Founder, CEO
Focus: Project management, technology, financing
weelectrify.Africa UG, founded in 2018 in Munich, develops wind farms and energy solutions for Africa. Our business model is based on the continued operation of high-quality, robust, and refurbished wind turbines from Central Europe. Starting in 2025, we will construct and operate our first wind farm, WestStream-1, in the north of Mauritania. In the future, we also intend to work on the topic of hydrogen.
Founder, CEO
Focus: Project management, technology, financing
Founder
Focus: Project management, technology
Founder
Focus: Corporate law
Focus: Mauritania, Landrights, Offtake-Agreements, Political relations
Focus: Relations East- and Westafrika
Focus: Financing, crowd investing, vocational school
Focus: Public relations, investor relations, vocational school
Focus: Planning
Focus: Project work
Focus: Infrastructure, construction, planning
Focus: Collection and maintenance of infrastructure data, Education and regional development
weelectrify.Africa designs wind farms specifically tailored to the needs of the population in Africa. In comparison to highly industrialized countries, the lower purchasing power and weaker infrastructure play a significant role here.
To produce affordable electricity, our parks are planned using refurbished used turbines from decommissioned and repowered European wind farms.
These early-year turbines are very robust, resilient, and durable. Therefore, they are particularly well-suited for our locations on the edge of the Sahara.
To enable a secure operating model for the continued operation of the turbines in Africa, weelectrify.Africa uses a specially developed maintenance concept with its monitoring and extensive spare parts management for operations far from any high-tech infrastructure.
The countries around the Sahara have excellent areas for the construction and operation of wind farms. The sparsely populated areas facilitate the approval of wind parks.
In the eastern part of the Sahara, numerous wind farms have already been realized in Egypt. In Morocco, the capacity of operational wind farms exceeds 1 GW. In the western part of the Sahara, Mauretania, in particular, is embracing wind power. The country has around 130 MW in operation. Simultaneously, the expansion of power transmission lines along the West Coast is progressing to transport the energy to consumption centers.
The locations are carefully examined through studies and measurement campaigns and selected and determined in collaboration with local authorities based on various criteria. The focus is on supply security and social compatibility with local value creation.
The turbines decommissioned in Central Europe undergo intensive inspection and refurbishment by the manufacturer. They are then provided with a new manufacturer's warranty and released for export to Africa.
