Top 600 Renewable Energy Developers in Europe [2025]

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List of 5 large renewable energy developers in Europe

The transition of the energy supply is of great importance when it comes to our environment’s future and, thus, our own future. More and more energy developers become aware of the seriousness of the situation and have taken on the responsibility of creating a greener energy generation and particularly a sustainable future. With this increased awareness, international and regional developers are orienting themselves towards developing innovative and renewable energy generation. While some specialize in one sector, such as wind parks or solar farms, others try to establish a wide range of renewable energy projects by evolving not only solar parks and wind farms (onshore and offshore) but also less popular methods like hydrogen projects, biomass, hydropower or the field of energy storage. In the following, five of the largest European renewable energy developers will be presented.

1) EDF Renewables (Paris, France)

As an expert in wind energy generation and storage, the French developer from Paris strives for optimization in the context of using natural resources for energy generation. Approaching the overall goal of contributing their part to the energy transition, EDF Renewables uses the latest technologies to utilize various renewable energy sources. In collaboration with their subsidiary Theolia Naturenergien GmbH, EDF Renewables developed renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 500MW. Besides the wind parks, EDF Renewables is operating energy storage projects with a capacity of 5 GW and is currently working on its expansion to an additional 10 GW of energy storage worldwide within the next 15 years. EDF Renewables is one of the most active renewable energy independent power producers worldwide, some of the current projects are a wind farm projects in the Umsombomvu municipality or a solar farm with battery in the UK east Midlands region.

2) EDP Renováveis SA (Madrid, Spain)

EDP Renováveis is a developer from Madrid focusing on onshore and offshore wind parks and solar farms. By sharing the goal of modifying the energy supply chain to a sustainable and greener version, the Spanish developer is continuously striving for operational excellence within renewable energy projects. As the third-largest wind energy producer worldwide, EDP Renewables seeks to become a global leader in renewable energy generation while simultaneously conveying its values of innovation, sustainability and humanization. Since its founding in 2007, the renewable energy project developer has entered 15 markets across the globe, enabling the installed capacity to be 11.361 MW. This makes EDP Renováveis one of the largest renewable energy developers in Europe. In 2022, the renewable energy giant has added over 2 GW to their portfolio.

Update 2024: EDP Renováveis SA secured a 20-year contract-for-difference (CfD) for 100 MW of wind power through an auction in Italy. The awarded CfDs concern three onshore wind projects in the country’s southern region. The wind parks are anticipated to start operations by 2026.

3) Voltalia (Paris, France)

The Paris-based developer holds a broad portfolio focusing on renewable energy projects, including five different categories of renewable energy generation. By developing innovative solutions, Voltalia was able to develop projects in solar, wind energy, hydro power, biomass, and energy storage. In Addition to innovation and sustainability, the French developer values ingenuity, integrity, entrepreneurship and team spirit. Overall, Voltalia-developed projects are present in 20 different countries, summing up a capacity of 8.5 GW through projects under development and 1.3 GW by projects under construction.

4) Scatec (Oslo, Norway)

The significant capacity size of Scatec’s portfolio is 3035 MW, comprised of various renewable energy projects. Although the most significant amount is ascribable to the field of solar energy, the achieved capacity through hydropower is a speciality of the Norwegian developer. Even though wind energy projects are also included in the portfolio, this kind of energy generation is not in the focus so far. By aiming to change the energy supply towards a sustainable future, the Oslo-based developer implements the projects by integrating reliable and innovative technologies.

5) Enel Green Power (Rome, Italy)

Enel Green Power represents the leader in Italy’s renewable energy sector. While approaching their mission of driving the energy supply transition forward, the Rome-based developer realised renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 49 GW. This capacity of generated energy is ascribable to different categories of renewable energy projects, such as solar farms, wind parks, hydroelectric, geothermal and biomass. By continuously improving its technologies and adding more renewable energy projects to its portfolio, Enel Green Power is aiming towards a decarbonization of society and the beginning of a sustainable energy supply.

Renewables developers in Europe: our database in a nutshell

Almost every large-scale renewable energy installation in Europe is based on the work of a renewable energy developer. Developers acquire land plots, realize the installation of PV-panels or wind energy generators, connect the installation to the grid and subsequently sell it to renewable energy investors. Our list is the most extensive database of European renewable energy developers.

Included columns in our list

• Company Name
• Legal form
• URL
• Country
• City
• Postcode
• Address
• Email
• Phone
• Onshore Wind?
• Offshore Wind?
• Solar?
• Hydro?
• Tidal?
• Hydrogen projects?
• Geothermal?
• Energy storage?
• Biomass?
• IPP?
• PPAs?
• Repowering?
• Management
• Regional Focus
• Founding year
• Installed capacity in MW

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