06.05.2022 | Bremen / New York (renewablepress) - Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), a leading independent infrastructure investor, and wpd AG (“wpd”), a leading project developer and independent renewables power producer (IRPP) for onshore wind, offshore wind and solar, are pleased to announce that they have signed definitive agreements for GIP to acquire 100% of wpd offshore GmbH (“wpd offshore”), the offshore wind business of wpd. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
wpd offshore is a leading offshore wind platform with over 20 years of development experience, a track record of ~7 GW developed to date, and a presence ...
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25.02.2022 | Bremen (renewablepress) - Speculative reports on a possible sale of Bremer wpd AG are subject of misinformation, as the company announces today. Contrary to various false reports of the past days, there are no wpd AG shares for sale and Nomura Greentech has no consultancy mandate... more...
31.01.2022 | Bremen (renewablepress) - At the end of July 2021, wpd offshore has become the first company in Romania to officially apply for the development of offshore wind energy projects in the Black Sea. The Black Sea 1 (500 MW) and Black Sea 2 (approx. 1.4 GW) projects, for which separa... more...
07.12.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd has signed an agreement with Nordex Group for the supply of wind turbines for the onshore project Stöllsäterberget in Sweden. For the 47 MW project owned by wpd europe, Nordex will supply eight N163/5.X turbines and will provide premium service for ... more...
25.11.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - KfW IPEX-Bank is financing the construction and operation of the northern Finnish Nuolivaara wind farm for the German project developer wpd europe GmbH and is contributing all of the debt capital as well as the necessary ancillary facilities. The wind fa... more...
23.08.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd will soon begin construction of three photovoltaic projects in Taiwan. So far, the Bremen-based project developer and operator of wind and solar parks has implemented 38 PV projects in the country with a total capacity of 9.25 MW. With the new projec... more...
28.07.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd, the Bremen-based project developer and operator of wind and solar farms, is adding another project to its pipeline in the Philippines. The Aklan project is an onshore wind farm with a total capacity of 75.6 MW. Triconti ECC Renewables Corporation, a... more...
27.07.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - External rating agencies have rated the development of wpd as stable and positive since 2003. In the current report by Scope Hamburg, the Bremen-based company is also awarded the coveted A rating. The assessment of the stable positive development is base... more...
23.07.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - Together with Levanta Renewables, a Singapore-based developer of renewable energy projects in Southeast Asia, German developer wpd is planning the Kon Plong onshore wind energy project in the Vietnamese province of Kon Tum, located about 780 km southeast... more...
07.06.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - A few days ago, wpd was able to record the surpassing of the mark of 200,000 MWh of green electricity generated in the current year in the Spanish 177 MW Torozos portfolio. This means that the four projects El Poleo (14 Siemens Gamesa G132 turbines of 3.... more...
19.05.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd, together with Commerzbank and Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB), can announce the achievement of financial close in the Finnish project Karhunnevankangas (Karhu). This means that the financing of wpd europe's largest onshore wind project, which will... more...
07.05.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd opens up the Greek market for onshore and offshore wind energy and solar energy. The company is active with its own companies - wpd solar Hellas and wpd Hellas onshore - and is taking up project development activities in the wind and solar sectors at... more...
14.04.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd has concluded a supply agreement with turbine manufacturer Nordex for the Finnish onshore project Nuolivaara. The Nuolivaara wind farm is wpd's first construction project in Lapland, beyond the Arctic Circle. It will be the fourth joint project of wp... more...
11.01.2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd and its Finnish team can report an important success in one of Northern Europe’s growth markets. In the 188 MW project “Karhunnevankangas” in the western Finnish region of Österbotten the decision has been made which turbine type will be installed in... more...
22.10.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - Poland's exciting market for renewable energies continues to gain momentum and wpd is contributing to this as a successful wind farm project developer. With wpd Polska sp. z o.o. as its national company, wpd has been operating from the Poznan location si... more...
19.10.2020 |
Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd continues to successfully position itself as a project developer in the North American market for wind and solar energy. With the conceptual design of a wind farm currently under development as a ‘hybrid system project’ combining wind energy, sol... more...
26.08.2020 |
Bremen (renewablepress) - During the last days a strong group of contractors has signed supply agreements with wpd on the 350 MW Guanyin project off the coast of Taoyuan (Taiwan). They are now ready to start the construction with planned commissioning in 2022 as soon as the r... more...
13.08.2020 |
Bremen (renewablepress) - On 29 July, wpd Polska was able to welcome high-ranking visitors to the "Jarocin Koźmin" and "Koźmin Pilot" wind farms: Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Development Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz had accepted the invitation of the Polish Wind Energy ... more...
21.07.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd can record further success in the marketing of wind power in Poland. A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) was concluded with ENGIE Zielona Energia Sp. z o.o., a wholly owned subsidiary of the French energy supply group ENGIE SA.
The PPA was signed bet... more...
26.06.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - The rating agency Euler Hermes has been rating wpd AG since 2003 and since then has consistently awarded the company its coveted A rating. The rating report is based on an extensive analysis and evaluation of the company’s figures and it confirms that wp... more...
23.06.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - In the important Northern European market for long-term electricity supply contracts, so-called power purchase agreements (PPAs), wpd has recently concluded an agreement with another reputable company. K Group, which has its headquarters in Helsinki, cap... more...
17.06.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - The French wpd project company ‘Energie Vendée SAS’ can announce an important contract conclusion: ENERCON will supply the turbines for the onshore wind energy project ‘Auzay’.
The Auzay project is located in the municipality of Auchay sur Vendée, Dép... more...
04.06.2020 | Paris (renewablepress) - EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of the EDF Group, Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) NYSE:ENB), a leading energy infrastructure company in North America, and wpd, a European renewable energy company, announced today the launch of the Fécamp offshore wind farm following... more...
29.05.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - For the first time, wpd was able to conclude an offsite corporate PPA with physical delivery in Poland. Orange Polska S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of France's largest telecommunications group Orange S.A., is a renowned company that has been secured to... more...
28.05.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd can report further successes with the Spanish project cluster ‘Torozos’ even in times made more difficult by the corona crisis. Through its project company for the onshore wind farm project ‘Corralnuevo’, the Bremen-based developer and operator of on... more...
27.05.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - For wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, the green light can soon be given for the installation of the first turbines at the Aldermyrberget wind farm in the municipality of Skellefteå in the north of Sweden. After challenging infrastructure work, which bega... more...
13.05.2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - In Spain, wpd can further expand its successful commitment of many years and is on the road to success even in difficult times due to corona. Following the implementation of three projects in record time in 2019, construction work is now underway on the ... more...
wpd was founded in 1996 in Bremen/Germany and has become one of the leading developers and operators of wind on- and offshore and solar farms in Europe. With a staff of 3,200 employees worldwide, the wpd group has realized projects with 2,400 wind turbines and an output of 5,150 MW in total.
In addition to developing projects in-house, wpd also assumes project partnerships, commercial set-up, contractual drafting, project financing until completion and operation of wind turbines. wpd is constantly expanding its international activities and has set up a worldwide project pipeline of 12,300 MW onshore, 13,800 MW offshore and 1,650 MWp solar PV. Today, the company is active in 28 countries worldwide.
Since 2003, wpd has consistently received a first-class A rating from the Euler Hermes agency (Allianz Group). In addition to the positive status quo analysis, this external assessment of creditworthiness also illustrates the company's very good future prospects.
