Energy

Ypsilon – EU Commission wants to fundamentally reform the three known ESG categories

The EU Commission is planning a fundamental reform of the ESG categories for fund products, replacing the previous Articles 6, 8 and 9 with new categories. The changes are to be applied from 2028 and aim to introduce stronger sustainability standards.

Wüest Partner publishes Renewables Report 2025: Real estate is driving the energy transition

The new 'Renewables Report Germany 2025' by Wüest Partner shows that 61% of net electricity in the first half of 2025 will come from renewable energies. Rooftop photovoltaic systems are crucial for the energy transition, while challenges such as overloaded grids remain.

SFDR 2.0: Europe is slowly getting the hang of it!

Europe is finally daring to ask what a sustainable product actually is. The SFDR reform is nothing less than an attempt to bring order to a decade of regulatory chaos.

Ems-Quartier Meppen – Lindhorst Group commissions MBN as general contractor, schedule fixed

The Lindhorst Group has selected MBN GmbH as the general contractor for the conversion of the Ems Quarter in Meppen, with a full opening in the second quarter of 2027. The revitalization emphasizes sustainability and will integrate regional construction companies.

Increased demand for solar energy in its portfolio: Goldbeck Facility Services retrofits three properties with PV systems

Goldbeck Facility Services is equipping three properties with photovoltaic systems to increase energy efficiency and promote climate protection. Projects in Borgholzhausen and Plauen as well as a pilot project with adhesive PV modules at Bolton Adhesives demonstrate the commitment to sustainable solutions.

Closing ranks for the housing industry: Westbridge acquires energy service provider EKB

The Westbridge Group (Westbridge) and EKB GmbH (EKB) are joining forces to support the housing industry even more comprehensively and efficiently in energy and supply management in the future.

aedifion White Paper: Digital Transformation as a Strategic Success Factor for the Sustainable Value Retention of the Building Stock

aedifion's white paper shows how digital technologies are contributing to more sustainable, efficient and resilient real estate portfolios in the face of rising energy prices and stricter ESG requirements.

Solvency II and BESS investments: No infrastructure quota, but an infrastructure template – if you understand it, you can use it

While the German AnlV diverts capital flows, Solvency II tries to accompany them in a risk-appropriate manner. Reduced capital requirements are intended to open up capital in particular for infrastructure – keyword: qualified infrastructure.

Why the real assets portfolio should get a roof

Institutional investors are faced with the task of bringing stability and resilience to their investments in real estate and other alternatives. The aim is not only to manage the investments more efficiently, but also to hedge against market fluctuations.

Dr. Peters Group cooperates with wiwi consult and Wi IPP on real asset investments in renewable energies

Dr. Peters sees great demand among high-net-worth private investors as well as semi-professional and institutional investors

Investments in large-scale battery storage systems (BESS): New rules for prioritizing grid connections?

Battery Energy Storage System systems are attracting keen investment interest from institutional investors. This article is specifically dedicated to the current "flood" of grid connection requests for battery storage systems from transmission and distribution system operators in Germany.

Photovoltaic system completed in the Neckar.Au district: LAVA ENERGY implements integrated energy concept for Instone Real Estate

As part of the district development Neckar.Au Rottenburg am Neckar, LAVA ENERGY, an expert in economical and climate-neutral energy solutions for real estate, has equipped the Neckar.Sustain and Neckar.Rooms construction sites with a photovoltaic system.

Infrastructure Asset Class Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) – Some (technical) insights into practice

Large-scale battery storage systems (BESS plants) that can be monetized in the electricity and balancing power market are increasingly attracting the interest of institutional investors as an infrastructure asset class – most recently due to return expectations in the double digit range (proclaimed by fund providers).

Energy transition in open-ended real estate funds – classification of the innovations in the Economic Development Act (StoFöG)

Open-ended real estate funds have been encountering legal grey areas in the integration of renewable energies for years. With the new Location Promotion Act (StoFöG), the legislator wants to eliminate these uncertainties.

Stuttgart: LAVA ENERGY buys listed building for new company headquarters

The property is located in a central city centre location between Karlshöhe and Königstraße. The seller is a German insurance company and the transaction was brokered by Colliers.

CSRD creates transparency – energy policy must take greater account of the social dimension

Comment on the ZIA press release by Dr. Michael Heigl, Director Sustainability at Wüest Partner

Heat transition in Zwickau: NEXT Generation’s infrastructure fund invests in wood energy plant

This is a plant that produces electricity, heat and, as a by-product, biochar from biomass, in this case wood chips, and biochar.

Generative AI in data centres part 3: How GenAI shapes AI sovereignty and data centre investment

In this final instalment, we consider how capital flows for data centre investment are shaped by AI sovereignty and geopolitics, and how the evolution of GenAI will increase their impact.

SUBSIDIZED CLEAR-CUTTING FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT RENOVATION – A FATAL SIGNAL FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION AND THE ECONOMY

What is sold as "budget consolidation" is in fact a step backwards with an announcement.

Generative AI in data centres part 2: The evolution of GenAI and data centre investment implications

KGAL acquires Spanish solar park for Software AG – Foundation

Grünwald near Munich, 22 July 2025 – KGAL Investment Management has acquired a solar park in Andalusia in southern Spain on behalf of the Software AG Foundation (SAGST). The plant with a capacity of 60.5 megawatt peak (MWp) has been feeding electricity into the public grid since June 2025. The project was developed by long-standing KGAL partner BayWa r.e. The transaction marks another milestone in the expansion of the foundation's sustainable infrastructure portfolio.

Global Listed Infrastructure: A defensive asset class with opportunities in 2025

Globally listed infrastructure (GLI) companies will once again become the focus of strategic investors in 2025.

Social or critical infrastructure is establishing itself as an investment target – real estate or real assets?

Tenant electricity from photovoltaics: Answers to readers’ questions

After the publication of the column "Tenant electricity from photovoltaics: possibilities and models from the point of view of the property owner", the author received a lot of feedback – especially from institutional investors.