About Us
SOL-R Global Infrastructure specializes in acquiring the land that is rented to renewable energy producers for their solar farms.
Mission Statement
SOL-R Global Infrastructure is a key partner to all parties in the solar farm value chain by bringing capital, expertise and solutions to issues relating to the ownership of land under energy producing assets.
We operate in Southern Europe with a focus on 6 countries : Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus and France.
We acquire land under utility-scale solar parks with production capacity in excess of 4MWp.
Why Solar?
Solar energy is a growth business driven by (i) the need to produce more electricity given the fast-growing uses tied to electric vehicles, electronics, cooling and heating and hydrogen production and (ii) the gradual decommissioning of coal-fired power plants.
Forecasts by the International Energy Agency predict that, in Italy, Spain and France alone, additions of utility-scale solar will total 41.1GW over the next 5 years, a number roughly equal to the installations over the past 16 years.
Our Role
We aim to provide value to all parties in the value chain of solar farms (i) by providing a solution to developers for land acquisition, (ii) by enabling landowners to monetize their illiquid assets and (iii) by eliminating the need for energy producers to mobilize financial resources on non-amortizable capex.
Our Team
At SOL-R Global Infrastructure, we're driven by a vision of sustainable energy and a commitment to advancing renewable infrastructure. Meet the minds behind our company who have spearheaded our journey towards becoming a leading force in the renewable energy sector.
Prior to co-founding SOL-R, Marc was the founder of Telium, the first French mobile tower ground site land aggregator. Marc sold the portfolio of land assets to Nasdaq-listed Radius Global Infrastructure in 2020.
Prior to founding Telium, Marc was an investment manager, specializing in long-only and long/short equity strategies. As Head of European Equities at Lombard Odier he managed in excess of $1.1bn.
Prior to managing investments, Marc was an entrepreneur in media and software, a chapter of his professional life he closed when he sold Transactive Solutions Inc., the company he had co-founded in Boston in 1999 to Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate.
Marc graduated from ESSEC (’90) and received an MBA from Harvard Business School (’94).
Carlo Toic brings a wealth of experience to Sol-R, with a career in real estate and a focus on niche asset types such as cellular ground leases.
In 2011, Carlo joined Md7 in Dublin, where he played a key part in a project overseeing Vodafone Italy's operating expenses savings initiative. He also represented Md7 in talks with Vipnet Croatia (A1), successfully leading the project from conception to execution. As Md7’s Southeast Europe Manager, he oversaw teams and managed client relations for Italy, Spain, Croatia, Malta, and Albania.
In early 2020, he was headhunted to join Telium as Italy Country Manager, where he spearheaded their Tower Site Acquisition initiative until the company’s assets were sold off. Carlo subsequently founded Towercell Consulting Ltd, a consulting firm dedicated to assisting tower tease landowners and site aggregators in the Mediterranean region.
Carlo Toic