List of the 275 largest wind farm investors in Europe [2024]

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List of 5 large wind farm investors in Europe

As the European Union has set the high goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050, and to achieve a 32% share of renewable energy in total energy consumption by 2030, the investment field is as buzzing as ever. While states are highly involved in investing in the development and construction of renewable energy sites as well as energy infrastructure, a lot of private investors and companies are getting more and more involved in the business.

Besides solar energy, the most common renewable energy, to date, is wind energy – onshore parks and offshore parks are therefore of high interest for all investors. Moreover – With a sufficient site selection, wind energy is highly efficient, even more than solar energy. Especially in the Nordic countries, where sun exposure is lower, wind energy is very common. In the following article, Renewables.Digital presents 5 of the leading European wind energy investors.

1. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Copenhagen (Denmark)

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is one of the largest fund managers in the sector of renewable energy worldwide. Their portfolio is broadly diversified and combines classic renewable energy assets as wind energy, solar energy with biomass/energy-from-waste or storage investments. Concerning wind energy, the Copenhagen-based investor is interested in both offshore and onshore wind and has accumulated over 1400MW of installed wind capacity, mostly in the United Kingdom where their general geographical focus lies – Nonetheless, the investor is active worldwide.

Update 2024: In early 2024, CIP’s Energy Transition Fund I (CI ETF I) acquired complete ownership of Soltec’s early-stage solar PV portfolio in Denmark. The portfolio comprises development projects with a collective potential installed capacity of approximately 850MWDC, located throughout Denmark, with the majority situated in Jutland.

2. Eiffel Investment Group, Paris (France)

The Eiffel Investment Group is based in Paris and was founded in 2009. Since then the French investor has grown to one of the most important players in the renewable energy field and has over 6.5 billion euros in assets under management. The Group understands itself as a “responsible investor” and is offering Private Debt, Energy Transition, Listed Credit & Equity as well as Private Equity strategies. The Energy Transition strategy is particularly tailored to renewable energy: Eiffel offers investments solutions in project developments of solar parks as well as in wind farms.

Update 2024: The Eiffel Investment Group has successfully concluded the fundraising for its program “Eiffel Impact Debt II” with commitments amounting to nearly €800 million. The finalization of this program rises the company’s total private debt assets under management to over 3.3 billion euros as of June 2024.    

3. Finerge, Lisboa (Portugal)

The Portuguese investor Finerge has offices in Matosinhos as well as in Lisboa and is one of the biggest renewable energy investors in Portugal and Europe. With the management of 89 Wind Farms and 17 PV solar plants the focus of the Portuguese investor clearly is wind energy. The company has an overall installed capacity of 2,140 MW with 4,500 GWh of annual electricity production. Finerge is not only an investor in renewable energy plants but is also active in the development and management of such. Founded in 1996 the company has worked its way up and is as active as ever – recently (in 2021) Finerge has invested in 3 wind parks.

Update 2024: The renewable energy platform in the Iberian region boasts nearly 2 gigawatts of operational assets. 

4. Wirtgen Invest, Wied (Germany)

Wirtgen Invest is one of the most relevant renewable energy investors in Germany. While the firm sees the huge potential of renewable energy and the financing of innovative ideas in this field, Wirtgen Invest also feels that companies have a social and ecological responsibility. Therefore the Wied-based investor has a renewable energy portfolio that is mostly based on solar and wind energy. Their geographical focus is Europe and their wind parks are based in Sweden and Poland. Wirtgen manages 15 renewable wind and solar parks with over 613 MWp of connected power. 

5. RP Global, Vienna (Austria)

RP Global is a Vienna-based independent power producer and functions as a developer, an investor and an operator. Founded in the 1990s, the company can look back on a nearly fourty-year history and is an experienced player in the field. Nowadays RP Global has a portfolio over over thirty-five renewable energy plants, consisting of wind farms, solar parks and hydro plants, totaling in more than 7 GW in Europe alone. Most of their wind parks are based in Poland and France, 2 wind parks are also based in Croatia. These windparks combined make up for over 250MW of installed capacity.

Research for our directory of European wind farm investors

As all our lists do, gathering data for our list of European wind energy investors is based an intensive research process: our team screens transactions, analyzes new projects, and cooperates with various investors and project developers in the renewables industry. Through our state-of-the-art crawler technology, the list is updated and extended multiple times per year. In case we missed an important investor, please submit it here.

Different types of green energy investors covered

Our list mainly includes three different types of renewable energy investors: asset- and investment-managers, utilities, and family offices. Asset managers are investing in the name of institutional investors and managing a renewables portfolio for their funds. That includes operating the portfolio, selling the energy through PPAs and on the free market, and acquiring new assets. Utilities are acquiring – and in some cases building on their own – renewable assets to ensure CO2-neutral and cheap energy supply for their customers. Family offices – the investment firms of high net worth families – recently started to invest in renewables and also to acquire wind and solar parks.

Included columns in our list

Our list includes all renewable energy investors from our database, all information that is available on specific investor pages, and even more data points (like executives). The list includes all publicly available information or data points shared by the investors themselves. For instance, specific information like installed capacity are only included when stated on the website.

• Company Name
• Legal form
• URL
• Country
• City
• Postcode
• Address
• Email
• Phone
• LinkedIn Account of C-Level Executives
• Onshore Wind?
• Offshore Wind?
• Solar?
• Hydro?
• Tidal?
• Hydrogen projects?
• Geothermal?
• Energy storage?
• PPA?
• Type of Investor (Asset-/Investmentmanager, Family Office, Utility, IPP (Independent Power Producer))
• Executives
• Regional Focus
• Installed capacity in MW

Picture Source: Zhang Fengsheng & Insung Yoon (27.03.2023)