Commerz Real welcomes the planned location promotion law, the draft of which was approved by the Federal Council on 30 January 2026. The draft is an important step towards the energy transition in Germany and a milestone in the further development of the open-ended real estate fund asset class. For example, the law now passed provides for the first time that they may invest up to 15 percent of their value in plants for the generation, conversion, transport or storage of electricity or heat from renewable energies. This should also be possible when there is no direct structural connection to a building. The operation of so-called roof-mounted systems or charging infrastructure should also be permitted. All of this has not been possible before.
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With the announcement of the law, we will use our many years of know-how in the field of renewable energies to exploit the new opportunities for us as quickly as possible.
Commerz Real has been investing in solar energy since 2005 and also in wind turbines and other energy infrastructure segments since 2016. The company currently manages more than 50 solar power plants and over 40 onshore and offshore wind farms in Germany and Europe with a total rated output of over 1.5 gigawatts for private and institutional investors.
In the medium to long term, our goal is to supply the properties in the portfolio with electricity ourselves. And this ultimately benefits our investors.
This could then be offered to tenants at favourable conditions, which in turn would increase the attractiveness of the properties for potential users and could have a positive impact on the valuation.
About Commerz Real
Commerz Real AG is the asset manager of the Commerzbank Group and has 50 years of international market experience. The company combines extensive know-how in asset management with broad structuring expertise and uses this expertise to develop tangible asset-oriented fund products and individual investment solutions in the real estate and infrastructure sectors. As a leasing service provider of Commerzbank, Commerz Real Mobilienleasing also offers needs-based leasing concepts.
Since 2025, the Commerzbank Group’s asset management holdings have been bundled with Commerz Real AG. In addition to Commerz Real’s brands and products, these include the Aquila Capital investment company with a focus on sustainable tangible asset investments in the area of energy infrastructure and Yellowfin as a boutique for liquid investment strategies. Under the umbrella of Commerz Real AG, a total of around 1,000 employees manage assets of around EUR 55 billion at around 20 locations.
