- Business
- ERG S.p.A. (ERG.MI) serves as a leading independent producer of clean energy from renewable sources, focusing on wind power generation, solar photovoltaic energy production; battery energy storage systems; and related energy management, sales, operation, maintenance, business development, and mergers and acquisitions services. The company operates onshore wind farms as Italy's largest operator and one of Europe's top ten, solar facilities ranking among Italy's top ten producers, and emerging battery storage assets, alongside minor hydroelectric contributions in regions such as Umbria, Marche, and Lazio. ERG conducts activities across nine European countries including Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Spain, plus the United States; it maintains headquarters in Genoa, Italy, where Edoardo Garrone founded the company in 1938, and functions as a subsidiary of SQ Renewables S.p.A. Recent developments encompass a strategic partnership with IFM Investors via SQ Renewables, elevating IFM's stake to 49% in April 2024; entry into the U.S. renewable market through a April 2024 collaboration with Apex Clean Energy acquiring a 317 MW wind and solar portfolio (224 MW wind, 92 MW solar); multiple repowering and greenfield projects adding capacity such as 101 MW in Italy's Mineo-Militello-Vizzini, 172 MW wind acquisitions in Italy, 230 MW wind startups across Europe, 29 MW solar and 41 MW wind in France; first battery storage system operational at 13 MW in Sicily's Vicari; a long-term PPA signed in 2025 with A2A covering 90% of output from Sicily's Castelvetrano Salemi wind farm starting 2027; and a fourth 500 million euro Green Bond issuance under sustainable finance initiatives.