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Carlo Toic, SOL-R's COO, is at the Maxxen Day in Turkey
ENGLISH - 28 SEPTEMBER 2026 Carlo Toic will be interacting with many players in the European renewables sector who will also be present at this invitation-only event hosted by Maxxen with a focus on market intelligence, live battery manufacturing tours, supply-chain strategies, and networking for the European BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) pipeline.
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Sep 281 min read


Lorenzo Bentivoglio, SOL-R's Italian CM, is at the SolarItaly conference in Florence (Italy)
ENGLISH - 24 SEPTEMBER 2026 Lorenzo is meeting with solar energy, photovoltaics, energy storage (BESS), and e-mobility players active in Italy. Topics covered will include (1) identifying suitable land plots, (2) negotiating their acquisition and (3) swapping individual landowners for an institutional investor will be the some of the topics covered.
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Sep 241 min read


SOL-R's COO is at IAA Transportation in Hannover (Germany)
ENGLISH ■ 16 SEPTEMBER 2026 Carlo Toic, the Chief Operating Officer of SOL-R, is currently attending the prestigious IAA Transportation 2026 fair, which is being held in Hannover. This event serves as a significant platform for industry leaders and innovators to converge and discuss the latest advancements in transportation technology, with a particular emphasis on sustainable solutions. At this year's fair, Carlo is set to engage with key stakeholders and major players in th
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Sep 161 min read


SOL-R's Italian team is at the SolarFinance conference in Milan on 10 September 2026
ENGLISH ■ 07 SEPTEMBER 2026 Carlo Toic, COO, and Lorenzo Bentivoglio, Italy's CM, are attending the SolarFinance conference in Milan on 10 September 2026 where they will explain to participants how separating land assets from energing producing assets enhances overall project IRRs.
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Sep 71 min read


Carlo Toic, SOL-R's COO, is at the Intercharge Network Conference in Berlin
ENGLISH ■ 02 SEPTEMBER 2026 ■ Carlo Toic is meeting with European companies that are active in the establishing EV charging hubs in Continental Europe, with a special focus on charging stations geared towards express delivery companies (UPS, Fedex, DHL, La Poste...), large e-commerce platforms (Amazon...) and logistics companies. Carlo will explain how SOL-R (i) can help identify suitable land (whether close to renewable energy or not), (ii) acquire land that is currently sit
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Sep 21 min read


SOL-R's Erwan Fournis is interviewed by Rinnovabili
ENGLISH / ITALIAN ■ 13 JULY 2026 ■ The interview, reproduced below, can be found on Rinnovabili's website here : https://www.rinnovabili.it/mercato/aziende/gestione-terreni-per-fotovoltaico-intervista-sol-r-global-infrastructure/ Intervista a Erwan Fournis – Chief Transaction Officer SOL-R Global Infrastructure Nella corsa globale verso la transizione energetica, il successo di un progetto rinnovabile è influenzato certamente da variabili ben conosciute, come la tecnologia im
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Jul 128 min read


SOL-R launches a web campaign
ENGLISH ■ 10 JULY 2026 ■ SOL-R Global Infrastructure's Southern European team has launched a campaign of web ads to familiarize developers and investors in renewable energy projects with our value proposition.
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Jul 81 min read


SOL-R's Carlo Toic is interviewed by Rinnovabili
ENGLISH / ITALIAN ■ 24 JUNE 2026 ■ The interview, reproduced below, can be found on Rinnovabili's website here : https://www.rinnovabili.it/agrifood/agricoltura/carlo-toic-sol-r-global-infrastructure-intervista-agrifood-forum/ In this interview, Carlo Toic explains how farmers can maximize the value of agricultural land hosting renewable energy installations : the land can be sold to specialty investors like SOL-R Global Infrastructure whilst the farmer can keep farming the l
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Jun 232 min read


Lorenzo Bentivolglio, SOL-R's CM in Italy, is at SolarStorage in Bologna
ENGLISH ■ 09 APRIL 2026 ■ Lorenzo Bentivoglio is meeting with Italian developers in Bologna to explain SOL-R's value proposition to standalone BESS developers and utility-scale solar farm developers who are increasingly confronted with Italian landowners who have no desire to lease their land and are only interested in selling.
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Apr 81 min read


Carlo Toic, SOL-R's COO, is at the Battery Business & Development Forum in Frankfurt
ENGLISH ■ 31 MARCH 2026 ■ Carlo Toic is meeting with German developers in Frankfurt to explain SOL-R's value proposition to standalone BESS developers who generally need to acquire much smaller surface areas than utility-scale solar farm developers but in areas where the land can be substantially more expensive.
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Mar 301 min read


