List of the 125 largest solar O&M companies in Europe [2024]

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List of 5 solar energy operations and maintenance companies in Europe

Solar energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources in order to fight climate change. Especially in southern European countries – like Spain, Italy etc. – solar energy is already an important part of the energy mix – and its share is growing. Accordingly, it is essential to maintain and operate the solar parks professionally. The following article presents five operations and maintenance companies focusing on solar parks.

1) BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH (Kolitzheim, Germany) 

Belectric Solar & Battery GmbH is one of the best-known solar park operations and maintenance companies in Europe and especially in Germany, where Belectric has its headquarters. The 2001 founded company is active globally and offers services for classic solar power plants, floating PV, battery storage, hybrid plants or repowering projects. Belectric is active all over the value chain, starting from innovation, project development, over EPC to O&M services. Thus, it can be considered one of the leading solar O&M companies in Europe.

2) Scatec ASA (Oslo, Norway) 

Scatec ASA is one of the largest renewable energy companies worldwide. The industry giant was founded in 2007 and acts globally, with their headquarters in Oslo, Norway. Scatec has over 3 GW of projects in operation. The company has expertise in a variety of different renewables – starting from hydro, over wind and storage projects to solar energy. As Belectric, Scatec is involved in all steps in the value chain – operations and maintenance being a huge part in their services.

3) Sonnedix Power Holdings Limited (Saint Grégoire, France)

The name is program – Sonnedix Power Holdings Limited is a renewable energy company focusing on solar assets. The renewable energy producer not only develops and builds renewable energy projects, but also operates them. Since the founding in 2009, the company has accumulated a total capacity of over 9GW (including the development pipeline). Their main market is Europe, but the Saint-Grégoire based company is also active in Chile, Japan and the USA.

Update 2024: Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd has initiated the construction of the Sonnedix Douro, a 149-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Portugal. This marks the company’s largest PV park in Europe. Situated in the municipality of Tarouca, Viseu district, northern Portugal, the project will be executed by local EPC firm Zagope and is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

4) Acciona, SA (Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain) 

When listing important renewable energy companies, one company, of course, cannot be left out – Acciona SA. The Madrid-based renewable energy company is one of the biggest worldwide – with a very portfolio of renewable energy assets. Operations and maintenance is one of the biggest pillar in their renewable energy section. The globally active company offers operations and maintenance services both fixed and mobile solar panels.

Update 2024: In January 2024, Acciona Energia finalised its inaugural hybrid renewable energy facility. This hybrid park, consisting of a 36MW wind component and a 29MW solar plant, has been integrated into the existing Escepar wind farm site in Spain. The project spans across the municipalities of Villalba del Rey and Tinajas in Cuenca.

Ecoprime is an Italian renewable energy company offering services for solar parks all over the value chain – one of which is operations and maintenance. The company was founded in 2011 and mainly focuses on wind and solar assets in Italy, France and Spain. Regarding their O&M services, the company has expertise in both large green field plants as well as roof top plants.

Using our list to establish valuable connections

Our comprehensive list, conveniently delivered in an Excel file format, serves as an ideal resource for discovering new customers or potential partnerships across various sectors in the industry. The user-friendly Excel file enables you to filter the data based on your specific criteria. With just a few simple clicks, you can easily identify specific (European) operations and for example search for maintenance companies based in Italy and Spain, actively engaged with solar parks.

Establishing our database

To create our comprehensive database of European renewable energy operations and maintenance companies, our team screens transactions, analyzes new projects, and maintains connections with key players in the renewables sector. Our state-of-the-art crawler technology ensures that the list is continuously updated and expanded multiple times throughout the year. Every entry in the list is also accessible in our online database. In case we missed an important company, please submit it here.

Included columns in our list

This list includes all solar operations and maintenance companies from our database, all information that is available on specific web pages, and even more data points (like executives). The list includes all publicly available information or data points shared by the companies themselves.

• Company Name
• Legal form
• URL
• Country
• City
• Postcode
• Address
• Email
• Phone
• Onshore Wind?
• Offshore Wind?
• Solar?
• Hydro?
• Hydrogen projects?
• Energy storage?
• Biomass/Biogas?
• Management
• Regional Focus
• Founding year

Picture Sources: Kamran Abdullayev & Markus Spiske via Unsplash, 20.07.2023