Ford (1863-1947)
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Accreditation and Memberships
Memberships:
CUBE follows international guidelines and standards. Our enterprise is a member of the wind
expert advisory board of the federal association wind energy. The BWE wind expert advisory
board is a forum of experts active in the area of wind report. The aim of its work is to improve
the reliability of wind reports and to represent the interests of the wind experts.
DAP-PL-3980.00
Accreditation:
In December 2005, CUBE Engineering GmbH has been accredited according
to DIN EN/ISO IEC based on the new „Technische Richtlinien Teil 6“ of the
German „Fördergesellschaft Windenergie (FGW)“.
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CUBE„s Menu of Services
2. Project Management & Planning
- Due diligence
- Feasibility studies
- Permitting
-Tendering, contracting
- Construction management
- Wind farm design
- Project Management
1. Wind Site Assessment
- Measurement campaigns
- Site assessment
- Energy yield prediction
- Wind farm layout + optimization
- Turbulence + extreme wind analysis
- Wind mapping
- Due diligence
3. Environmental Impact Assessment
- Sound emission prognoses
- Shadow flicker analyses
- Visualisation, Animation, 3D-Simulation
- Visual Interferences zoning
- Environmental impact studies
- Project Management
5. Energy Systems for Distributed Generation
- Photovoltaic
- Hydro power (small scale)
- Biogas, biomass & co-generation
- Island grid solutions & hybrid systems
- Feasibility studies
4. Electrical Grid
- Grid connection
- Electrical loss analyses
- cable dimensioning and optimisation
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References
Wind-Site-Assessment
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Besides our 3,000 wind & energy yield prognoses we also have
executed:
more than 200 wind measurements
more than 50 wind resource maps
optimisation of more than 100 wind farms
as well as a huge of
Wind farm layout proposals
IEC-classifications
Turbulence studies
Site identifications & Micrositing
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Project Development & Planning
References
Project ManagementMore than 50 completed projects,
thereof:
40 Due Diligence projects
12 Construction Management and Supervision projects (among which is
the 350 MW Fantanele Wind Farm)
15 Planning and Building permissions
Recent areas of activityGermany, Austria, France, Poland, Hungary, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Romania, USA, UK, Libya, Pakistan
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References Environmental Impact
Assessment Department
Since more than 17 years we are experts in environmental impact assessment
having executed:
more than 1.000 Sound emission prognoses
more than 1,000 shadow flicker analyses and
more than 500 visualisations / animations
Besides, we are providing
Overall EIA Project Management
Scoping
ZVI / Visibility studies and in the new field of
Outdoor studies and
Noise emission budget planning
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Global Experiencew
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Our client list reads
like the “Who’s who?”:
Project developers,
industrial enterprises,
energy suppliers,
turbine
manufacturers,
banks, investors,
operators as well as
governments
Continuing inking the world!
Networking Competences
Cube Solar Ltd.
EOL energie-online.de GmbH
more energy GmbH
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Subsidiaries of CUBE GmbH
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With its subsidiary more energy gmbh CUBE has
access to operational results of different wind farms
and wind turbine types. At present more energy
controls the operation of 30 wind turbines at six
locations in Germany. Range for rated capacity is
between 450 and 1,800 kW more energy GmbH
offers the following services to optimize wind farm
operation:
• Increase of energy yield and efficiency
• Adaptation of power and site conditions
• Performance test
more-energy GmbHcontact: Michael Rückert
Breitscheidstr. 6
D-34119 Kassel
Fon: +49 561.475 19-50
Fax: +49 561.475 19-52
e-mail: [email protected]
Subsidiaries
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Subsidiaries
Wind Farms Germany
• Poster Wind Farms
• Wind Farms Online Windbase
Wind Atlases
• World Wind Atlas
• Wind Atlas Poland
• Wind Atlas North-East Europe
Wind Measuring
• Windmaster 2
• Windycator
• Measuring Equipment
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EOL energie-online.de GmbHcontact: Michaela Claus-Lynker
Breitscheidstr. 6
D-34119 Kassel
Fon: +49 561.288 573-70
Fax: +49 561.288 573-71
e-mail: [email protected]
EOL energie-online.de GmbH
is a 100% subsidiary of CUBE.
Subject of the company is the procurement of
data, services, consultancy and technical or
personal assistance within the realm of
renewable energies, focused on wind energy.
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Subsidiaries
CUBE SOLAR Ltd. specializes in the
implementation and operation of solar power
systems.
CUBE SOLAR Ltd. is a professional service
provider, which assists its customers in all aspects
of photovoltaic and solar-thermal systems.
Our employees posses extensive experience in the
field of solar energy technology and are happy to
use their professional expertise to guide you from
the purchase all the way to the applied use of
your solar power system.
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CUBE Solar Ltd.contact: Peter Ritter
Breitscheidstr. 6
D-34119 Kassel
Fon: +49 561.400 909-15
Fax: +49 561.400 909-16
e-mail: [email protected]
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Partners & Cooperationw
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Ammonit GmbH is a pioneer in wind power, producing industry leading
wind measurement data loggers and providing highest accurate sensors
to clients all over the globe. The business started 1989.
CUBE America is proud to be Ammonit’s exclusive distributor in the
USA.
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METEO 40 is the new data logger which was just presented at this
year’s Husum WIND lastSeptember. This 35-channel logger combines
the history of reliability with latest connectivity features. For sale from
March 2011.
www.ammonit.com
Partners & Cooperation
ENERGI- OG MILJØDATA (EMD)
and EMD Deutschland GbR
in Aalborg (Denmark) and Kassel (Germany)
World market leader with the modular software tool
WindPRO for the development and planning of wind
farms and energyPRO for decentralized energy concepts.
Research, programming, sales, workshops and hotline.
www.emd.dk
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WindPRO is the market leading software suite in wind
farm development and energy analysis. It is used for wind
measurement analysis and long term prediciton of wind
conditions at a planned site and countless planning tasks
in developing a wind farm. Many modules of WindPRO
have been significantly influenced by CUBE engineers.
www.windpro.com
Thank you for your attention!
For more information please visit us:
www.cube-america.com
WHERE KNOWLEDGE MEETS POWER
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