Tonello Energie

What Tonello Energie does

Tonello Energie Srl is an Italian renewable-energy EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contractor founded in 2008 in Fara Vicentino (Vicenza), Veneto. The company designs, builds, and services photovoltaic systems (residential 3-20 kWp up through commercial, agricultural, and public-sector installations), hydroelectric plants using in-house manufactured Kaplan, Francis, Pelton, and Crossflow turbines (produced at its Breganze facility), and biogas/biomethane plants based on proprietary anaerobic digestion and chemical-absorption upgrading technology (delivered through subsidiary Innoven srl). A second operating subsidiary, BT Energy, focuses on photovoltaic development in Central and Southern Italy. The group employs roughly 50 operators across Veneto and Puglia and is expanding into Eastern Europe.

The company operates a turnkey, sole-interlocutor business model spanning feasibility study, design, permitting, financing support, construction, and ongoing operation and maintenance (O&M), with internal remote tele-monitoring software supporting preventive and extraordinary maintenance across the installed base. Customer segments are diversified across investment funds and financial groups (continuous project origination), public bodies (tendered infrastructure), companies and SMEs (commercial and agricultural systems), private residential (3-20 kWp rooftop), and individual investors seeking long-life renewable assets (30+ year lifecycle). Tonello's go-to-market is enterprise field sales, complemented by investment-fund partnerships acting as a project pipeline channel.

Tonello holds a broad Italian certification stack (SOA for public works above €150,000; ISO 9001/14001/45001/50001/37001; SA 8000; UNI PdR 125 gender equality; Rating di Legalità) that qualifies it for institutional and public-sector contracting. Paid-in capital is €50,000, the company is privately held by the Tonello family, and no external funding rounds, M&A, or public listing are disclosed. The company coordinates activities in Italy and Eastern Europe and operates a dedicated Tonello Hydro sub-brand for hydroelectric solutions.

Name

Tonello Energie

Legal name

Tonello Energie Srl

Website

https://tonello-energie.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tonello Energie is an Italian EPC contractor founded in 2008 that designs, builds, and maintains photovoltaic, hydroelectric, and biogas/biomethane plants for investment funds, public bodies, SMEs, residential customers, and private investors across Italy and Eastern Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Renewable Energy EPC Contracting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management & General Contracting (EPCM, Scheduling, QA/QC, HSE) (EUAMAFAJ)

Keywords

• Renewable energy EPC
• Photovoltaic systems
• Hydroelectric plants
• Biogas plants
• Biomethane production

Headquarters

HQ city

Fara Vicentino

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EPC Contracting: Turnkey project delivery for photovoltaic, hydroelectric, and biogas/biomass plants. The company assumes responsibility for all project phases as the sole interlocutor for the buyer.
2. Operation & Maintenance Services: Preventive/ordinary maintenance, extraordinary interventions, supervision and production control, and administrative services for renewable energy plants.
3. Investment Partnership: Partnership with investment funds operating in renewables sector for which Tonello proposes and realizes projects on a continuous basis in Photovoltaic and Hydroelectric.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tonello Energie is an Italian EPC contractor that designs, builds, and commissions renewable energy plants across photovoltaic, hydroelectric (with in-house turbine manufacturing), and biogas/biomethane (with chemical absorption upgrading) technologies, delivering turnkey projects plus Operation & Maintenance services to financial groups, public bodies, companies, SMEs, private investors (Italian and foreign), and a residential segment (3–20 kWp domestic PV systems). The firm combines engineering, civil works, equipment supply, and a remote tele-monitoring platform to manage plants over their full operational lifecycle.

Product overview

Tonello Energie is an Italian EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contractor founded in 2008, specializing in renewable energy plant design, construction, and maintenance. The company operates a multi-product portfolio comprising photovoltaic systems (for residential, commercial, agricultural, and public sector applications), hydroelectric plants (utilizing Kaplan, Francis, Pelton, and Crossflow turbines), biogas plants, and waste treatment/biomethane production systems. The product lineup also includes Operation & Maintenance (O&M) services providing remote monitoring and plant supervision. The group structure includes two subsidiaries: BT Energy (photovoltaic specialist for Central-Southern Italy) and Innoven srl (wastewater treatment and anaerobic digestion). All solutions are delivered turnkey with a focus on maximum energy efficiency and return on investment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tonello Hydro: Hydroelectric solutions brand that develops solutions for the production of clean energy with maximum attention to reliability and energy efficiency

