Renewable Energy Affiliates is a joint venture between companies in the US, Europe, and South Africa to promote and develop renewable energy opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa. The venture aims to provide technical support and facilitate partnerships between international and South African businesses for small to medium renewable energy projects. Renewable Energy Affiliates and its founding partners have expertise in areas such as wind and solar energy development, consulting, and electrical contracting that they seek to leverage through this collaboration.

1. RENEWABLE ENERGY AFFILIATES
“Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
A USA / RSA Joint
Venture
Harnessing and
Developing Renewable
Energy Initiatives in Sub
Sahara Africa
Energy
January 2014

2. RENEWABLE ENERGY AFFILIATES
Overview
“Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Renewable Energy Affiliates is an unincorporated JV
established to promote, participate and develop renewable
and green energy opportunities between international and
RSA organisations
Renewable Energy Affiliates has three founder partners in
Scandinavian Trade Centre based in the Republic of South
Africa ,Sindal and AES Fargo based in the United States
with a Sindal Affiliation in Denmark, Europe. Cato Ridge
Electrical Construction makes up the team as a strategic
partner and is based outside Durban in South Africa.
Vision
Our Vision is to become the SME business portal of
choice
in the green energy market where the
development of international and RSA green energy
initiatives, products and services promotes ,enhances
and develops social development in Sub Sahara Africa.
“International wind energy market watch””
AES Fargo
RENEWABLE RESOURCE CONSULTING
Mission
The purpose of Renewable Energy Affiliates is to
provide a corridor of technical excellence and support
where we can facilitate commercially sustainable
ventures between International and Southern African
business entities that align to our vision.
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3. “Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Partner Locations
AES Offices- Fargo, Dakota
CREC Offices – Cato Ridge
Sindal Offices- San Diego
STC Offices-Durban
Sindal Offices- Copenhagen
Key REA Management
 Gareth Pollit
- Owner/Director STC
Per Bjorvig
- Owner/ Director STC
 Anne Marie Howe - Owner /Director –Sindal
Peter Sindal
- Advocate/ Director
Billy Batten
-Marketing Manager
 Bill Schwankl
- Owner /Director – AES
Strategic Partners
 Kim Petersen
- Owner CEO- CREC
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4. RENEWABLE ENERGY AFFILIATES
“Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Our Process
Renewable Energy Affiliates (REA) is a venture of four
organisations that are able to facilitate business
between international markets and Sub Sahara Africa
particularly in respect of small to medium size
businesses (SME), that singly would not have the
capability or local knowledge to enter the market or
conversely access the vast bank of knowledge and
experience that exists through our international
partners in the green energy field.
Renewable Energy Affiliates offers a range of services
designed to assist SME’s whether from the
international arena or Southern Africa. REA interacts
and does business with Renewable Energy Affiliates
knowledge and experience to facilitate and establish
partnerships. Renewable Energy Affiliates can source
equipment and services, support business to establish
in Southern Africa, monitor and advise companies on
opportunities and act as a conduit to effective entry
into the African market place.
Renewable Energy Affiliates Founder and Strategic
Partners complement each other and carry specific
responsibilities in the Joint Venture.
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5. “Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Our Team
Scandinavian
Trade
Centre
provides
the
administrative hub of Renewable Energy Affiliates with
specific responsibilities to Joint Venture administration,
business development, finance , market research and
development of opportunities for Renewable Energy
Affiliates and its Clients. STC provides support to
international companies in doing business in Africa.
Sindal and AES Fargo provides all administrative
and technical support , sourcing and liaising of
organisations and companies. They are responsible to
the Joint Venture for development of technical issues
related to green energy. They develop all training and
skills transfer initiatives with the African Partners. They
provide technical consultancy to REA and its Clients.
Cato Ridge Electrical Construction provide all
African technical ,project and African conformance
support to Renewable Energy Affiliates and where
appropriate the party that enters contractual
arrangements on projects in Southern Africa. They will
develop all training and skills transfer within South
Africa where this can be developed through projects.
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6. “Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Scandinavian Trade Centre was
established in 2012 by Gareth
Pollit and Per Bjorvig
Per has been the Danish Consul in Durban for over twenty five
years and now represents the European Union in KZN. His
political and commercial acumen have assisted many
companies over the years establish and gain a footprint in South
Africa.
