The story
In 1979, Norbert Plambeck and his father Otto Plambeck founded a group of companies. This group included the "Windpark Marschland GmbH" in 1995, which changed its name in 1998 to Plambeck Neue Energien AG as a company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft).
For more than 30 years, it has been a been an experience for project developers in the area of onshore and offshore wind farms. The focus is on the development of wind energy and photovoltaic projects worldwide as well as on power generation with its own wind farms. Its portfolio covers all project planning phases, from site investigation, approval procedures and financing through to construction, operation and repowering. As a Clean Energy Solutions Provider, the PNE Group also offers services for the entire life cycle of wind farms and photovoltaic power plants, as well as battery storage solutions for more efficient use of renewable energies. The PNE Group is a sought-after partner for industry when it comes to solutions for refining electricity using Power-to-X technologies.
Wolfgang von Geldern accompanied Norbert Plambeck during the Initial public offering and belonged to the Board from 1998 until 2008.
PNE AG is listed at the SDAX with stock ticker PNE3.DE. In August 2019 Morgan Stanley Infrastructure announced an offer at €4 per share or €306m to acquire PNE AG. The supervisory board of PNE AG agreed to the offer in October 2019. A great number of PNE AG's shareholders disagreed with the offer, sighting the offer as too low. As of November 15th 2019 Morgan Stanley Infrastructure amassed a 21.9% stake in PNE AG.
In January 2026, PNE AG sold 6 wind farm projects to Spanish company Qualitas Energy. These projects included three under construction wind farms: the "Helenenberg" wind farm with a capacity of 6 MW in Rhineland-Palatinate, the "Welsche Lied" wind farm with a total capacity of 27.8 MW in Hesse and the "Zinndorf" wnd farm with a capacity of 6.8 MW in Brandenburg; and three wind farms in Hessen "Großer Mittelberg" (4.2 MW), "Herzhausen" (33 MW) and "Odensachsen" (13.2 MW).
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