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ABOUT RE2E

As seasoned wind and solar energy experts we advise the ARDIAN organisation and its infrastructure funds in terms of asset development, execution and operations.

Kurt Stürken

Kurt Stürken

Founder and Managing Partner

 

Kurt Stürken is founder and Managing Partner of RE2E, Mechtersen.
Kurt is Operating Partner to ARDIAN Paris.

He brings along more than 25 years of experience in the renewable industry. He has held leading roles in multinational companies with responsibilities for global sales and project organisations, executing yearly multi GWs of sales and EPC execution, delivering annually 4+ billion EURO in energy infrastructure. As COO of a listed project developer, he was responsible for a global growing development pipeline of 5 GW wind and solar. This also included numerous market and technology entry strategies and their successful execution.

Kurt has an operative management track record in the renewable energy field in all phases of the investment, from early-stage development, through engineering, procurement, construction and operations. He believes that projects need to be thought from the back end, and that operational excellence both in terms of effectivity and efficiency is the key factor, and that a value creation process never ends in terms of renewable assets.

In recent years Kurt has focused on the possibilities at hand when optimising renewable assets. His view is, that a holistic approach in terms of operational performance of an asset is essential for harnessing its potential.

He started his career in Sweden where he founded and built ENERCON´s sales, projects and service organisation for the Nordic market. He then became ENERCON´s Head of Global Projects, responsible for EPC projects on five continents.

As Investment Director at Platina Partners, he supported the development, financing and EPC of renewable projects across Europe.

At REpower Kurt was globally responsible for both sales and projects strategy and execution during a period where the market experienced a substantial transition. After many years at REpower, he was Managing Director at K2 Management´s German organisation, an Engineering and Owner´s/Lender´s Advisor to the onshore and offshore wind and solar industry.

Kurt was then appointed COO and member of the executive board of listed project developer PNE. During his time at PNE, the executive board developed and executed the transition from a wind project developer to an independent wind and solar IPP, both developing, owning and operating renewable assets.

In November 2021 Kurt was appointed Senior Advisor and Operating Partner to ARDIAN Infrastructure, Paris.

Quote Ardian: ”Ardian is a world-leading private investment house majority owned by its employees. We manage or advise $141bn across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East, on behalf of governments, institutions, pension funds and high-net-worth investors. We are an entrepreneurial business, focused on supporting talented management teams to build sustainable, growing companies. We are committed to sharing our success as widely as possible – with investors, with employees in the companies we support and with society at large.“

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