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Your partner for the solar century
From pioneering solar company to international developer
Solarcentury has embarked on the most exciting stage of its near twenty year history. We are growing further into an international utility-scale solar developer. We finance, develop, construct, own and operate our own large-scale projects. This approach is enabling us to accelerate our mission of making a positive difference in the fight against climate change.
Evolution
Solarcentury was one of the earliest solar PV companies in the UK. Our technical excellence and broad portfolio established us as the market leader. Today we operate at a gigawatt scale across four continents.
Approach
We offer an integrated approach to development, financing, operating and construction. Our regionally based teams all bring world-class experience and expertise to our clients.
Mission
Solar PV is one of the key technologies that will deliver a zero carbon world quickly and economically. This is the solar century.
Integrated model
We offer an integrated end-to-end service: developing, structuring finance, building and operating solar projects at commercial and utility scale. And we work with partners to bring solar and storage to their customers’ homes.
We’re committed to making solar more accessible and attractive, including via our own BIPV (building integrated) products and our investment into storage and diesel hybrid.
We can offer some or all of the services below depending on client requirements.
Development & Sales
Site identification and design, securing connections, permitting and PPAs.
Financing
Structuring and sourcing project finance (alongside framework partner Capital Stage AG).
Construction
EPC management, using Solarcentury's experience and warranty strength with trusted networks of contractors.
Ownership & Operations
Monitoring and analysis, site operation and maintenance, asset management, site ownership.
Partners
Landowners
Landowners seeking to diversify their business and looking for a cost effective way to turn their land into new energy generating capacity.
Co-developers
Co-developers wanting an international partner with a proven development track record in multiple markets.
Regulators
Regulators and governments requiring trusted, experienced development partners, particularly relevant in emerging markets.
Asset-owners
Asset-owners seeking a company with a proven track record in developing, delivering and operating utility-scale, commercial and residential solar and storage projects, or who may be in the market to sell these assets.
Blue-chip companies
Blue-chip companies at the forefront of the corporate world in implementing low- and zero-carbon strategies, including solar retrofitting of their estates, who need a partner with unrivalled experience of installing solar on different types of roof.
Retail partners
Retail partners wanting a solar “one stop shop” for their customers, including a vetted and trained network of installers supported by best in class logistics, procurement and IT.
Social housing owners
Social housing owners seeking cost effective, easy to install solutions for addressing fuel poverty and building regulations requirements.
Suppliers
Suppliers wanting to work with an established, growing and ambitious solar developer, with a major pipeline of projects through to the 2020s.
Homeowners
Homeowners wanting award-winning products (including building integrated PV) and high quality installations from a trusted, experienced market leader. Visit our homeowner website
Specifiers
Specifiers requiring cost-effective and appropriate solar solutions for a range of new build developments and building types.
Installers
Installers looking for a long-term relationship with us and committed to delivering the highest quality installations for our customers.
Distributors
Distributors who want to offer our multi-award winning, market leading BIPV (building integrated) products.
An international portfolio
A selection of some of our projects spanning the globe
Solarcentury has been active in Latin America since 2012, with a pipeline of major projects in Chile since 2015. In April 2017, we completed our largest Latin American project to date, 40MWp Doña Carmen ground mount.
Solarcentury heeft in de afgelopen tien jaar een aantal dak- en grondinstallaties ontwikkeld in Duitsland. Zoals overal in een volwassen markt, wordt de toekomstige groei gedreven door de kosteneffectiviteit van de technologie, waarbij in Duitsland de zonne-energie op de schaal van nutsbedrijven al goedkoper is dan de marktprijs voor de groothandel. Hierdoor is zonne-energie financieel aantrekkelijk voor commerciële en industriële klanten.
Our Nairobi office was established in 2013 and quickly gained a reputation for expertise and delivery across a range of solar applications, including pioneering hybrid and off-grid systems. Solarcentury has delivered a number of major projects in Kenya and has a strong pipeline across the wider East Africa region.
Solarcentury has developed a range of rooftop and ground-mount projects in Germany over the past decade. As elsewhere in mature solar markets, future growth will be driven by the cost effectiveness of the technology, with utility-scale solar in Germany already below the wholesale market price, which makes solar financially viable for a range of commercial and industrial clients.
Solarcentury has long experience of the Spanish market dating back to 2007. Today Solarcentury Iberia has a strong development pipeline in place and is well placed to take advantage of the new Spanish renewable energy auctions.
Mexico is an increasingly important market for Solarcentury. We established our Mexico office in 2014 and partnering with JinkoSolar, we won two large projects in the country’s 2016 renewable energy auction. In total we are developing over 200 MWp of projects won in the 2016 and 2017 auctions, with a very large further pipeline for deployment through to the 2020s.
Solarcentury completed our first unsubsidised solar farm in Panama in 2016. Earlier this year, our regional hub business in Panama City was boosted by the acquisition of a 400 MWp pipeline from local investment partner ECOSolar.
Solarcentury has been active in South Africa since 2013, delivering commercial rooftop projects. South Africa is a market that we expect to grow significantly over the next five years.
Solarcentury has had a team in The Netherlands since 2012 and has built up a project pipeline of nearly 300 MWp. Our track record includes building the country’s largest solar farm to date in 2015 and winning 46 MWp in the Netherlands auction in 2017. Solar is forecast to continue enjoying strong growth in The Netherlands and it is one of Solarcentury’s core markets.
