BayWa r.e. Sharpens Profile

BayWa r.e. is making significant progress in its far reaching transformation, sharpening its business model and winning back customer trust. Numerous important milestones have already been achieved in 2025, while at the same time the course has been set for continued realignment over the coming years.

23 December 2025

In the first year of restructuring, BayWa r.e. has succeeded in strengthening confidence among customers, suppliers and financing partners alike, thanks to a clearly more focused market presence in its core markets. The progress made to date is based on a fundamental analysis and a clear profile for the future shape of the company in the years ahead. All measures are also characterised by rapid implementation and high transaction certainty.

This is driving forward BayWa r.e.’s regional focus: several strategic market exits have been completed, for example in APAC, while others are already at an advanced stage of preparation. In parallel, peripheral business activities and non strategic services have successfully been transferred into new shareholder structures or divested.

“Over the course of this year, BayWa r.e. has already become significantly leaner, more agile and therefore better positioned for the future. We have made important progress in the key dimensions and are consistently pursuing this path. The positive feedback and the trust shown by our customers is very encouraging – it is both an obligation and a motivation for the entire BayWa r.e. team. Of course, we still have an ambitious journey ahead of us on the way to becoming a focused player in Europe and the U.S.,” says Hans Joachim Ziems, Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) of BayWa r.e.

As part of strategic project sales, a total of around 2.2 GW across all three technologies – solar, wind and battery storage – have been sold in the EMEA markets of Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Among the most important transactions completed in the summer is the sale of the Rueda Sur wind and solar portfolio in Spain, with a volume of 199 MW, to Hamburg based Encavis AG.

The operational business also continued to develop successfully in the final quarter of 2025: this includes two planned solar parks in the UK with a total capacity of 121 MW, two Agri solar parks in France and a project in Southern California. In San Diego County, BayWa r.e. is building one of the region’s largest energy parks, which from the end of 2026 will supply around 57,000 households with solar power. To this end, BayWa r.e. recently secured financing of approximately 420 million US dollars – a further sign of investors’ confidence in BayWa r.e.’s strong execution capabilities.

Other achievements in the operational business include the ongoing or already completed construction of around 1 GW in wind, solar and battery storage projects. Taken together, this is clear evidence of BayWa r.e.’s outstanding expertise.

The restructuring of BayWa r.e. is based on an overall streamlined organisational setup. The associated cost reduction potential is already being realised. The restructuring is scheduled to be completed in 2028. Anticipating the independence targeted for that point in time, BayWa r.e. will also underline its distinct identity through its brand: a comprehensive rebranding is planned for the second half of 2026.