Products and services

• Biogas and Biomass Plants (Impianti Biogas/Biomassa) Turnkey biogas and biomass plants that valorize agricultural and zootechnical effluents, dedicated crops, and organic waste into energy. Includes anaerobic digestion design, plant construction, and integration with downstream processing. Target customers are financial groups, public bodies, companies, SMEs, and private investors developing renewable energy assets.
• Waste Treatment and Biomethane Production (Trattamento Rifiuti e Produzione Biometano) Biomethane production line that upgrades biogas via chemical absorption (CO2/H2S scrubbing) and incorporates waste-treatment valorization. Delivered as part of turnkey renewable-energy projects for investors, public bodies, and commercial customers.
• Hydroelectric Plants (Impianti Idroelettrici) Turnkey hydroelectric plants with site-specific civil and hydraulic works plus in-house designed turbines (Kaplan, Francis, Pelton, Crossflow) tailored to each site's hydraulic conditions. Target customers include financial groups, public bodies, companies, SMEs, and private investors commissioning utility-grade hydroelectric assets.
• Photovoltaic Systems for Companies, SMEs, and Private Investors (Impianti Fotovoltaici) Turnkey photovoltaic systems for industrial, commercial, agricultural, and SME customers as well as private investors (Italian and foreign). Systems are designed for self-consumption and on-site generation to reduce electricity costs.
• Residential Photovoltaic Systems 3–20 kWp (Impianti Fotovoltaici Residenziali) Domestic rooftop photovoltaic systems in the 3–20 kWp range for self-consumption and electricity-bill reduction, targeted at private residential customers (homeowners).
• Operation & Maintenance Services with Remote Tele-Monitoring (Servizi di Esercizio e Manutenzione) Operation and maintenance of renewable energy plants (PV, hydroelectric, biogas/biomethane) over their full lifecycle, delivered via a dedicated IT/software remote-control and tele-monitoring platform (CENTRALINA TELECONTROLLO) plus ordinary and extraordinary maintenance. Provided to owners and investors of plants built or managed by Tonello Energie.

Quantifiable outcome

• Maximum energy efficiency and return on investment for renewable plants
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Fondazione CariplominorOthersPartner organization shown in company logo section
• PataminorOthersPartner organization shown in company logo section
• ForgreenminorOthersPartner organization shown in company logo section
• OmnisminorOthersPartner organization shown in company logo section

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EDP Renewables Italia: EDP Renewables is a global renewable energy developer with significant Italian operations in wind and solar. While larger and broader, EDPR overlaps with Tonello in the Italian utility-scale PV development and EPC market.
• Enel Green Power: Enel Green Power is Italy's largest renewable energy developer and operator with multi-technology exposure across solar, hydroelectric, and biogas. It serves as the broad incumbent reference point in the Italian renewables EPC and IPP space, although at vastly greater scale and with international scope.
• Andritz Hydro: Andritz Hydro is a global leader in hydroelectric turbine and generator manufacturing (Kaplan, Francis, Pelton), directly paralleling Tonello Hydro's in-house turbine manufacturing capability. It's a broad incumbent supplying hydro EPC equipment worldwide, though at much larger scale.
• Renantis (formerly Falck Renewables): Renantis is an Italian-headquartered renewables developer and operator active in wind, solar, and biomass across Europe and the US. While Tonello is an EPC, Renantis straddles IPP/developer work in similar technologies and competitive Italian public-tender markets.
• FRI-EL Green Power: FRI-EL Green Power is an Italian IPP and renewable developer focused on wind, biomass/biogas, and hydroelectric plants. Operates adjacent technologies to Tonello (especially biomass/biogas and hydro) and competes in similar Italian and Eastern European markets.
• Tages Capital / Tages Energy: Tages is an Italian investment platform active in renewables and energy infrastructure projects, pairing investment capital with development and EPC services. The investment-fund EPC partner model Tonello describes closely matches Tages' integrated approach to renewable project finance and delivery.

Direct peers

• Renergetica: Renergetica is an Italian engineering and consulting group specializing in renewable energy project development, permitting, and EPC support in PV, wind, and biomass. Comparable to Tonello in size, market, and EPC-services focus on Italian renewable projects.
• Powergreen (Eurogroup Consulting): Powergreen is an Italian EPC and consultancy active in photovoltaic and energy-efficiency turnkey projects for SMEs, residential, and public entities. Their segment focus and EPC delivery model closely match Tonello Energie's photovoltaic and energy-efficiency positioning in Italy.

Regional players

• Futurasun: Futurasun is an Italian photovoltaic module and system integrator with EPC activities targeting residential and commercial rooftop segments. They overlap with Tonello's PV system delivery on the Italian residential/SMB side, although operating more as a module-and-system supplier than a general EPC.

Emerging players

• Aalborg Energie Technik (AES) Biogas: AES Biogas is a European EPC contractor specializing in anaerobic digestion and biogas/biomethane plant delivery. Their core product — turnkey biogas/biomethane plants — directly parallels Tonello's subsidiary Innoven and core biogas product line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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