Clifford Chance has advised EnergieSüdpfalz GmbH and Co. KG on a joint wind energy project with juwi renewable IPP, a subsidiary of juwi Holding AG. The companies will be acting as joint operators of the "Offenbach an der Queich II" wind farm, which is due to come online by the middle of the year. The site is set to produce more than 40 million kWh of electricity each year, which is enough power to meet the needs of almost 14,000 homes in southern Rhineland-Palatinate.

EnergieSüdpfalz and juwi renewable both aim to encourage the switch to renewable energy production in southern Rhineland-Palatinate. The wind farm is the first joint project between the companies and further projects are in the pipeline.

EnergieSüdpfalz is a group of local authorities and utilities providers from the southern Rhineland-Palatinate area which aims to establish and operate a variety of renewable energy facilities. The company's portfolio already contains several solar and wind power facilities, including the largest photovoltaic roof system in Europe. The company's shareholders are EnergieSüdwest AG, based in Landau (whose majority shareholder is Enovos Deutschland SE), the public utilities providers in Annweiler am Trifels and Herxheim, Stadtwerke Bad Bergzabern GmbH and Queichtal-Energie (AöR), based in Offenbach an der Queich.

The Clifford Chance team comprised partner Thomas Burmeister, counsel Dr. Christian Vogel, senior associates Dr. Werner Brickwedde and Dr. Guido Hermeier, associates Jutta Mues and Martin Weitenberg (all Energy/Corporate, Düsseldorf), partner Reinhard Scheer-Hennings (Real Estate, Düsseldorf) and associates Dorothea Schimmel and Jannicka Sondag (both Real Estate, Munich).