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Solarfaktor GmbH is a privately held German solar park project developer founded in 2010 and headquartered in Waren (Müritz), Germany. The company offers end-to-end solar park development services covering site analysis, permitting, engineering, construction, grid connection, financing, and operation. Its core technology stack includes the Helios 3D planning software for location-specific plant configuration and drone-based aerial surveys for digital terrain modeling, complemented by pre-installation quality assurance testing of modules. The company manages the complete value chain independently, including system component procurement that is not bound by volume contracts, allowing selection of components best suited to each project's specifications.

The business model combines transactional revenue streams with recurring operational income. Solarfaktor develops solar parks and sells completed projects to investment funds, sells project rights to investors, and provides project development consulting. Since 2014, the company has also commissioned and operated solar parks within its own portfolio for ongoing energy-yield revenue. Customer segments include investment funds (primary buyer of completed parks), municipalities and districts (land utilization and sustainability projects), financial institutions (project financing), and energy utilities (grid connection partnerships). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with each transaction sized by project capacity and scope.

Solarfaktor operates internationally through its German headquarters, a wholly-owned Polish subsidiary (Solarfaktor Polska Sp. z o.o., established November 2012 in Tychy), and a branch office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The company has realized a cumulative rated output exceeding 125 MW across 29+ solar parks, with total project investment of approximately €250 million. The company is led by Managing Director Heiko Bartmann and operates with a small, experienced team (11–50 employees) positioned as a differentiator for flexibility and cost efficiency.

Name

solar factor

Legal name

Solarfaktor GmbH

Website

https://solarfaktor.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Solarfaktor GmbH is a German solar park project developer offering end-to-end services (site analysis, planning, financing, construction, operation) for utility-scale solar parks, selling projects to investment funds and operating an own portfolio across Germany, Poland, and the UAE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solar Park Project Development Services

NAICS

Solar Electric Power Generation (221114)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUACAGAA

Utility-Scale PV Project Development & Permitting

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Electric Power Generation/Solar Power Generation (Utility-Scale PV & CSP)

SECONDARYEUAEAAAG

Solar PV Power Plant EPC (Utility-Scale)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Energy Infrastructure & Services (EPC, O&M, Field Services)/Power Generation EPC & Construction

SECONDARYEUACAGAL

Land Acquisition, Site Preparation & Civil Works (Geotech, Grading, Roads, Drainage)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Electric Power Generation/Solar Power Generation (Utility-Scale PV & CSP)

SECONDARYEUAMABAH

Solar Design, Engineering & Performance Software (PV Modeling, Digital Twins, Monitoring)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, Hydro & Geothermal)/Solar Energy (PV, CSP, Rooftop & Utility-Scale)

Keywords

• Solar park development
• Renewable energy projects
• Photovoltaic engineering
• Solar project financing
• Solar park operation

Headquarters

HQ city

Waren

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Solar Park Sale to Investment Funds: Builds and operates solar parks completely, then sells completed parks to investment funds
2. Project Rights Sale: Develops solar park projects and sells project rights to investors
3. Project Consultancy: Provides project development consulting services
4. Solar Park Operation (Own Portfolio): Commissioning and operating some solar parks in own portfolio for ongoing revenue

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Solarfaktor GmbH is an international solar park project developer that plans, builds, and operates solar parks of various sizes end-to-end. The company covers the complete value chain from site analysis, permitting, engineering (using Helios 3D planning software), and component procurement through construction, grid connection, financing, and ongoing operation, selling completed parks to investment funds or transferring project rights to investors.

