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Qualitas Energy Service GmbH
Qualitas Energy welcomes €200 million in commitments for its new Credit strategy, currently targeting investments of €500 million
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Qualitas Energy secures investor commitments of € 200 million © iStock / elxeneize
06 Feb 2025 | Berlin (renewablepress) - Qualitas Energy, a global investment and management platform focused on renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure investment, announced today that its Credit strategy has received more than €200 million in investor commitments, out of a total target of €500 million for initial investment opportunities. This support includes participation from a significant anchor investor – a leading Canadian public pension fund – as well as a sizeable allocation through an additional Separately Managed Account (SMA). The Qualitas Energy Credit team specialises in providing debt solutions for renew...... read more...
Deutsche WindGuard Consulting GmbH
Deutsche WindGuard Consulting rejuvenates its management board

Benjamin Ahrens and Axel Albers, Managing Directors Deutsche WindGuard Consulting GmbH © Deutsche WindGuard
06 Feb 2025 | Varel (renewablepress) - Benjamin Ahrens has joined the management board of Deutsche WindGuard Consulting GmbH effective 2025-01-29. He now heads the company based in Varel, Germany, together with long-standing Managing Director Axel Albers. In addition to his Master's degree in Engineering Physics with a focus on wind energy at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 36-year-old Benjamin Ahrens also brings valuable experience from the manufacturer perspective to his new position: Expertise in the areas of project management, power curve measurements and prototype testing from his professional role in ENERCON's research and devel...... read more...
Capcora GmbH
SUNCATCHER secures construction bridge financing for a pair of solar PV projects with 111 MWp in Germany and Poland provided by Qualitas Energy

SUNCATCHER secures construction bridge financing for a pair of solar PV projects © Capcora
06 Feb 2025 | Frankfurt am Main (renewablepress) - SUNCATCHER successfully secured construction bridge financing for two utility-scale solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 111 MW in Germany and Poland. The financing package was provided by Qualitas Energy’s debt fund, marking their debut investment into a senior facility on a fully merchant basis. Capcora acted as the financial advisor in this transaction. The portfolio includes an 83 MWp ground-mounted solar PV project in Germany and a 28 MWp project in Poland. Both projects, which are already under construction, stand out in the market for their fully merchant nature, operating without long-...... read more...
PNE AG
PNE Group commissions two further wind farms

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31 Jan 2025 | Cuxhaven (renewablepress) - With the Saint-Aubin-du-Plain wind farm, the PNE Group has commissioned the first wind farm outside Germany to be transferred to its own operation portfolio. The wind farm in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France went into trial operation at the end of 2024. The transition phase (‘spot period’) then began in mid-January. On 1 February 2025, the wind farm will finally enter into the 20-year Contract for Difference (CFD). The Herbsleben-Dachwig wind farm in Thuringia was also put into operation. Together, the two wind farms increase the total rated power of the wind farms operated by the PNE Group to ...... read more...
Energiequelle GmbH
Energiequelle GmbH receives permits for two wind farms in Germany

Visualization of the planned repowering wind farm in Minden (Lower Saxony) © Energiequelle GmbH
30 Jan 2025 | Kallinchen (renewablepress) - The permits for two Energiequelle GmbH wind farms in Germany were granted in December. In Lüben in Lower Saxony and Minden in North Rhine-Westphalia, preparations are now beginning for the tendering and construction of the eight turbines. The wind farms have a total capacity of 38.4 MW and will contribute to a sustainable energy supply in the regions in future. Repowering in Minden In Minden, in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Energiequelle is planning to dismantle two Enercon and three NEG Micon turbines as part of a repowering project. Three Nordex N149 turbines with a total height of 20...... read more...
wpd GmbH
wpd enters into PPA with LyondellBasell for Italian wind farm project
Construction of a turbine tower at the Licata wpd wind farm © wpd GmbH
30 Jan 2025 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd, one of the leading international planners and operators of wind farms and solar parks, has signed a ten-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Netherlands-based company LyondellBasell for the Italian onshore wind project Licata. The Licata wind farm is located on the southern coast of Sicily and is currently under construction. The seven Vestas V150 turbines with a total capacity of 30 MW will generate around 79,000 megawatt hours of electrical energy per year, which corresponds to the electricity consumption of approximately 32,000 households. It is the first project from a 1.3 GW pipeline in Italy, w...... read more...
JUWI GmbH
JUWI to build 340 MW of solar PV projects in South Africa in 2025

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28 Jan 2025 | Cape Town / Wörrstadt (renewablepress) - JUWI Renewable Energies (www.juwi.co.za), a global renewable energy leader, today announced plans to begin construction on three major private solar projects in 2025. Representing investments of over ZAR6 billion (US-$ 320 m) and totaling 340 megawatts (MW) of capacity, the projects will make a major contribution to South Africa’s clean energy transition while serving key players in the mining, data centre, and energy sectors, including Glencore, Teraco, Sasol, and Air Liquide. Together, the projects will generate over 1 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of clean energy annually, enough to power 200,00...... read more...
Qualitas Energy Service GmbH
Qualitas Energy acquires 250 MW wind energy portfolio in Germany
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Qualitas Energy acquires 250 MW wind energy portfolio in Germany © Braeson Holland/Pexels
28 Jan 2025 | Berlin (renewablepress) - Qualitas Energy, a global investment and management platform focused on renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure investment, announced today the acquisition of a 250 MW wind energy portfolio in Germany. The portfolio features four wind farm projects, already at an advanced stage of development, with a total of 37 turbines planned across the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse, Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemberg. Once operational, the wind farms will supply green electricity to over 166,000 households -equivalent to powering a city with a population of 498,000 residents, such as ...... read more...
Tion Renewables GmbH
Tion Renewables Announces New CEO to Drive Next Phase of Growth
Tion Renewables’ new CEO Ingmar Helmke © Elfriede Liebenow
28 Jan 2025 | Munich (renewablepress) - Tion Renewables GmbH (“Tion”), a fast-growing renewable energy producer operating in five European countries and headquartered in Munich, Germany, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ingmar Helmke as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2025. Ingmar Helmke, a highly accomplished leader in renewable energy, brings extensive experience in building successful businesses and managing investments across the renewable energy value chain, from project inception to operation. His distinguished career includes senior roles at Macquarie Capital’s Green Investment Group and the renowned investment ma...... read more...
Nordex SE
Nordex Group reaches new heights with its inhouse developed hybrid tower: The second N175/6.X has now been installed - for the first time with a hub height of 179 metres

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27 Jan 2025 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - On January 26, 2025, the Nordex Group installed a N175/6.X turbine for the first time on a self-developed concrete-steel tower with a hub height of 179 metres in Santow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. The hybrid tower is an in-house design of the Nordex Group. The 119-metre-high concrete tower of the hybrid tower is based on the proven concrete tower technology that has been used worldwide by Nordex for more than 15 years. Thanks to the further development of the robust, proven product, it has been possible to adapt and improve the concrete tower segments to achieve higher hub heights. This is an ad...... read more...