Gareth is a Chartered Civil Engineer and has over 40 years civil,
construction and marine experience. His recent roles include
directorships and General Management of Civil engineering and
Marine Companies in UK and South Africa.
The establishment of STC was developed as a new initiative in
assisting SME’s enter into new markets in Southern Africa.
Full details of both partners can be found on the company
web site at www.scantc.com
STC is a Level 4 BBBEE supplier.
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7. “Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
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8. “Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
SINDAL’s founder and president, Anne-Marie
Howe, started in the renewable energy business in
the 1980s as the chief marketing officer and
member of the management team and board for
the US sales arm of a Danish wind turbine rotor
blade company.
Since then, Anne-Marie has enjoyed an exciting
and educational professional career, serving in a
number of high-level executive positions.
Anne-Marie has spend a great part of her
professional wind career in the US and Canadian
marketplaces. She has also created global
marketing strategies for a variety of European
companies, carried out wind energy feasibility
studies for municipalities in Sweden, solved
transport logistic challenges in Egypt for a Danish
blade manufacturer, and acted as a sub-consultant
to a Danish government entity planning energy
programs for Southern Africa.
With her extensive technical and professional
background in both the European and North
American wind energy sectors, Anne-Marie
provides clients with an invaluable bridge between
markets. She currently puts her international
knowledge and expertise to work as an
independent consultant
SINDAL Copenhagen: Under the direction of
Peter Sindal, SINDAL Copenhagen is our
business development arm. Peter holds a Master
of Laws degree and most recently worked as a
special consultant to the government of
Greenland. His background, knowledge, and
expertise are taking SINDAL into new activities
and new geographic markets in areas that include
Sub-Saharan Africa.
An Opportunity in the Renewable Energy Sector
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9. AES Fargo
“Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
RENEWABLE RESOURCE CONSULTING
Bill Schwankl is the founder of AES Fargo and
Renewable Resource Consulting - with a proven
track record and over 30 years experience &
accomplishments in new business and product
development in the renewable energy business and
the high tech simulation industry.
AES Fargo is a company providing sales and service
of wind and solar projects to homeowners, farms,
businesses and educational facilities. Hundreds of
projects involving solar thermal, solar PV, wind
turbines and solar /wind hybrid systems have been
developed, installed and are operational through AES
in the last 30 years.
Bill Schwankl
Jesse Royer
He has provided renewable energy consulting
services to many cities and universities in the
Midwestern region of the USA.
Overall skills include creative development and
strategic marketing of new products, advanced
planning and new business development, creating
new marketing strategies and concepts.
An Opportunity in the Renewable Energy Sector
Dennis Williams
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10. AES Fargo
“Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
RENEWABLE RESOURCE CONSULTING
AES Fargo technical and support services extend to
include recognised Wind and Solar Experts that have
affiliated to REA through AES Fargo.
Dennis Williams owns and operates Williams Power
Systems in Rural South Dakota.
Dennis has experience in many areas of the
renewable energy field.
He has worked as a
commercial scale wind turbine technician and as a
Lead technician for a small wind and solar company.
He spent three years working to develop a 20
Megawatt, community owned wind farm that is
operational in Minnesota, and was the plant manager
of a publicly traded small wind turbine manufacturer.
Dennis has over a decade of experience designing,
installing and inspecting a large variety of renewable
energy systems.
Dennis has twenty years of experience in
manufacturing, and has experimented with
renewable energy for over thirty five years. Dennis
and his family have been living with renewable
energy on their property since 1999.
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Jesse Royer has spent the last 13 years in the solar
energy industry. Having held positions serving
commercial and residential audiences, Jesse has
gained knowledge and experience in solar energy
business development, sales and marketing, design
and
engineering,
project
management,
site
supervision, installation, and operations and
maintenance.
Jesse has held general contracting licenses in
Minnesota and California. He started his career in the
construction industry as a self-employed contractor.
As a builder, Jesse focused on sustainable building
practices and started working in solar energy in 2000.
Jesse’s most recent position has been as Director
and Project Developer in the Rural Renewable
Energy Alliance (RREAL). This non profit making
alliance is dedicated to making solar power
accessible to everyone.
