Wattner

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Founded in 2004, Wattner is a private headquartered in Köln, Germany with approximately 50-200 employees specializing in Solar.

Wattner is an independent German solar energy company founded in 2004, headquartered in Cologne. The company develops, operates, and manages utility-scale solar parks across Germany, with a focus on site selection, project development, permitting, construction, and long-term asset management. Wattner has realized over 110 solar parks with approximately 800 MW of installed capacity. The company operates on a partnership model with landowners, municipalities, farmers, and project developers, providing comprehensive services from site identification through grid connection. Core principles include sustainable land use, biodiversity enhancement through measures such as regional seed planting, sheep grazing, and avoiding pesticides and fertilizers, technical excellence, and long-term ownership and operation of assets rather than short-term trading. The company remains independently owned by its founders, Ulrich Uhlenhut and Guido Ingwer. Wattner also offers investment products such as the SunAsset series for public investment in solar assets with EEG subsidy guarantees.