Carlo Toic, SOL-R's COO, is speaking at the KEY Energy Transition Expo in Rimini (Italy)
ENGLISH ■ 05 MARCH 2026 ■ Carlo Toic will share insights from our projects in Europe and beyond, outlining key investment trends and how SOL-R Global Infrastructure’s land acquisition investments improves capital efficiency and lowers risk—helping investors, developers and landowners back renewables with greater confidence, improve their balance sheet and secure equity.
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Mar 41 min read


SOL-R is presenting at the Key Energy conference in Rimini (Italy)
ENGLISH ■ 04 MARCH 2026 ■ Carlo Toic, SOL-R's COO and Lorenzo Bentivoglio, SOL-R's B2B Account Manager for Italy, will be hosting developers and energy producers active in the Italian market to discuss opportunities to fund land acquisitions for solar farms and BESS projects. Recent trends in the Italian market make SOL-R's solution extremely compelling : Land is getting more expensive, especially in areas classified as industrial areas Landowners are increasingly interest
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Feb 271 min read


SOL-R opens up a capital allocation for land acquisitions in Romania
ENGLISH ■ 27 FEBRUARY 2026 ■ Romania is now the 10th European country in which SOL-R Global Infrastructure has secured capital for renewable land acquisitions. It is estimated that Romania will commission net new additions of utility-scale solar farms in excess of 2 GW in the next 3 years. SOL-R is now proposing its innovative financing solutions to developers participating in this dynamic and high-potential market.
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Feb 271 min read


SOL-R is present at the E-World conference in Essen (Germany)
ENGLISH ■ 10 FEBRUARY 2026 ■ SOL-R's team will meet with developers and IPPs in Essen to evangelize the renewable energy community on the benefits of outsourcing land acquisitions to a specialized investment group like SOL-R.
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Feb 101 min read


Marc Bataillon, SOL-R's CEO, is a speaker at the Solar Finance & Investment Conference in London
ENGLISH ■ 03 FEBRUARY 2026 ■ Marc Bataillon will explain to developers of renewable energy projects the benefits of outsourcing land purchases, with a special focus on solar farms where land footprints can be as high as 200-300 hectares and require a large capital outlay. Specifically, Marc Bataillon will detail the financial benefits of not burdening project SPVs with land investments which are not depreciable from an accounting perspective.
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Feb 31 min read


SOL-R opens up a capital allocation for land acquisitions in Ireland
ENGLISH ■ 02 JANUARY 2026 ■ Ireland is now the 9th European country in which SOL-R Global Infrastructure has secured capital for renewable land acquisitions. It is estimated that Ireland will commission net new additions of utility-scale solar farms in excess of 2.5 GW in the next 3 years. SOL-R is now proposing its innovative financing solutions to developers participating in this dynamic and high-potential market.
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Jan 21 min read


Erwan Fournis, SOL-R's Chief Transaction Officer, is a speaker at the Energyear UK conference in London
ENGLISH ■ 25 NOVEMBER 2025 ■ Erwan Fournis is sharing the experience SOL-R has gathered in the 8 European countries in which it operates (Spain, Portugal, France, UK, Germany, Italy, Greece, Poland) with respect to the acquisition of land for solar farms and BESS projects. Specifically, Erwan will detail the differences in acquisition structures when it comes to executing sale & leaseback transactions under already-operating farms and executing deferred acquisitions of land f
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Nov 25, 20251 min read


Carlo Toic, SOL-R's COO, is interviewed by Tom Essex on the REM Podcast
ENGLISH ■ 06 NOVEMBER 2025 ■ Carlo Toic dissects SOL-R business model and value proposition to developers and IPPs on Tom Essex's podcast. ENGLISH https://youtu.be/YFcAfLiNQuE
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Nov 6, 20251 min read


Carlo Toic, SOL-R's COO, is a speaker at the Solar & Storage Live Italia 2025 conference in Verona (Italy)
ENGLISH ■ 09 OCTOBER 2025 ■ Carlo Toic is speaking at the Solar & Storage Live Italia conference to explain the benefits of separating land from energy producing assets. Carlo Toic will focus on the idiosyncracies of the Italian market where a large number of landowners refuse to lease their land and prefer to sell, in order to capture a compelling tax arbitrage between income tax rates (to which lease payments are subject) and capital gains tax rates (to which sales proceed
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Oct 9, 20251 min read


SOL-R opens up a capital allocation for land acquisitions in the UK
ENGLISH ■ 01 OCTOBER 2025 ■ The UK is now the 8th European country in which SOL-R Global Infrastructure has secured capital for renewable land acquisitions. It is estimated that the UKwill commission net new additions of utility-scale solar farms in excess of 8.5 GW in the next 3 years. SOL-R is now proposing its innovative financing solutions to developers participating in this dynamic and high-potential market.
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Oct 1, 20251 min read
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