US best practice will be engaged through AES
Fargo, Williams Power and Jesse Royer in
contributing to SME development in Rural
Southern Africa
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11. Strategic Partners
“Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Kim Petersen founded Contact Electrical mid-1984.
In 1990 Kim’s brother Peter Petersen joined the
company and Cato Ridge Electrical Construction
(CREC) was registered.
9 skilled people were employed, to date the company
Employ in excess of 160 skilled & semi-skilled
employee’s.
The company will carry out projects and initiatives
identified through REA where the skill base can be
untilised and brought together from many areas of
the globe in a coherent fashion.
CREC already possess the necessary certification
and accreditation to
•
•
BBBEE Level 4
Accredited with CIDB in South Africa across a
wide range of construction groups.
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Cato Ridge Electrical Construction provides services
in the:
• electrical construction and manufacturing industry,
• In particular medium (MV) and low voltage (LV)
overhead lines,
• MV and LV cable reticulation, large industrial
installations including
• The petro chemical industry as well as PLC and
DCs installations, etc.
• Our modern manufacturing facility manufactures
LV distribution panels,
• Motor control centre’s etc. as well as Diesel
• Generator standby plants
• And mini substations etc.
• Over the years Cato Ridge Electrical Construction
has built a reputation
• As one of the leading electrical construction
companies in South Africa,
• Constructing, and delivering projects to
specifications, on time and within budget.
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12. Strategic Partners
“Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Cato Ridge Electrical Construction
has
been involved in the electrical engineering business
in Southern Africa for over 25 years and has the
capability
to design, manufacture, project manage, install,
commission turn-key projects from small to large
projects R 50’000.00-R 75m in time and on budget.
Experience has been gained in the petro-chemical,
steel, mining, cable and overhead line reticulation,
(Particularly Eskom and Municipalities), paper and
other large industrial installations.
The management of Cato Ridge Electrical
Construction all have practical “hands on”
experience for all types of installations. Our motto is
“if you cannot do it yourself do not expect someone
else to do it”.
A lengthy project list is available on request.
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13. “Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Services
Our services centre around small to medium size
facilities that are best suited for local engagement
and participation.
Core Functions
• Green Energy Product Sourcing
• Corporate Partnering
• Off Grid Solutions
• On Grid Solutions
• Project Development
• Prequalification's and Tendering.
• Project Management
• Supply Chain Sourcing and Management
• Marketing and Sales Advice
• Skills Transfer, Training and Education
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14. “Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Services
Technical and Functional Focus
•
•
•
•
Solar Energy Advice
Solar Energy Design
Solar Energy Installations
Domestic and Commercial Systems
•
•
•
•
Wind Energy Advice
Wind Energy Assessments
Wind Energy Installations
Wind Energy Technology Transfer
•
•
•
•
•
Business Development
Corporate Support Services
Finance
Grants
Governance
•
•
•
•
Solar Energy Education and Training
Wind Energy Education and Training
Operational training.
Maintenance training
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15. “Your Green Energy Portal into Africa”
Scandinavian Trade
Centre
185 Cato Road
Glenwood
Durban
4001
South Africa
t +27(0) 31 202 9396
f: 031 202 9399
e :info @scantc.com
www.scantc.com
Contact: Gareth Pollit
t: 0027 (0) 828 222 532
gkp@scantc.com
Cato Ridge Electrical
Contractors
PO Box 434
Cato Ridge
3680
t +27(0) 31 783 4389
f: 031 783 4832
e :billy@catogroup.co.za
www.cato-ridgeelectrical.co.za
Contact: Billy Batten
t: +27(0) 31 783 4389
Sindal
French Valley
California
USA
t: +1 951 325 8010
f: +1 951 325 8011
E: Info @sindallundsberg,com
www.sindallundsberg.com
Contact: Anne-Marie
Howe
t : +1 951 760 3985
ann.howe@sindallundsberg.com
AES Fargo
1607 Round Hill Drive
Fargo,
ND 58104
USA
Contact: Bill Schwankl
t: +1 701-729-1921
ownthewind@aol.com
info@scantc.com
Renewable Energy Affiliates
185 Cato Rd
Glenwood
Durban
4001
t: +27 (0) 31 202 9396
F:+27 (0) 31 202 9399
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