Qualitas Energy, a global investment and management platform with a focus on both funding and developing renewable energy, energy transition and sustainable infrastructure, has signed an agreement with Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investing, to establish an Italian renewables platform.
This joint venture will focus on owning, developing, building and operating up to 250 megawatts of renewable-energy projects in Italy. Italian Renewable Platform s.r.l will be majority-owned by Mirova, through its Mirova Energy Transition 6 fund. Qualitas Energy will provide development, construction supervision and monitoring services to the platform.
The portfolio consists of 33 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects located across eight regions in Italy: Piemonte, Friuli, Marche, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, Sardegna and Sicilia. These projects vary in maturity, including 53-megawatts-peak of operational projects, 41 megawatts-peak of ready-to