{"id":45531,"date":"2026-09-07T15:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/?p=45531"},"modified":"2026-09-08T00:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:01:17","slug":"qualitas-energy-acquires-cero-generations-european-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/qualitas-energy-acquires-cero-generations-european-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualitas Energy acquires Cero Generation\u2019s European platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Qualitas Energy, a leading global investment and management platform with a dual focus on both funding and developing renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement providing for the acquisition of Cero Generation\u2019s core European platform from Macquarie Group. Cero Generation is a leading European independent power producer (IPP) specialising in the development, construction, and operation of solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The business was established in 2021 by Macquarie Group and has since operated as a stand-alone Macquarie portfolio company.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The transaction encompasses a 5.8 GW portfolio located across the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain, comprising over 2 GW of assets in operation, under construction, or at the ready-to-build stage, together with a further 3.8 GW development pipeline. It also includes Cero Generation\u2019s local teams and offices in London, Milan, and Madrid, significantly strengthening the Firm\u2019s scale and capabilities across three markets where it already has an established presence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cero Generation operates an integrated, in-house model across the full project life cycle, from development and construction through to operations. These capabilities closely align with Qualitas Energy\u2019s vertically integrated industrial model.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following completion, the acquired business will continue to operate under the Cero Generation brand as an independent portfolio company of Qualitas Energy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The acquisition is being undertaken through the Firm\u2019s latest flagship vehicle, Qualitas Energy Fund VI (QE VI), and supports one of the fund\u2019s core investment strategies: a private-equity-driven approach focused on accelerating growth through larger-scale corporate and platform-level transactions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daniel Parejo, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Qualitas Energy, said: \u201cCero Generation is a natural strategic fit for Qualitas Energy\u2019s European portfolio and a compelling example of Qualitas Energy Fund VI\u2019s platform-led growth strategy. Macquarie Group and the Cero Generation team have built a strong business, with a sizeable portfolio, deep local capabilities, and established positions across three of our core markets. We look forward to building on these foundations to support Cero Generation\u2019s next phase of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The transaction is expected to close in the coming months, subject to customary conditions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Qualitas Energy was advised by Nomura (M&#038;A), Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (legal), DNV and Kiwa Moroni (technical) and KPMG (financial, tax and labour).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der Deal umfasst ein 5,8\u2011GW-Portfolio aus Solar-PV und Batteriespeichern und st\u00e4rkt die Pr\u00e4senz in UK, Italien und Spanien. Abschluss in den kommenden Monaten. Qualitas Energy was advised by Nomura (M&#038;A), Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (legal), DNV and Kiwa Moroni (technical) and KPMG (financial, tax and labour).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":585,"featured_media":45528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_co_authors":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,37,8],"tags":[],"type_content":[170],"class_list":["post-45531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deals","category-energy","category-infrastructure","type_content-news"],"acf":{"homepage_featured_article":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45535,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45531\/revisions\/45535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45531"},{"taxonomy":"type_content","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_content?post=45531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}