Quenea Energies Renouvelables

What Quenea Energies Renouvelables does

Quenea Energies Renouvelables is a Breton photovoltaic engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company founded in 1996 by Pascal Quenea and headquartered in Carhaix-Plouguer (Finistère). Operating under the legal entity QUENEA ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES (SIREN 404 818 494), the company runs a five-hub service network across Carhaix, Brest, Lorient, Nantes and Rennes serving agricultural operators, industrial and tertiary enterprises, local authorities and building professionals across Bretagne and the Grand Ouest. Its portfolio of reference installations totals more than 60 MWc and over 4,000 solar installations, with flagship projects including the Flamans 5 MWc landfill solar park, the Lycée Maritime Florence Arthaud BIPV, the Océanopolis Brest BIPV canopy, the 3 MW Lys-Haut-Layon wind park, the Île Vierge off-grid lighthouse electrification, and several crowdfunded municipal plants (Clos Genest, Chinsève) and collective self-consumption loops (Oaziz Elektrek Karaez in Carhaix).

The company's offering is built on two core service pillars — Conception & Installation solaire photovoltaïque (turnkey design-and-build of rooftop, small/medium ground-mount, ombrière, large ground-mount and bespoke BIPV systems) and Maintenance et exploitation Photovoltaïque (audits, expert assessments, preventive maintenance and performance monitoring) — and is delivered through an in-house Bureau d'Études (design office) working with qualified installation teams. Differentiated technical capabilities include multi-technology mastery under environmental constraints (salt-fog resistance within 3 km of the coast, ammonia-resistant modules for livestock farms, Broof T3 fire-rated ICPE mounting, micro-pile anchoring on délaissés agricoles), bespoke BIPV on architecturally sensitive sites, off-grid island-site hybridisation (PV + wind + battery), and a self-developed SOLHEOL PRO assisted self-build package for farmers. The company is dual-certified ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 (April 2025, SOCOTEC).

Quenea makes money through four revenue streams: (i) one-time solar EPC project sales, quote-based and typically financed via customer capital, PCAE/Region Bretagne/FEDER subsidies, prime à l'autoconsommation (where applicable) and Lendopolis crowdfunding; (ii) recurring maintenance and exploitation (SAV) contracts on the installed base; (iii) fees and operator roles on project SPVs selling electricity to EDF OA under regulated tariffs or via CPPA arrangements (e.g., Le Clos Genest Energies, Chinsève Energies, Oaziz Elektrek Karaez, FSL Group); and (iv) professional-services and equipment revenue from SOLHEOL PRO. Go-to-market is field-sales driven across Bretagne/Grand Ouest, anchored by trade-show presence (SPACE, Fest'Agri, Agri fête, Salon agriculture), proprietary "Escales solaires" open-farm events, and partnerships with Lely Center Quintin, Jeunes Agriculteurs, Chambres d'agriculture and Morbihan Energies. In November 2024 Quenea divested its large-project (≈140 MW pipeline) wind and ground-mounted solar development branch to Galileo, refocusing the operating entity on installation and maintenance.

Name

Quenea Energies Renouvelables

Legal name

QUENEA ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES

Website

https://quenea.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quenea Energies Renouvelables is a Breton photovoltaic EPC and maintenance company, founded in 1996, that designs, installs and services rooftop, ground-mount, ombrière and bespoke BIPV solar systems for farmers, industrial/tertiary businesses, and local authorities across Bretagne and Grand Ouest, France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solar PV Installation Services

NAICS

Solar Electric Power Generation (221114)

akta.pro primary industry

Solar EPC & Construction (Utility-Scale, Rooftop, Balance of System) (EUAMABAB)

Keywords

• Photovoltaic installation
• Solar EPC services
• Rooftop solar systems
• Ground-mounted solar plants
• Renewable energy maintenance

