In October 2022, Ardian acquired a 75% stake in GreenYellow. The transaction valued the company at €1.4 billion. Ardian holds a majority stake in GreenYellow’s capital, while the three historical shareholders, Groupe Casino, Tikehau and Bpifrance, still retain a share in the company. GreenYellow provides access to low-cost green energy and helps companies optimize their energy consumption 

In July 2022, Ardian Infrastructure through its renewable energy fund Ardian Clean Energy Evergreen Fund  completed the acquisition of 3 solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 100MW under development from Atlas and Heron Advisory in Sardinia, Italy

In June 2022, Ardian and A2A signed a non-binding term sheet for a partnership to accelerate energy transition. A2A will contribute full ownership or majority stakes in a portfolio of assets including energy generation assets (hydro, CCGTs, wind and solar plants), supply business, energy management storage assets as well as hydrogen projects and Ardian Infrastructure, will invest up to €1.5 billion in equity in this new entity, accelerating the roll-out and financing the 3GW+ plan in renewable generation outlined by A2A

In June 2022, Ardian and HitecVision acquired 4.6% stake in Eni. HitecVision will improve its relationship with Eni by creating an international offshore wind player in line with its strategy of building companies to support the transition to net zero

In May 2022, Ardian acquired 286MW Andberg wind farm from OX2 in Sweden. OX2 will remain responsible for the technical and commercial management of the wind farm. OX2 develops, constructs, and sells onshore and offshore windfarms and solar PV farms. OX2 currently has 1,352MW of new wind power capacity under construction and a total of 3.2GW wind farms in technical and commercial management

In October 2021, Ardian and FiveT Hydrogen launched Hy24,clean hydrogen infrastructure investment platform. Hy24 is targeting €1.5 billion for its first fund, €800 million already been committed by a leading group of industrial and financial investors active in clean hydrogen

In March 2021, French renewable energy producer Kallista Energy, owned by Ardian, acquired a 40% stake in the 102MW Wind park, Krammer facility in the southwest of the Netherlands. The 34 Enercon E-115 wind turbines generate 365GWh of electricity annually, of which 95% is being sold to a tie-up between Google, Dutch health technology major Koninklijke Philips and chemicals producer Nouryon

In January 2021, Ardian acquired 100% stake in a Finland-based utility called Nevel for €656 million. It is a district heating and industrial energy solution company, generating 1.6TWh of energy annually. With the acquisition of Navel, Ardian’s Nordic asset base would come to a size of 1.8GW of installed heat and power capacity. Nevel owns and operates more than 150 heat and power plants and over 40 district heating networks across Finland, Sweden and Estonia

Ardian is an investment firm that prefers to invest in the technology, media, aerospace, defense, healthcare, building material, consumer good and service sectors. The firm has $141 billion of assets under management. The firm operates from 15 offices across the globe. It employs c.1,000 employees including more than 300 investment professionals

The firm’s latest open fund is Ardian SAS Fund, an infrastructure core fund managed by Ardian. The fund is located in Paris, France. The fund targets investments in the energy and infrastructure sectors. The fund’s target size is $2.38 billion

123 Investment Managers, 21 Invest, 2i Aeroporti, 3i Group, 3i Infrastructure, AAC Capital, Abenex, ACA Group, Acino, Acteon Group, Activa Capital, Acto Mezzanine, ADA Cosmetics, Adamo Telecom, Advent International, Affirma Capital, AlpInvest Partners are some of the institutional investors in Ardian’s funds