Category: Investors
In Switzerland, solar power has been growing rapidly due to declining system costs as well as a feed-in tariff by the government. Following companies with large PV portfolios are headquartered in Switzerland. 1) SUSI Partners AG Based in Zug, SUSI Partners is a private fund manager that provides institutional clients with access to private equity […]
As one of the first countries to ever deploy grid-scale PV, Germany was also one of the first countries to reach 1GW of total installed PV capacity in the year 2004. Since then, solar energy in Germany has been growing significantly. Reasons for the growth could be the German Renewable Energy Sources Act that introduced […]
About one-twelfth of the total energy that is produced in Italy, including non-renewable energy, is from PV solar plants. An impressive growth has taken place over the last decade due to the change in the levelized cost of energy, which has dropped by over 80%. The following three companies have been part of this change […]
Solar energy in France started to be substantial around 2008 and from then on, grew continually over the years. In 2021, France expanded its existing portfolio of renewable energy capacity with over 2.6GW of additional solar. With France‘s ambitious 100GW solar target for 2050, France is now planning to install 5GW of new solar capacity […]
As one of the European countries with the most sunshine hours, Spain has a high potential for solar energy. No wonder that Spain was one of the first countries to deploy utility-scale solar and is the world leader in concentrated solar power production. The following three companies own huge PV portfolios in Spain. 1) Iberdrola […]
As part of the European Union, Croatia aims to become one of many European countries to become climate neutral by 2050. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic announced the country has obtained up to €9bn worth of funding from the EU’s multiannual financial framework to help Croatia achieve the target. Currently, the largest source of renewable energy […]
Compared to neighboring European countries, Austria’s solar portfolio is modest and in 2017 the Austrian wind group IG Windkraft reported a decline in clean energy consumption by 1.2% to 72.2%. Despite the decline, in 2018 renewables accounted for 29% of the total energy supply which ranked sixth in International Energy Agency (IEA) countries. The majority […]
While the UK is not necessarily known for sunny weather, there are several solar investors in the UK that own a huge portfolio of PV assets. Three of the largest PV portfolio owners in the UK are the following. This article is based on our top 50 database of renewable energy investors from the UK. […]
New York as a renewables-supportive state is a leader in the transition to a greener energy future, mainly because of its wind energy. The state has committed to the most ambitious climate goals of the whole nation: to shift away from fossil fuels and stop adding to climate change by 2050. The following three companies […]
The whole state of Texas, especially western Texas, is known for its abundant open country areas. They offer great potential for solar and wind projects which raises the state to one of the greatest potential producers of renewable energy in the US. Moreover, solar farms are more cost effective in West Texas since insolation levels […]