Octopus Energy Generation has acquired the 122 MW Schiebsdorf solar farm in Brandenburg and the 20.8 MW Hartungshof solar farm in Saarland, Germany.
“We’ve reached a major milestone with these investments – they are not only our first move into solar in Germany, but Schiebsdorf will also become the largest solar farm in our European generation portfolio,” said Zoisa North-Bond, CEO of Octopus Energy Generation.
“Solar farms like these are bringing cheaper, greener energy to more people. And we’re geared up to rapidly scale our renewables investments in the coming years to further amplify Germany’s green energy revolution.”
Together, the two solar projects will be capable of generating the equivalent power for 55,000 German homes per annum.
The Hartungshof solar farm came online in March 2023, while the Schiebsdorf solar project is currently under construction and slated to come online later this year.
The solar farms were acquired by the Sky (ORI SCsp) fund which is managed by Octopus Energy Generation.
The two solar deals represent the latest efforts from the Octopus to direct €1 billion of investment into green energy infrastructure in Germany by 2027, aligning with the German government’s target to secure 80% of its electricity from renewables by 2030.
Octopus entered the German renewables sector 18 months ago and has since backed four onshore wind farms and taken a stake in the Butendiek offshore wind farm, with ‘several more projects across solar, onshore wind, offshore wind and storage already in the pipeline’.
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