Project development, financing, construction and operation of wind and solar parks in 32 countries
wpd GmbH
Bremen (head office) · Berlin · Bietigheim-Bissingen · Dresden · Düsseldorf · Hamburg · Hanover · Kassel · Leipzig · Mainz · MunichNew on Amplifa
About wpd
wpd GmbH, headquartered in Bremen, is a developer and operator (IRPP) of wind and solar parks. Founded in 1996, the company accompanies projects over their entire lifetime – from land securing through permitting, financing and turbine procurement to construction, commissioning and technical operations management via the in-house control centre of its sister company wpd windmanager. To date, 578 projects with around 2,951 turbines and a total capacity of over 7,175 MW have been realised, including onshore wind farms, offshore projects such as Butendiek (288 MW) and solar parks. The owned portfolio amounts to 3,644 MW; the project pipeline comprises 38,545 MW of onshore wind and 8,015 MW of solar energy. With 1,400 employees, wpd is active in 32 countries across Europe, Asia, North and Latin America; in addition to its main Bremen location, the company maintains twelve further sites in Germany, including Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Leipzig. Services also include repowering, PPA structuring as well as commercial and technical operations management.
- Site
- Bremen
- Processes
- Project development onshore/offshore wind, Project development photovoltaics, Financing, Turbine procurement, Construction/installation, Operation (IRPP), Technical and commercial operations management (wpd windmanager), PPA structuring
- Materials
- Wind turbines (procurement from Enercon, Vestas, Nordex, GE, Siemens), Photovoltaic modules (among others Trina, Jinko)
- Certificates
- Technical operations management (control centre)
- Founded
- 1996
- Employees
- 1400
- Industries
- Renewable energies, Wind energy, Solar energy, Power supply
- 01
Land securing and site selection
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Planning and permitting
- 03
Financing structuring
- 04
Turbine procurement
- 05
Construction and installation
- 06
Commissioning
- 07
Technical and commercial operations management
- 08
Repowering or decommissioning
Range of services and processes
Wind turbines (procurement from Enercon, Vestas, Nordex, GE, Siemens)
Procurement and installation of onshore and offshore turbines from leading manufacturers for own wind farm projects.
Photovoltaic modules (among others Trina, Jinko)
Modules and central inverters for solar parks, some at hybrid substations combined with wind.
Project types
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
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Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and operations management
Technical operations management is provided via the in-house control centre of wpd windmanager, which monitors wind farms and substations worldwide; in terms of service, there is a cooperation with Deutsche Windtechnik AG.
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History
- 1996
Foundation of wpd GmbH by Dr. Klaus Meier and Dr. Gernot Blanke
- 1997
Realisation of the first wind farm Olzheimer Berg
- 2000
Foundation of wpd offshore GmbH; over 100 turbines connected to the grid
- 2001
Foundation of wpd AG
- 2005
Entry into international project financing with a 50 MW project in Taiwan; over 1,000 MW realised
- 2006
Acquisition of EnerSys GmbH; Dr. Hartmut Brösamle becomes managing director
- 2011
Municipal utility Stadtwerke München acquires a 33% stake in wpd europe GmbH
- 2014
First projects in Canada commissioned; construction start of major project in Finland; construction of OWF Butendiek (288 MW)
- 2015
Owned portfolio exceeds 1,000 MW
- 2016
Award of 350 MW in Chile
- 2019
Björn Nullmeyer becomes a member of the management board; PPA partnerships in Finland and Sweden
- 2021
Torozos wind farm (Spain, approx. 170 MW) realised
- 2022
Concessions in Bosnia-Herzegovina; over €4 million annual voluntary municipal levy
- 2023
Refinancing of the Taiwanese onshore wind farms Luwei and Chungwei
- 2024
Approx. 840 MW of permits in Germany
- 2025
Most successful tender year with 1,135 MW of awards; commissioning of Gerbstedt solar park (53.5 MWp, hybrid)
- 2026
First Japanese onshore wind project Higashi Izu Furusato (7.48 MW) commissioned; 156.9 MW awarded in BNetzA tender