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Project development

Portfolio growth engine

Aquila Clean Energy takes full ownership of the development of greenfield projects, ensuring all necessary permits, gird connection and project rights are secured, with comprehensive technical and environmental assessments to ensure an LCoE optimal and ESG compliant layout.

Employee portrait Andrew Wojtek who is Chief Investment Officer at Aquila Clean Energy.

Aquila Clean Energy combines a strategic macro view on European clean energy with a local approach to project development, construction, operations and sustainability, complemented by a numbers-driven mindset.

Andrew Wojtek, Chief Executive Officer

Driving Europe’s energy transition

We generate value by strategically selecting sites that offer the best infrastructure potential and develop hybrid clean energy projects that optimise the grid connection. With our own expert teams in investment, development, procurement, construction and markets management, we have built an integrated and sustainable clean energy business by applying a holistic and industrial approach.

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Clean energy investments

Clean energy investments

We are equipped to fund the entire asset lifecycle including project development capital (greenfield and brownfield), construction equity and long-term capital to hold operating assets.

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Project development

Project development

Our in-house team of engineering experts, in collaboration with our dedicated project development team, design and help bring to fruition our clean energy projects. We ensure local engagement and community involvement are cornerstones of our clean energy developments from the start. To safeguard a project’s success, we optimise and realise projects alongside partners.

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Construction management

Construction management

We oversee construction management to ensure our projects are delivered on-time, within budget and with the highest quality standards including managing the design, engineering and execution. Our global scale and dedicated procurement team helps us stay competitive, ensures supply security and keeps us at the cutting edge of technological developments. Additionally, we rigorously adhere to all required standards and rules and regulations while executing.

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Market management

Market management

Working closely with our Europe-based experts, we tackle the growing complexity around energy market volatility by strategically managing commodity and electricity prices, interest rates and currencies.

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Operational asset management

Operational asset management

Our assets are managed in-house with a long-term ownership horizon. We leverage a proactive management approach to help us optimise asset performance.

Capital structuring

Capital structuring

Aquila Clean Energy structures capital across the capital spectrum to support the growth of our business and give investors and financiers access to a diversified portfolio of clean energy assets.

Employee portrait of Sebastian Krull who is Head Corporate Solutions at Aquila Clean Energy.

At Aquila Clean Energy we ensure our projects are built to achieve the highest quality for long-term operational excellence while maintaining the lowest LCoE possible.

Sebastian Krull, Chief of Staff

A first look at our utility-scale assets

  • Solar EGA
  • Battery energy storage system and moody grey sky.
  • The Rock

  • Solar PV: EGA

    Our solar PV plant in Spain has a capacity of 30 MWp, generated by 72,380 solar panels across 69 ha, all integrated seamlessly into its natural surroundings.

  • Battery storage: Kairos

    With an installed capacity of 25 MWp, the battery energy storage system (BESS) Kairos will be the largest in Belgium and one of the first four-hour duration BESS units in the European Union.

  • Wind energy: The Rock

    The 72 wind turbines comprise one of the largest standalone onshore wind farms in Norway, generating around 1.3 TWh of clean energy annually (≈annual energy consumption of 3.9 million European households).

Aquila Clean Energy wins IJGlobal award

Aquila Clean Energy wins IJGlobal award "Best renewable energy solar deal in Europe in 2022"

– Aquila Clean Energy has won the award for its EUR 1 billion construction facility for renewable energy projects in Southern Europe executed in 2022

– Financing was conducted under the InvestEU programme with the European Investment Bank and seven commercial banks as partners

– The IJGlobal Award is a highly prestigious award for infrastructure investing

Hamburg, 10 March 2023 – Aquila Clean Energy EMEA, Aquila Capital’s clean energy development platform in Europe, has won the IJGlobal Award in the category “Renewable Energy Solar deal of the year – Europe”. This prize was presented for the best-in-class transaction …

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    Our sustainability impact

    We aim to maximise the positive and minimise the negative impact we have on society and the environment. We use best practices to continuously advance this work.

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    Our operations

    Aquila Clean Energy strives for day-to-day operational excellence. Learn more about our approach here.

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