Solarcentury has been at the forefront of the UK solar sector since we were founded in London in 1998. We’ve won multiple project and product awards, including The Queen’s Award for Innovation. We were the first company to deploy more than 500 MWp in the UK, including world-leading installations, such as Blackfriars solar bridge in London. Solarcentury is IKEA’s solar homes partner, with this international scheme launching in the UK in 2015.
The team
The highly qualified Solarcentury team is world-class, over 150 professionals led by senior executives with extensive experience in the renewable energy and power sector.
Frans van den Heuvel
Chief Executive Officer
For 11 years, Frans was founder and former CEO of Scheuten Solar. He is a serial entrepreneur and non exec board member in semiconductor and renewable industries. Frans boasts of 17 years’ PV industry leadership experience, 7 years in the semi conductor industry, and 5 years at Solarcentury.
Neil Perry
Chief Financial Officer
Neil has been CFO at Solarcentury for 16 years. Previously he was Director of No.1 rated Latin American equity research team at ING Barings and CEO ING Barings Argentina, with 7 years’ experience as a Portfolio manager covering Europe and Japan.
Tim Rose
Managing Director, EMEA
Tim is in charge of business development and strategy for Europe and Africa. He has secured over 600MW of contracts for Solarcentury over the past 6 years as the head of the UK and more recently European sales teams. He comes to Solarcentury with 15 years experience in the Aerospace sector in commercial and operational management as well as corporate strategy and M&A, followed by 9 years in the renewables sector in sales/business development.
Susannah Wood
Managing Director, Residential
Susannah leads the residential business which includes managing the global relationship with IKEA. She has worked in the solar industry for nearly a decade. Formerly Chief Marketing Officer, and before that, head of UK sales for Solarcentury. Before that, she held various sales and marketing roles for EY and was latterly EY’s Marketing Director for Assurance across EMEA.
David Edwards
Director of Global Strategy & Resources
Formerly David was head of product development and finance offers at Solarcentury. Prior to that he was part of PwC’s strategy and transaction team. He has 11 years’ experience in solar and 5 in blue chip strategy consulting, with 11 years at Solarcentury.
Barbara Flesche
Director of Global Development & Finance
Previously Barbara was Vice President International Project Development and Finance at Conergy. With 12 years’ experience in the renewable industry and 2 years at Solarcentury, she has more than 18 years in M&A and structured finance in the banking and renewable energy industry.
Steve Taylor
Director of Global Operations & Procurement
Steve heads up the logistics and warehouse functions as well as Global Operation & Engineering Standards and the SCADA/Monitoring Team. He has 14 years in the semiconductor industry, working for one of the top 3 distributors worldwide. He moved into procurement where he spent 5 years as Director of Procurement before taking up the same role in 2014 for Solarcentury.
Jeremy Leggett
Board Director (Founder)
Jeremy is a social entrepreneur and author, founder of Solarcentury and founder and chair of SolarAid, a charity set up with Solarcentury profits, winner of a BITC Unilever Global Development Award. An Entrepreneur of the Year at the New Energy Awards, he was the first Hillary Laureate for International Leadership in Climate Change. www.jeremyleggett.net
Gary Le Sueur
Board Director
Gary is a Partner at SEP where he focuses on investing in the oil and gas, environmental and clean energy sectors as well as being heavily involved in the firm’s fundraising and investor relations activities. As a founding member of SEP, Gary was instrumental in SEP’s recent raising of the Environmental Energies Fund, a £95 million secondary fund raised by SEP in partnership with SSE plc and other investors, and currently heads up this side of SEP’s business.
Pat Splinter
Board Director
Pat is currently COO and MD at VantagePoint Capital Partners, one of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital firms specialising in energy innovation and efficiency, with over $4 billion under management. Her responsibilities include deal flow, investment activity, mergers and acquisitions and board-level participation at a number of portfolio companies. Pat has an extensive 34-year background of successfully leading and growing workforces globally, managing multi-million dollar budgets and advising executives.
Samer Salty
Board Director
Samer is the Founder and CEO of Zouk Capital, a private equity and infrastructure fund manager. The Growth Capital team invests in high-growth technology companies capitalising on a wide spectrum of investment opportunities. The Infrastructure team finances the construction of renewable energy and environmental assets. Samer has 27 years’ experience in private equity, investment banking and technology, and oversees both the strategic direction of the firm and the investment process.
Andreas Eggenberg
Board Director
Andreas is a board member of various corporations across Europe, Latin America and North America. Besides Solarcentury, he currently sits on the board of Masisa in Chile, VIVA Trust in San José and Escotel in Barcelona. He has also been a board member for Younicos in Berlin and Austin, Ecogeo in São Paulo, and Cetsa in Mexico. He is Chairman of Grupo Ecos, a private equity fund based in Panama. He was previously CEO of Grupo Ecos and CEO of Amanco Agricultural Solutions based in Brazil. Before that, he held various executive positions in GrupoNueva and Amanco in Switzerland, Argentina, Costa Rica and Guatemala. Andreas has also held the position of Senior Vice President at Volkart Brothers Holding in Switzerland and the US.
Derrick Allan
Board Chairman
Derrick has worked in the utility industry undertaking various roles for over 30 years, the last 15 of which were spent working in Corporate Development roles leading various acquisitions, new business opportunities and joint ventures. He has considerable experience across a range of projects and businesses both in the creation and disposal of key ventures. These include building a portfolio of PFI projects, managing a portfolio of venture capital investments and teams as well as a number of overseas businesses. Derrick is currently Director of SGN Smart.
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