siemens invests in israeli company arava power

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Munich, Germany / Ketura, Israel, August 28, 2009 Siemens invests $ 15 million in Israeli solar company Arava Power
First solar farms for Israel – green technologies dynamically expanding at Siemens Siemens is investing $ 15 million in Arava Power Company, the Israeli market leader in
developing solar power plants. An agreement was signed at Kibbutz Ketura yesterday,
securing Siemens a 40 percent stake in the company. Arava Power develops, builds and
operates photovoltaic plants in Israel. “This investment is another consequential step in
further strengthening our green and sustainable technologies,” said Peter Löscher,
President and CEO of Siemens AG. “Thanks to its intensive sunshine and steadily growing
demand for energy, Israel is an ideal location for further developing our solar business.”
The equity investment will make it possible to build Israel’s first commercial solar farms –
to be located in the region between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea.
The investment is aimed at constructing the solar fields with a significant proportion of Siemens know-how, delivering technology, e.g. inverter and transformers, ensuring new projects for the group. As Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contractor, Siemens will handle project management including engineering and construction of the photovoltaic plants. Overall, Siemens has concluded a framework agreement to build solar plants with a total output of 40 megawatts (MW). The first project will be the construction of a plant with an output of up to 4.9 MW at Kibbutz Ketura, in the southern desert of Israel. Additional photovoltaic plants are already being planned for the Negev and Arava deserts and Israel’s aim is to meet around ten percent of its total energy needs with renewable energy plants by 2020. Arava Power, the Israeli development company, was founded in 2006 and is headquartered at Kibbutz Ketura/Eilat. The company, with some 20 employees, is a subsidiary of Global Sun Power Ltd. Siemens is investing in Arava Power through its equity investment company Siemens Project Ventures GmbH (SPV). “This is the most comprehensive foreign investment to date for an Israeli solar energy firm,” said Johannes Schmidt, CEO of the Equity & Project Finance unit of Siemens Financial Services. “Through its early and extensive engagement in the field, Arava Power has Media Relations: Marc Langendorf
Corporate Communications and Government Affairs developed into Israel’s leading solar energy company. Siemens will be supporting local solar projects with our full range of technologies, know-how and finance.” Jonathan Cohen, CEO of Arava Power, added: “Siemens is the ideal partner for Arava Power and our property partners for winning over others interested in producing solar energy in Israel. Our strategic partnership will make it possible for our country to reach its ambitious goals of clean air The equity investment in Arava Power Company is a further move to strengthen the Siemens Environmental Portfolio. In fiscal 2008, Siemens’ environmental technologies generated revenue of nearly €19 billion, roughly one-quarter of the company’s total. By 2010, the company intends to increase the share of environmental technologies to around €25 billion. Siemens announced in July that it is participating in the Desertec industrial initiative. Siemens is developing here together with other industrial companies on a technological and financial concept for providing clean power for Europe and Africa from solar-thermal power plants in the Sahara and Together with renowned partners, Siemens Project Ventures (SPV) has with equity capital contributions been involved
worldwide in the development of infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy, transport and telecommunication sectors. SPV has already participated in the development of 11 international power plant projects with an overall capacity of more than 7.000 MW as well as in three telecommunication projects, two medical centers and an airport, with a cumulative project volume of 7 billion USD. SPV is a Group company of Siemens Financial Services GmbH (SFS), an
international provider of financial solutions in the business-to-business area. With about 1,900 employees and an international network of financial companies coordinated by Siemens Financial Services GmbH, Munich, we support Siemens as well as non-affiliated companies, focusing on the three sectors of energy, industry and healthcare. We finance infrastructure, equipment and working capital and act as a competent manager of financial risks within Siemens. By leveraging our financing expertise and our industrial know-how we create value for our customers and help them strengthen their competitiveness. For further information see: . The Arava Power Company Ltd. (APC), formed in 2006, is Israel’s leading solar developer. Founded by a group of
visionaries at Kibbutz Ketura, APC seeks to supply 10% of Israel’s electricity needs with the development of solar energy plants with Kibbutzim, Moshavim and other land owners, especially in the south of Israel. APC is a pioneer in Solar Power in Israel with agreements with land owners and is the first and only solar developer in Israel with a commercial solar license, appropriately-zoned land and a building permit to construct a solar field. The company is owned by Global Sun Partners a partnership with Kibbutz Ketura and American Investors led by the company President Yosef Abramowitz. The chairman is Ed Hofland and the Vice Chairman is David Rosenblatt, and the three are founders of Arava Power. More information on Arava Power is availabl. Media Relations: Marc Langendorf
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