UKA Group activities and services
The UKA Group is a leading international wind and solar energy developer in Germany, with presence in Spain, Italy, Poland, United States, Chile and Panama.
Through its team of multidisciplinary professionals, UKA Group offers a wide range of services – from negotiating with landowners for site securing and managing the administrative processes for project approval, to construction and commissioning.
The UKA Group has been developing renewable energy projects for more than 20 years, contributing to the promotion of social progress in terms of sustainability. During 2023 a new office will be opened in Italy.
UKA's Global Presence
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UKA Group has extensive experience in the design, procurement, development, construction, maintenance and operation of wind and solar farms and associated infrastructure. UKA Group is a privately held group, owned by its two founders, Gernot Gauglitz and Ole-Per Waehling. Founded in 1999, the UKA Group is one of Germany's leading wind farm developers, with more than 60 grid-connected wind and solar farms and an international project portfolio of 14 gigawatts.
The UKA Group currently has more than 880 employees in its offices in Germany, Spain, Poland, North America and Latin America.
880 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE
TOP 3 PROJECT DEVELOPER IN GERMANY
14 GW PROJECT PORTFOLIO
UKA Iberia
Since 2019, the UKA Group has expanded its commercial activity into other European renewable energy markets, including Spain, a leading market for onshore wind and solar energy.
With more than 27 GW of installed wind power capacity, Spain ranks fifth in the world, after China, the United States, Germany and India, and second in Europe. Similarly, the Spanish market has also become an interesting market for the development of photovoltaic energy, placing Spain in third place in the ranking of European countries with the most installed solar capacity, with a total of 14,26 GW installed.
UKA's activities in the project life cycle
- Site evaluation
- Energy yield
- Technical design according to each plot and terrain
- Electrical design of the project
- Resolution of legal and technical questions to the owner(s) of the project parcel(s)
- Environmental study of the area
- Prior contact with the administration and municipalities
- Obtaining permits, authorizations and licenses from the administration
- Auction participation
- Basic engineering
- Environment
- Project interconnection study
- Selection of the optimal financing structure
- Securing project financing
- Detailed engineering
- Construction management
- Turnkey EPC projects
- Construction and assembly
- Relations with main suppliers
- Equipment purchasing management
- Logistics and road survey
- Commissioning
- Technical and commercial management
- Maintenance planning and optimization
- Dismantling
- Sale of energy
- Insurance
Project development in Spain
UKA Iberia, the Spanish subsidiary of UKA Group, also has a team of professionals that cover the entire development cycle, from the initial conception of the project to its operation, which allows it to design the project according to the characteristics of the site, environmental and urban planning requirements tailored to the owners' land.
The first step is to identify the site that must meet the appropriate resource, environmental and grid connection conditions in order to carry out a technical design with full guarantees of success. Once the plots have been selected, UKA contacts the local landowners to explain in detail the project and legal aspects of the contract, as well as the local councils to explain the great benefits it will bring to the municipality.
In the development phase, very exhaustive environmental studies are initiated in the area, progress continues to be made in the engineering of the project and all efforts are focused on obtaining licenses, permits and authorizations with the different public organisations and the administration, through the company's extensive knowledge of Spanish electricity legislation.
Group construction and operation
The UKA Group stands out for its extensive experience in the engineering, design, construction, operation and maintenance of large-scale renewable energy projects.
The project design is optimized, and the equipment that best fits the project is selected, based on the characteristics of the site. UKA Group performs an access study, always giving preference to existing roads in the area before starting the construction of the project and its evacuation.
The company has signed framework agreements with leading technologists and suppliers for the supply of the main equipment for its projects.
Finally, the project is fully connected to the grid and commissioning begins, monitoring operational data and plant availability at all times.
UKA also has experience in the process of repowering its projects. In Warnsdorf (Germany), the plant's wind power output was tripled, where twelve turbines were dismantled.
MORE THAN 60 ENERGY PARKS BUILT
Financing
The UKA Group has a policy of reinvestment of profits and low indebtedness, supported by a growth strategy. This business model gives it great financial capacity, with excellent solvency.
For the third consecutive year, the credit agency Creditreform has awarded G&W, UKA's parent company, the "CrefoZert" certificate attesting to the company's excellent financial solvency, a certificate that only 2% of German companies receive. For the issuance of this certificate, Creditreform audits the entire UKA Group, including its international subsidiaries. This credit rating is based on a professional analysis of the annual financial statements by Creditreform Rating AG as well as on credit rating information from the Creditreform company database.
The UKA Group has established solid and stable relationships with a group of carefully selected and highly qualified financial institutions and strategic investors to structure the financing of its projects, although the excellent solvency allows the UKA Group to develop its projects with its own funds, without the need to resort to financing institutions.