Germany has been a pioneer in renewable energy in various analyses and is considered a driver of achieving climate neutrality. With expertise in wind energy, solar energy and biomass, the country in central Europe is also broadly positioned.
Accordingly, there is a high demand for service providers who advise, build and take care of existing plants. In the following article renewables.digital present three German renewable energy service providers.
1. wpd windmanager GmbH & Co. KG (Bremen, O&M)
wpd windmanager is a subsidiary of the wpd AG – a more than well-known German company in the wind energy market. The Bremen-based company is specialized in operation and maintenance, technical as well as commercial. The general focus is – as the name suggests – (onshore and offshore) wind energy. Operating worldwide, the service provider has worked together with roughly 530 wind parks.
2. PNE AG (Cuxhaven, O&M, IT-Services)
The PNE AG is a German service provider based in Cuxhaven. While being active in the development of renewable energy plants, the company also offers operation and maintenance as well as IT-Services and repowering and continued operation. Focusing on solar and wind parks – currently they manage over 750 wind energy parks (onshore and offshore plants) with a total of 1,6 GW installed capacity.
3. STEAG Energy Services GmbH (Essen, Consulting, Construction, O&M)
STEAG is one of Germanies most relevant player in the energy market. The Essen-based company is active in a variety of renewable energy sources, from solar energy to solar thermal and geothermal energy to biomass to wind energy. Their service portfolio is also broadly diversified – STEAG offers consulting, development, construction and operation and management of renewable energy plants. Through various subsidiaries the company is active worldwide.
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