08.08.2011 – 07:57

PNE WIND AG

EANS-News: PNE WIND AG publishes 2011 half year results

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quarterly report

Subtitle: •	Offshore business drives company development forward
•	Significant progress achieved abroad
•	Forecast for financial years 2011 to 2013 confirmed


Cuxhaven (euro adhoc) - August 8, 2011 - The wind farm developer PNE WIND AG
(ISIN DE000A0JBPG2) has completed the first half year of 2011 successfully. The
operating result (EBIT), the fundamental key value for the entrepreneurial
success of a wind farm developer, lay at about EUR 0.9 million (previous year:
EUR 8.2 million). The positive result is particularly due to the successful
further development of the offshore projects. In addition, the company realised
a turnover amounting to EUR 16.6 million at corporate level for the first six
months of 2011. The drop in comparison to the previous year´s period, in which 
EUR 41.1 million was turned over, is the result of the planned lower number of
onshore wind farms realised. 

In comparison with the previous year, cash flow from current business activities
increased and amounted to EUR 6.6 million (previous year: EUR -3.7 million).
This positive cash flow is mainly due to a milestone payment of about EUR 6.7
million from the Danish energy corporation, DONG Energy Power A/S, for the
offshore project "Borkum Riffgrund I".

Despite the slight decline in the shareholders´ equity - primarily due to the
dividend payment - the equity ratio remained at a continuing high level of about
41 percent (December 31, 2010: about 41 percent). With liquid funds of EUR 36.2
million at the half year (December 31, 2010: EUR 39.2 million), PNE WIND AG
continues to assert a strong position for the further development of offshore
projects and international expansion. 

Significant progress was made in project development - above all in the offshore
segment - during the first half year. Thus PNE WIND AG received the
unconditioned approval for the grid connection of the "Gode Wind II" offshore
wind farm from the responsible transmission grid operator TenneT. The company
was also able to gain the interest of ten European banks in financing this wind
farm. In general, offshore wind energy is seen as a growth driver for the
national and international wind energy markets. PNE WIND AG will rigorously
exploit this potential.

In the onshore sector, significant progress was made in the international
development and marketing of wind farm projects. Amongst other measures,
extensive investment in Great Britain is planned. An office was opened in
Edinburgh in order to drive this forward in a targeted manner. The company also
broke into the North American market by means of a sales agreement for a 20 MW
wind farm in South Dakota (USA). Approval for a 36 MW wind farm in Hungary was
also finally obtained. PNE WIND AG therefore sees attractive international
growth prospects.

Martin Billhardt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PNE WIND AG, draws a
positive conclusion from the first half year of 2011: "Our result for the first
six months is fully as planned. Significant progress has been achieved in both
our offshore and foreign activities. Despite the high preliminary costs for the
establishment of our projects both in Germany and abroad, we were able to
achieve a positive operational result for the half year." Martin Billhardt is
also optimistic for the future: "We expect to see significant progress in the
coming years, especially in the offshore wind energy sector. We are therefore
convinced that, with our six own wind farm projects in the North Sea PNE WIND is
well positioned for further company growth." Based on the half year result, the
Board of Directors confirms its forecast whereby PNE WIND AG´s EBIT will grow to
a cumulative value of at least EUR 60 to 72 million during the financial years
from 2011 to 2013.

The report on the first half year of 2011, which is published today, provides a
comprehensive overview of PNE WIND AG´s business results and is available in the
internet at www.pnewind.com



Company profile

PNE WIND AG with its headquarters in Cuxhaven develops and implements wind farm
projects on land (onshore) and at high sea (offshore). Its core competence is
the development, planning, implementation and financing of wind farms and their
operation or sale including subsequent service. So far, the company has set up
97 wind farms with 563 wind energy systems and a total nominal output of 804 MW.

Alongside its business activities in the established German home market, PNE
WIND AG is also increasingly investing in dynamic growth markets and has
subsidiaries and representations via joint ventures in Hungary, Bulgaria,
Romania, Turkey, the UK, USA and Canada. Wind farm projects with a nominal
output of about 3,725 MW are currently being processed in these countries and
are to be implemented in the medium term. In Germany (onshore) currently wind
farm projects with a nominal output of more than 1.100 MW are being processed.

Furthermore, PNE WIND AG develops offshore wind farm projects, three of which
have already been approved in German waters. Entering promising foreign markets
is also being examined for the offshore area.


Further inquiry note:
PNE WIND AG
Press and Public Relations
Rainer Heinsohn
Tel:  +49(0) 47 21 - 7 18 - 4 53
Fax: +49(0) 47 21 - 7 18 - 3 73
E-mail:  info@pnewind.com

Investor Relations
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle / Galina Khokhlova
Tel: +49(0)611 - 205855-22
Fax: +49(0)611 - 205855-66 
E-mail:  khokhlova@cometis.de

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company:     PNE WIND AG
             Peter-Henlein-Str. 2-4
             D-27472 Cuxhaven
phone:       +49(0)4721 718 06
FAX:         +49(0)4721 718 373
mail:         info@pnewind.com
WWW:         http://www.pnewind.com
sector:      Alternative energy
ISIN:        DE000A0JBPG2, DE000A0B9VG7 DE000A0Z1MR2 DE000A1EMCW3 DE000A1KRJ27
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