Headquarters

HQ city

Carhaix-plouguer

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Solar EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) project sales: One-time project revenue from design, supply and installation of turnkey photovoltaic systems (rooftop, ground-mount, carport/ombrière, BIPV). Includes feasibility, sizing, civil works (structure reinforcement), mounting, electrical connection and commissioning. Customer pays upfront; financing sometimes via Lendopolis crowdfunding capital and/or PCAE/Region subsidies.
2. Maintenance and exploitation contracts (SAV / Exploitation): Recurring service contracts for audits, expertises, preventive maintenance and performance monitoring of installed PV plants. Marketed as a distinct business unit ("Maintenance et exploitation Photovoltaïque") within the Exploitation service. Includes post-installation after-sales for producers.
3. Solar electricity sale (vente totale) for own-account plants: For plants built and sold to producers (vente totale) or autoconsommation with surplus resale, Quénéa supports projects financed via crowdfunding (Lendopolis) where SPVs ("Le Clos Genest Energies", "Chinsève Energies") sell electricity to EDF OA at regulated tariffs (4-100 kWc grids; >500 kWc via PPE2 appels d'offres). CPPA arrangements also mentioned (FSL Group).
4. SOLHEOL PRO — assisted self-build advisory + equipment sale: Sale of the SOLHEOL PRO package: design, dimensioning, equipment supply, on-site anchorage testing and farmer training for self-built ground-mounted PV. Excludes trackers; dedicated to autoconsommation zéro-injection segment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Quenea Energies Renouvelables is a Breton photovoltaic installer founded in 1996 that designs, supplies, installs and maintains turnkey solar PV systems for agricultural, industrial, tertiary and public-sector clients across Bretagne and the Grand Ouest of France. Its offering spans rooftop solar, small and large ground-mounted plants, solar parking canopies (ombrières), BIPV and bespoke architectural integration, plus a dedicated operations and maintenance service and the SOLHEOL PRO assisted self-build package for farmers.

Product overview

Quenea Energies Renouvelables is a Breton photovoltaic installer offering a portfolio built on two core service pillars — Conception & Installation solaire photovoltaïque (turnkey PV design and build) and Maintenance et exploitation Photovoltaïque (operations, audits, and maintenance of renewable energy plants) — delivered to agricultural, industrial, tertiary, and local-authority clients across Brittany and the Grand Ouest since 1996. These two core pillars are deployed through five modular solution lines that share engineering and field teams: Toiture solaire (rooftop PV), Centrale solaire petit sol (small/medium ground-mounted PV), Ombrières solaires de parking (solar canopies for parking and stations), Parc solaire au sol (large-scale ground-mounted parks on brownfield sites), and Le Sur-Mesure by Quénéa (BIPV, glass PV verrières, custom architectural integration, and electrification of isolated sites such as the Île Vierge lighthouse). Layered on top of these modules are specialised offerings including the SOLHEOL PRO farmer self-construction programme and collective self-consumption loop operations (notably OAZIZ ELEKTREK KARAEZ in Carhaix) that aggregate multiple installations into shared local energy ecosystems. The full offering is held under ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications issued by SOCOTEC in April 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SOLHEOL PRO: Quenea's branded offering for self-construction support packages of small ground-mounted photovoltaic plants in self-consumption, tailored to agricultural operations (e.g., the 21 kWc / 150 m² installation at Bourbriac).

Products and services

• Conception & Installation solaire photovoltaïque Turnkey design and installation of photovoltaic solar systems. Quenea's in-house design office works with qualified installation teams to deliver solutions tailored to the specificities of each site, serving agricultural, industrial, tertiary, and local-authority clients across Brittany and the Grand Ouest.
• Maintenance et exploitation Photovoltaïque Operations and maintenance service for PV plants and renewable energy facilities. The dedicated Exploitation team performs audits, expert assessments, preventive maintenance, and performance monitoring to guarantee optimal electricity production over the lifetime of the installations.
• Toiture solaire

Named customers24 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered project-level, flagship (collective self-consommation), core / infrastructure and mid-tier.

