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.

Neoen
TypeSociété Anonyme
Euronext: NEOEN
CAC Mid 60 Component
IndustryElectricity
Founded2008
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Area served
France
Australia
Portugal
Key people
Xavier Barbaro (CEO)[1]
ProductsElectric power from renewable sources
Number of employees
130
ParentImpala SAS
SubsidiariesNeoen Marine Développement
Websitewww.neoen.com/en

Activities

Neoen is mainly active in the solar power (59% of portfolio) and wind power (39%) sectors, for a total of 1 125 MW ′in operation or under construction′ in April 2017.[2] It built Cestas Solar Park in Cestas, France, the biggest solar farm in Europe when it opened in 2015.[2] · [3]

Abroad, the company owns and/or operates many wind and solar plants. It built the 315 MW Hornsdale Wind Farm[4] with a 150 MW battery in South Australia. In 2020, it won a $84 million contract for a 300 MW battery in Victoria, Australia,[5][6] with consumers benefitting $220 million.[7] Construction started in December 2020.[8]

History

The company was funded in 2008 as a subsidiary of the French electricity reseller Direct Énergie.[9] Later, it was bought by Impala SAS, currently main stockholder, and Omnes capital, which owned 24% of the stock.[2] The company entered Euronext in October 2018, collecting 450 million euros and becoming the first French unicorn in the renewable energy field.[10] In 2019, Neoen reported that its shares are held 50.1% by Impala, 7.5% by Fonds Stratégique de Participations (FSP, a collective investment fund controlled by French insurance companies), 5.9% by Bpifrance, the French national investment bank, 3% held by management, and 33.5% is free float in the market.[11]

Power stations

As of September 2019, Neoen said it owns 39 solar power plants (total 1900 MWp), 21 wind power plants (803 MW) and 5 grid energy storage plants (135 MW) including the world's largest, the Hornsdale Power Reserve in Australia.[12]

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

References
  1. "Neoen - Fiche entreprise : chiffres d'affaires, bilan et résultat". societe.com (in French).
  2. Anne Feitz (2017-04-03). "Energies vertes : Neoen veut tripler de taille d'ici à 2020". Les Echos (in French).
  3. "Un drone filme la plus grande centrale solaire photovoltaïque d'Europe". Le Monde (in French). 2015-12-01.
  4. "Neoen – Hornsdale Wind Farm". Investment Attraction South Australia, Department of State Development, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  5. Rollason, Bridget (5 November 2020). "Victoria to house largest battery in southern hemisphere". www.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Its critical role though, will be enabling extra interconnector capacity
  6. "AEMO completes System Integrity Protection Scheme procurement process". aemo.com.au. Australian Energy Market Operator. 5 November 2020. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. significantly more cost competitive and attractive market response than other major battery developments in Australia
  7. "Neoen, Tesla win contract to build Australia's biggest battery in Victoria". RenewEconomy. 5 November 2020. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. AEMO says the battery will unlock an additional 250MW of peak capacity on the existing Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector (VNI) over the next decade of Australian summers, reduce the amount of “unserved energy” and deliver total benefits of more than $220 million to Victoria consumers.
  8. Parkinson, Giles (1 December 2020). "Neoen and Tesla get to work on Australia's biggest battery near Geelong". RenewEconomy.
  9. Frédéric De Monicault (2015-02-06). "Neoen déploie ses éoliennes en Australie". lefigaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  10. Thomas Giraudet (2018-10-17). "Neoen, l'entreprise française qui fournit de l'électricité verte à Google, réussit son IPO à Paris — elle franchit la barre d'1 Md€ de capitalisation". businessinsider.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  11. "Financial information". Neoen. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  12. "What we do". Neoen. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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