Product overview

Solarfaktor GmbH is a solar park project developer offering a comprehensive, integrated service portfolio. The company provides end-to-end solar park solutions encompassing site analysis, approval planning, engineering (using Helios 3D software), quality assurance, component procurement, construction, grid connection, operation, and financing. The core offering is the complete project development service for solar parks of various sizes (from 0.75 MWp to 20.6 MWp), with additional services including project rights sales and solar park sales to investment funds. The company operates across Germany, Poland, and the UAE, having completed projects totaling more than 125 MWp capacity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solar Park Project Development End-to-end solar park development services covering site analysis, permitting, engineering, construction, grid connection, financing, and ongoing operation. The company manages the complete value chain from location development through plant design to financing for solar parks ranging from 0.75 MWp to 20.6 MWp in capacity, selling completed parks to investment funds or transferring project rights to investors.
• Solar Park Operation Operational management services for solar parks to ensure consistently high energy yields through experienced monitoring and maintenance. Includes ongoing operation of solar parks held in the company's own portfolio (Eigenbestand) for continuous revenue generation, as well as operation services for parks owned by investment funds or other parties.
• Solar Park Construction Construction services for solar parks with focus on speed, punctuality, quality, and performance. Includes professional grid connection at all voltage levels as part of the construction delivery.
• Solar Park Project Rights Sale Sale of solar park project rights to investors. The company develops solar park projects through full permitting and approval, then transfers the project rights to investors who complete construction and operation. This is offered in addition to the full turnkey park sale model.
• Solar Park Financing Structuring Structuring of solar park project financing on regional, national, or international levels. Includes preparation of all required approval planning documentation to fulfill prerequisites for bank financing as well as construction and operating permits.

Quantifiable outcome

• 125+ MW total rated output realized across multiple solar parks
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Direct peers

• Energiekontor AG: Energiekontor is a German project developer and operator of wind and solar parks, headquartered in Bremen. It is a direct peer because it covers the same end-to-end development, financing, construction, and operation stack for utility-scale renewable parks in Germany, selling to investment funds and operating selected assets in-house.
• juwi AG: juwi is a German renewable energy project developer with a strong solar PV development track record in Germany and internationally. It is a direct peer because it develops, plans, finances, and builds utility-scale solar parks for investors and municipalities using an integrated value-chain model analogous to Solarfaktor's.
• ENERTRAG AG: ENERTRAG is a German renewable energy developer specializing in wind and solar project development, grid integration, and operation. It is a direct peer because it follows an integrated developer-plus-operator model with utility-scale PV parks in Germany, selling projects to investors while operating a proprietary generation portfolio.
• PNE AG: PNE AG is a German-based wind and solar project developer active across Europe. It is a direct peer because it covers the same project development pipeline — site identification, permitting, financing, and sale to investors — for utility-scale renewable projects in Germany and neighboring markets.
• Encavis AG: Encavis is a Hamburg-based independent power producer that acquires and operates solar and wind parks across Europe. It is a direct peer because it operates ground-mounted PV parks of similar scale to Solarfaktor's portfolio and is a typical buyer of completed solar park projects from German developers.
• 7C Solarparken AG: 7C Solarparken is a German-based operator and developer of utility-scale solar parks, listed on the Frankfurt scale segment. It is a direct peer because it develops, acquires, and operates ground-mounted PV parks in Germany and Europe — the same core activities as Solarfaktor — with comparable project sizes and a similar investor-fund off-take model.

Broad incumbents

• E.ON SE: E.ON is a major German-headquartered European utility with growing utility-scale solar development activities as part of its broader energy networks and customer solutions portfolio. It is a broad incumbent peer because it competes with Solarfaktor for large-scale solar project opportunities while also being a potential partner/off-taker for completed parks.
• RWE AG: RWE is one of Europe's largest utilities and a leading utility-scale renewable energy developer with major solar build-out programs. It is a broad incumbent peer because it operates across generation, trading, and retail, with a significant utility-scale PV development pipeline that competes for the same German land, grid capacity, and capital.
• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG: EnBW is a major German utility with a large utility-scale renewable energy development pipeline including solar. It is a broad incumbent peer because it develops, builds, and operates solar parks in Germany as part of a broader portfolio across generation, grids, and retail — overlapping with Solarfaktor's core utility-scale PV development activities but at much greater scale.

Emerging players

• Lightsource bp: Lightsource bp is a global utility-scale solar developer and IPP with European operations. It is comparable to Solarfaktor because it develops, finances, constructs, and sells/operates utility-scale PV parks for institutional investors — competing for the same project pipeline and fund off-takes, though at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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