Neoen


Neoen is a renewable energy company headquartered in Paris, France. It owns and operates solar and wind farms in 13 countries on four continents.

Activities

Neoen is mainly active in the solar power and wind power sectors, for a total of 1 125 MW ′in operation or under construction′ in April 2017. It built Cestas Solar Park in Cestas, France, the biggest solar farm in Europe when it opened in 2015.
Abroad, the company built Hornsdale Wind Farm in South Australia.

History

The company is funded in 2008 as a subsidiary of the French electricity reseller Direct Énergie. Later, it is bought by Impala SAS, currently main stockholder, and Omnes capital, which owned 24% of the stock. The company entered Euronext in October 2018, collecting 450 million euros and becoming the first French unicorn in the renewable energy field. In 2019, Neoen reported that its shares are held 50.1% by Impala, 7.5% by Fonds Stratégique de Participations, 5.9% by Bpifrance, the French national investment bank, 3% held by management, and 33.5% is free float in the market.

Power stations

As of September 2019, Neoen said it owns 39 solar power plants, 21 wind power plants and 5 grid energy storage plants including the world's largest, the Hornsdale Power Reserve in Australia.
Power stationCountryCapacity MWTypeNotes
Saint EloyFrance5Solar
Altiplano 200Argentina208Solar
Azur EstFrance9Solar
Cap Découverte 4 bisFrance5Solar
ColeamballyAustralia189Solar
ParkesAustralia66Solar
Zénith de PauFrance3Solar
CabrelaPortugal13Solar
YgosFrance7Solar
DeGrussaAustralia11Solar
Saint AvitFrance10.8Solar
CapellaEl Salvador140Solar
NumurkahAustralia128Solar
BramFrance5Solar
BangweuluZambia54Solar
CS3France1Solar
KertanguyFrance3Solar
SeixalPortugal9Solar
GareinFrance10Solar
OmbrineoFrance1.1Solar
MiremontFrance9.8Solar
El LlanoMexico375Solar
Paradise ParkJamaica51Solar
LugosFrance12Solar
DubboAustralia29Solar
GrabelsFrance4Solar
Rochefort-du-GardFrance11Solar
GelouxFrance7Solar
Cap découverteFrance30Solar
Providencia SolarEl Salvador101Solar
FossatFrance4.8Solar
Azur SudFrance5Solar
CorbasFrance16Solar
Lagarde d’AptFrance7Solar
GriffithAustralia36Solar
TorreillesFrance12Solar
CoruchePortugal2Solar
LuxeyFrance9Solar
CestasFrance300Solar
La GarenneFrance10.3Wind
Chapelle VallonFrance12Wind
La MontagneFrance12Wind
Vallée aux grillonsFrance11Wind
HornsdaleAustralia316Wind
BulganaAustralia194Wind
HedetFinland81Wind
Le ChassepainFrance20Wind
VillacerfFrance10Wind
OsièreFrance14Wind
Pays ChaumontaisFrance14Wind
RéclainvilleFrance6Wind
Raucourt 2France20Wind
Champs d'amourFrance9Wind
Auxois-SudFrance28Wind
Bais et TransFrance6Wind
Bussy-LettréeFrance26Wind
Hauts CheminsFrance14Wind
Capella StorageEl Salvador3Storage1.5MWh
Hornsdale Power ReserveAustralia100Storage129MWh
Azur StockageFrance6Storage6 MWh
Bulgana StorageAustralia20Storage34 MWh
DeGrussaAustralia6Storage1.4 MWh