Meewind is an investment fund that is building offshore wind farms to produce renewable energy. Investing with Meewind allows individuals to earn attractive returns while contributing to the growth of renewable energy and reductions in CO2 emissions. Meewind has already successfully financed the construction of one offshore wind farm, and its first phase consisting of 55 wind turbines with a capacity of 165 MW has begun construction.

1. Everyone wins
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Produce renewable energy Favourable outlook Construction of Meewind’s first
and earn attractive returns for offshore wind farms offshore wind farm has begun

2. Build with Meewind
Meewind is an ambitious renewable energy investment fund, actively stimulating the
construction of wind farms. Your participation - along with companies, local communities,
government bodies, and tens of thousands of other individuals – is of vital importance.
By jointly investing in renewable energy, the increased public support will accelerate political
decision-making on the development of renewable energy supplies. By investing in wind
farms, you contribute to the reduction of your own CO2 emissions and more renewable energy
is produced. Additionally, you gain attractive long-term returns on your investment. Building
with Meewind not only benefits you personally, it also has a social ecological impact.
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3. Join Meewind
The Meewind approach has already proved itself by successfully Demand for clean energy
Our energy needs are continually increasing.
raising sufficient capital to participate effectively in the Switching to sustainable forms of energy is the
construction of a new wind farm in the North Sea in 2009. only responsible way to meet demands.
This premise is happily now accepted every-
This is three years earlier than originally planned: an extremely where: there is now more investment around the
advantageous situation for subscribers to the fund. world in the development of renewable energy
than in energy from fossil fuels.
You too can share in the rewards by investing with Meewind; the minimum investment is
€1,000. The more funds and resources available, the faster and more effectively Meewind can New power capacity installed in 2008
Source: EWEA and Platts Power Vision
operate. Based on this conviction, organizations such as Greenchoice, The Hague city council,
and the Province of North Holland have already joined Meewind.
“More funds and resources mean that * Geothermal, peat, and waste
** Preliminary figure for solar photovoltaic installations
Meewind can operate faster and more Source: European photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
effectively.” In Europe, wind power already accounts for
most of the newly installed generation capacity.
Sources of a total of 8,484 MW wind power were
installed in the EU in 2008. For the first time, this
takes wind power to the top of the list of newly-
installed power capacity, including fossil sources.
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4. Expected profits
The prospects for offshore wind farms are particularly favourable Wind energy prioritized
The European Commission has determined that
now, and this will continue. The subsidies granted by European 20% of all energy production should be generated
government authorities guarantee a solid financial foundation. by renewable energy sources by 2020. To achieve
this goal, the increase in production from offshore
wind sources is absolutely necessary. Of the 6,000
These benefits make participation in Meewind a safe investment, with a projected yield of 7-10% MW that the Dutch government wants to have es-
over the entire duration of the fund (20 years). The costs of interest and debt repayments will tablished by 2020, only 228 MW currently exists,
divided over two wind parks established off the
result in a lower cash return during the beginning of the operational period. However, as the costs coast of North Holland. The gap is significant, and
of debt decline over the years, returns will rise sharply as time goes on, especially during the final this has been acknowledged by the Dutch govern-
ment: grants have been made available to support
5 years, when the bank debt has been fully repaid. the development of new wind farms. The shortfall
has also been recognized by Belgium, which is in
exactly the same situation.
Net operating profit Offshore wind farm profit
Control and reliability
The Meewind investment fund has been issued
with a permit by the AFM (the Dutch Authority for
euro * 1000
euro * 1000
the Financial Markets). This means that the fund
satisfies all the requirements of the Act and that
Meewind is subject to the strict supervision of the
AFM and the policies of the Dutch National Bank
(Nederlandsche Bank).
year year
n net income n interest + repayment n dividend Meewind
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5. Meewind delivers
Meewind is part of a Belgian/Dutch consortium which
arranged the financing of a 165 MW wind farm off
the Belgian coast named Belwind. The consortium
consists of the Belgian companies Colruyt, DHAM,
ParticipatieMaatschappij Vlaanderen, and the Dutch
companies SHV and Rabo Project Equity along with
Meewind. This is the most important sustainable energy
deal in Europe in 2009, according to trade press reports.
The wind farm will become operational at the end of
2010, supplying electricity to approximately 165,000
households.
The first phase of the wind park construction consists of 55 wind turbines with a total capacity of 165 MW.
Once operational, the park will save 270,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year. It will be located 46 km off the
Belgian coast, adjacent to the area designated for the development of wind farms by the Netherlands.
Participation in this phase is still possible.
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6. Meewind Fund Management
Johan Swager (1954) studied biophysics and carried out his doctoral Willem Smelik (1954) studied shipbuilding and postgraduate real estate,
research on energy transfer in algae. After working as a teacher, graduating with a thesis on the potential for an environmental remediation
curriculum developer and director of postgraduate education, he started fund. Having held several positions at Centraal Beheer Achmea and
his own consultancy for public affairs, fundraising and management. Arcadis, he started his own environmental consultancy company in 1991.
He also held various executive positions in business services. With The motto “Man, work and environment in a changing world” was his basis
Meewind he returns to his first love – physics and energy – and the for various sustainable developments.
implementation of his vision of a sustainable world.
More about Meewind: Visit the website at www.meewind.com or request the electronic newsletter from info@meewind.nl.
Leidsevaart 594 - 2014 HT Haarlem - The Netherlands - +31(0)23 711 44 54
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7. Appendix 1
In Europe, wind power already accounts for most of the newly installed generation capacity.
Sources of a total of 8,484 MW wind power were installed in the EU in 2008. For the first time, this takes
wind power to the top of the list of newly-installed power capacity, including fossil sources.
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8. Appendix 2
euro * 1000 Net operating profit
year
n net income n interest + repayment
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9. Appendix 3
euro * 1000 Offshore wind farm profit
year
n dividend Meewind
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