European Renewable Energy M&A Expected To See Uptick

For those in the power industry, the global macro outlook at the beginning of 2024 provided a lot to be hesitant about: tight supply chains, high interest rates, persistent cost inflation, and the fiscal and regulatory uncertainty that attaches to a record year of government elections (with countries that are home to approximately half of the Earth’s population heading to the polls). Nonetheless, as we move into the second half of 2024, there has been a notable uptick in the number of large-cap transactions in the European renewable power sector.

In this IFLR article, Ben Higson, Chris Taufatofua and Sam Phillips explore the possible motivations for the increase in high-value M&A in the European renewable energy sector, and what this may indicate for the market looking forward.

The first half of 2024 has seen the announcement of several major acquisitions of European renewable energy businesses, including, in recent months, the multi-billion dollar takeovers of power developers Neoen in France and Terna Energy in Greece. Several factors may have come together to generate appetite for acquisitions of this size, and we take a look at some of those below, considering what those deal drivers signal for the future of the European power market.