• Le Clos Genest Energies (SPV)project-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecial-purpose vehicle created to develop and own the Clos Genest solar park on a 5 ha former agricultural prairie in Plaine-Haute (22). Quénéa develops, builds and operates; Lendopolis-financed local investors hold equity for ≥3 years.
• Chinsève Energies (SPV)project-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPV for the Chinsève solar plant on a 5.7 ha former landfill in Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné (35). Quénéa developed and built the plant; Lendopolis crowdfunding brought 85 local investors into the equity for ≥3 years.
• Oaziz Elektrek Karaez (SPV)flagship (collective self-consommation)Strategic or Co-development PartnerLocal SPV running the Carhaix collective self-consommation loop; winner of Région Bretagne's 2019 FEDER call for projects. Quénéa builds and operates the plants (300 kWc rooftop + 588 kWc ground + 600 kWc Nutri'babig + 300 kWc Action/Décathlon) feeding 10-15 local economic actors within 2 km, capped at 3 MWc.
• ENEDIScore / infrastructureStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench DSO partner — grid connection, réfaction (60% on ≤500 kW raccordements), and signed the convention d'autoconsommation collective for Oaziz Elektrek Karaez. All Quénéa projects selling to EDF OA are connected via ENEDIS.
• EDF OA (EDF Obligation d'Achat)core / infrastructureOthersEDF's regulated buy-back entity — off-taker of solar electricity from Quénéa-built plants under the S21 tariff (post-4 June 2026: 1,1 c€/kWh uniform buyback for ≤100 kWc; previously tiered). Solar producers benefit from guaranteed 20-year tariffs under contract.
• Lely Center Quintinmid-tierGTM or Marketing PartnerDairy-automation partner co-hosting Quénéa's "Escales solaires" open days (e.g., EARL GESREL Nicolas dairy farm in Henansal, November 2025). Joint marketing to dairy farmers in Côtes-d'Armor.
• Jeunes Agriculteurs (Morbihan, Finistère / Landerneau-Daoulas)mid-tierGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-marketing partnership for major agricultural fairs — Fest'Agri Ambon (40th edition, Aug 2025), Agri fête Dirinon (Aug 2025) and Agri fête Lannilis (Aug 2024). Quénéa staffs a stand/village to capture farmer projects.
• Chambre d'agriculture de Bretagnemid-tierStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-develops the regional doctrine on photovoltaïque (validated April 2024) and agrivoltaism decision-tree; joint portage of PCAE grants for agricultural solar projects; reference partner for the agrivoltaism decree implementation.
• Brest Métropole Aménagement (BMA)project-levelImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPublic AMO/MOA for the Phare de l'Île Vierge renovation (3,9 M€ project, 66% subsidised). BMA assisted the CCPA throughout the project; Quénéa delivered the off-grid PV/wind/battery system.
• Communauté de Communes du Pays des Abers (CCPA)Others

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Photosol: Mid-market French photovoltaic developer and EPC covering rooftop, ground-mount and ombrière projects across France. Closest analogue to Quenea in service profile (turnkey EPC + maintenance), though operating at significantly larger national scale and with its own utility-scale development arm.
• Reden Solar: French independent solar PV producer and EPC developing and operating rooftop, ground-mount and agricultural projects across France; comparable business model combining development, EPC and long-term operation.
• Techniques Solaires: Mid-cap French solar EPC and developer active across rooftop, agricultural and ground-mounted projects for enterprises, farmers and local authorities; similar customer segments and project types as Quenea.
• Urbasolar: French solar EPC and developer (subsidiary of Solarcentury/Statkraft historically) focused on rooftop, ground-mounted and shading projects for agricultural, industrial and local-authority clients — directly overlapping Quenea's primary segments.
• Energie Solaire de Bretagne (ESB): Regional Breton PV installer and operator closely overlapping Quenea's geography, customer segments and service offering (rooftop, ground-mount, agri-PV and collective self-consommation in Bretagne).

Broad incumbents

• Voltalia: Listed French renewable-energy developer-operator (wind, solar, hydro, storage) operating at significantly larger scale; competes with Quenea on utility-scale ground-mounted and increasingly on distributed rooftop opportunities in France.
• Engie Green: French subsidiary of Engie developing wind, solar and agrivoltaic projects nationally; increasingly active in APER-driven ombrière and rooftop opportunities, often via local partnerships that could displace Quenea.
• EDF Renewables: Subsidiary of EDF group, France's largest renewable-energy developer; competitor on large ground-mount, ombrière and rooftop tenders and the off-taker (via EDF OA) of Quenea-built plants. Broad portfolio player, not specialist.

Emerging players

• SunStyle: European BIPV specialist (roof-integrated solar tiles) competing for the same architecturally sensitive, custom-integration projects that Quenea addresses via its "Sur-Mesure" and BIPV capability.

Regional players

• Soleil du Grand Ouest: Bretagne/Grand Ouest regional solar cooperative offering rooftop and small ground-mount installations to individuals, farmers and communities — direct regional overlap but primarily serving a different (more consumer/SMB) mix than Quenea.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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