Energy

Statement on the reform of the GEG to the GMG – Technology openness is right: Professional implementation is crucial

Alexander Ubach-Utermöhl, Managing Director of LAVA ENERGY, comments on the reform of the Building Energy Act and the Building Modernization Act and emphasizes the importance of technology openness in professional implementation. The abolition of the 65 percent requirement for renewable energies gives property owners new freedom of choice.

Heat transition in the Laihle site Stuttgart-Botnang: LAVA ENERGY implements decarbonization concept

LAVA ENERGY is taking over the modernization of the heat supply in the Laihle site, with the aim of achieving a climate-friendly supply. The concept integrates renewable energies and ensures a significant reduction in CO₂ emissions.

The convergence of digital and clean power infrastructure

Digital and clean power infrastructure are both expanding rapidly, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, cloud computing, and electrification. Our recent research paper explains why we believe these trends can create structural growth opportunities for investors and ...

Hydropower. The hidden reserve of the energy transition.

A Classification Between Climate Data, Market Mechanics and Operational Reality

Economic Development Act: Real estate funds are becoming drivers of the energy transition

The Economic Development Act allows real estate funds to invest up to 15 percent of their assets in renewable energies. This opens up new opportunities for institutional investors to become more active on the path to the energy transition.

Economic Development Act: Commerz Real sees push for open-ended real estate funds

Commerz Real welcomes the new Economic Development Act, which enables open-ended real estate funds to invest in renewable energies. Mario Schüttauf, fund manager, sees new opportunities for sustainable investments in this.

Green FOX Energy and ON Energy sell 85 MWp PV co-location portfolio with battery storage

The projects in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland are expected to secure generation for over 20,000 households and save more than 45,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually.

KGAL acquires justice centre and wind farm for new Debeka fund

KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG is investing in the justice centre in Erfurt and in a wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein for Debeka's recently launched real asset portfolio.

Side letters as a place of institutional risk responsibility

Fund contracts are becoming more and more complex. At the same time, central questions of risk and responsibility are shifting: side letters have become the place where institutional investors try to anchor responsibility where it can no longer be clearly regulated in the contract.

Negative power prices – a European phenomenon

Last year, we hosted a webinar in partnership with NTR exploring the phenomenon of negative power prices in Europe. Here, we recap the key findings of that discussion.

Westbridge secures long-term energy supply for GEWOBAU Essen

The Westbridge Group has successfully re-tendered the energy supply for the GEWOBAU housing cooperative Essen. Stadtwerke Essen AG was awarded the contract for the energy supply of around 5,500 residential units.

From Alternative to Essential – The Change in Private Markets

Private markets have changed noticeably in recent years. This is due to structural trends such as demographic change, digitalisation and decarbonisation.

Quadoro and EB-SIM expand QEEE portfolio with Iserlohn wind farm – Another milestone for sustainable energy infrastructure

Quadoro Investment GmbH and EB-SIM have acquired the Iserlohn wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia for their Article 9 fund Quadoro Renewable Energies Europe (QEEE). The wind farm includes two Vestas V150 turbines and is scheduled to be commissioned in February 2026.

Green FOX Energy sells solar park in Olpe

Green FOX Energy has sold the self-developed and built solar park in Olpe to a regional investor group. The solar park, which was commissioned in June 2025, has a capacity of 3.7 MWp and produces around 3,876 MWh of energy annually.

LAVA ENERGY takes over 208 energy plants from GETEC – strong signal for economic decarbonisation

LAVA ENERGY has taken over 208 energy plants from GETEC. This acquisition strengthens LAVA's position as a leading energy supplier and long-term partner for the housing industry in Germany.

CBRE analysis shows: The current housing stock in Germany corresponds to energy efficiency class D on average

The results of the CBRE analysis are based on a representative sample of 2.1 million housing units. Energy-efficient renovations are becoming increasingly necessary due to economic incentives and legal requirements.

ALCARO and OSMAB commission four photovoltaic plants with 6.1 MWp

In the future, the plants will generate around 5,839 MWh of electricity per year – enough to supply the equivalent of more than 2,100 households or 3,200 single households. At the same time, more than 3.4 million kilograms of CO₂ are saved annually.

HIH Invest acquires a solar park in Havelland from Trianel

HIH Invest has acquired a solar park in Havelland with 38.5 MWp from Trianel for the HIH Green Energy Invest fund. The solar park will sell electricity in Germany at guaranteed tariffs within the next 20 years.

Groundbreaking financing structure: CEE Group secures up to EUR 1.6 billion for Germany’s largest repowering fund RF9

For the first time, syndicated financing at portfolio level without additional equity – Innovative financing model enables capacity expansion by 140 percent and sets new standards for institutional renewables investments

Looking back on 2025: The market is not nervous – it is in the process of restructuring!

Behind the mood in the institutional fund business, described as market uncertainty, there is actually something else: the tidying up of temporary solutions.

One Minute Infrastructure

What a modern infrastructure has to do is so abstract that it is difficult to grasp. So here's a thought experiment: What does one minute reveal about infrastructure investments?

What’s next for Private Markets?

Market conditions over 2025 have largely been benign. Moderating inflation, lower policy rates, robust economic growth in the US and supportive fiscal policy in Europe helped private market asset classes deliver positive performance over the first half of 2025.

NEXT Generation’s infrastructure fund invests EUR 11 million in wind energy project for the Münsterland region

Goldbeck Facility Services take over facility management in Düsseldorf’s OFFICEHOME Rise office tower

Goldbeck Facility Services will take over facility management for the OFFICEHOME Rise office high-rise in Düsseldorf from 1 December 2025. The building offers modern building technology on 17 floors and meets high energy and sustainability standards.