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See current press releasesAmprion receives €2.2 billion in equity capital from shareholders
Amprion successfully completed its €2.2 billion capital increase today as planned.
Amprion enhances its financial strength: issuance of a green bond and increase in the syndicated loan agreement
Amprion has successfully issued a green dual-tranche bond for the second time this year. The total volume of the bond is €1.5 billion.
Supervisory Board appoints Katrin Hilmer to Amprion's management team
The Supervisory Board of Amprion GmbH has expanded the company's management team and appointed Katrin Hilmer as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Director of Labor Relations, effective 1 April 2026.
Amprion on growth path: positive business development and further investments in grid expansion
Amprion achieved very good results in the first half of 2025 and invested around €2.0 billion in grid expansion. In May, the company once again issued a green bond with a total volume of one billion euros on the international capital market. In the Green Finance Investor Report published today, investors gain detailed insights into how the funds raised from green bonds are being used.
Amprion welcomes Apollo Global Management's investment
RWE and the Asset Manager Apollo Global Management are forming a joint venture for the 25.1 per cent stake of RWE in Amprion GmbH.
Amprion issues green bond with a volume of €1 billion
Amprion has today successfully placed a green dual-tranche bond with a total nominal volume of €1 billion on the international capital market.
Amprion Market Report 2025: Impact of weather-related fluctuation in renewable energy feed-in on electricity market and grid
Amprion’s latest market report analyses developments in the European electricity market in 2024 and highlights their impact on the German electricity grid.
Moody’s affirms "Baa1" rating of Amprion and changes outlook to negative
As part of its annual review, Amprion has again received a solid "Baa1" investment grade rating from the international rating agency Moody's Ratings. At the same time, the outlook was changed to "negative".
Fitch Ratings again affirms "BBB+" rating with stable outlook for Amprion
Fitch Ratings has again assigned Amprion a Long-Term Issuer Default Rating of “BBB+” with a stable outlook
Amprion looks back on a successful 2024 and steps up grid expansion
Amprion significantly improved all its key figures and reached a new milestone with investments of around €4 billion. By 2029, Amprion intends to invest some €36.4 billion in the expansion of its transmission grid.
Invitation to the 2024 annual results conference call for investors and analysts
Amprion GmbH will publish its annual report for the financial year 2024 on Thursday, 10th April 2025.
Hitachi Energy wins over 2 billion euros order from Amprion
Amprion’s HVDC project, Korridor B, will transport wind energy from the North Sea coast to the Ruhr Region to provide power to 4 million people. HVDC Light® technology supports the TSO’s strategy to deliver Germany’s Net-Zero targets.
Amprion GmbH successfully completes €850 million capital increase
As planned, Amprion received additional equity capital totalling €850 million from its existing shareholders. All existing shareholders participated in this transaction on a pro-rata basis to their stakes.
Amprion receives RGI Grid Award for world-beating technology
Amprion has been honoured with the prestigious RGI Grid Award from the Renewables Grid Initiative in the “Technological Innovation & System Integration” category – for developing and installing the world’s first STATCOM system with a reactive power rating of 300 Mvar and grid forming.
Amprion issues €1.1 billion of green bonds
Amprion today successfully issued another green bond totalling €1.1 billion. The bond was issued in two tranches and met with great interest from investors.
Wind power for North Rhine-Westphalia and the Rhine-Main region: Amprion awards civil engineering contracts worth billions
Amprion has awarded civil engineering contracts for more than 1,300 kilometers of underground cable route. The contracts for the direct current projects Korridor B and Rhein-Main-Link were concluded with three consortia. Amprion had developed a new contract model for the tender, which has already won international awards.
Amprion reports a successful first half of 2024: results and investments in grid expansion on target
Amprion achieved sound results in the first six months of this year and, as planned, invested €1.3 billion in grid expansion. In May, the company once again issued a €1 billion green dual-tranche bond on the international capital market. In publishing its second Green Finance Investor Report, Amprion is providing transparent reporting on the use of the funds raised from green bonds.
Amprion scores top marks in Sustainable Fitch ESG ratings
Transmission system operator Amprion has once again received an outstanding ESG rating from renowned rating agency Sustainable Fitch.
Amprion lines up management team for the future
Transmission system operator Amprion builds on a strong management team. When he joins the Management Board on 1 July 2024, Dr Christoph Müller will assume the position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) before succeeding Dr Hans-Jürgen Brick as Chairman of the Management Board (CEO) on 1 January 2025.The Supervisory Board is prematurely extending the contract of CFO Peter Rüth by a further five years.
Amprion increases syndicated loan agreement by €600 million
The transmission system operator Amprion has successfully in-creased the volume of its existing syndicated loan agreement with its banking partners by means of an amendment agreement. The credit line has been increased by €600 million to a total of €2,600 million.
AMPRION AWARDS BILLION-EURO CONTRACT TO CABLE MANUFACTURER SUMITOMO
Amprion has secured cable supply capacities for sections of the Korridor B and Rhein-Main-Link projects by awarding a contract and signing a Preferred Supplier Agreement with the Japanese company Sumitomo Electric. These production capacities – with a total volume in excess of €3 billion – are to be built up in Germany.
Amprion successfully issues a green bond for €1 billion
Amprion has once again successfully placed a green dual-tranche bond with a total nominal value of €1 billion on the international capital market. The green dual-tranche bond was issued under Amprion’s €9 billion debt issuance programme. The order book was several times oversubscribed.
Fitch Ratings affirms “BBB+” rating with stable outlook for Amprion
The international rating agency Fitch Ratings has awarded Amprion again a Long-Term Issuer Default Rating “BBB+” with a stable outlook as part of its annual review.
Amprion accelerates grid expansion and invests more than ever before
Transmission system operator Amprion is stepping up the pace of grid expansion and continues to grow. In the past financial year, investments more than doubled to a record level of around €3 billion. By 2028 Amprion plans to invest around €27.5 billion in the expansion and upgrading of the transmission grid.
Moody‘s affirms "Baa1" rating with stable outlook for Amprion
As part of its annual review, the transmission system operator Amprion GmbH ("Amprion") has again received a "Baa1" rating with stable outlook from the international rating agency Moody's Ratings.
Annual results conference call for investors and analysts
Amprion will publish its annual report for the financial year 2023 on Thursday, 11th April 2024 and invites investors and analysts to the annual results conference call.
Amprion awards billion-euro contract to cable manufacturer NKT
By awarding the contract to the Danish company NKT, Amprion has secured cable capacities for the HVDC connection Korridor B as well as an important section of the EnLAG 14 line project.
Network Development Plan for the Climate-Neutral Transmission Grid Confirmed
For the first time, the Federal Network Agency confirms more projects than actually envisaged in the second draft of the Network Development Plan (NDP); Collaboration between electricity and gas TSOs to be intensified in the next NDP
Prysmian signs contracts worth in aggregate around €5 billion with Amprion.
Prysmian has finalised three contracts worth in aggregate around €5 billion with Amprion for two offshore grid connection systems — BalWin1 and BalWin2 — and the underground cable project DC34.
Science Based Targets initiative confirms Amprion's CO2 reduction targets
The CO2 reduction targets of the transmission system operator Amprion are in line with the Paris Climate Agreement.
Dr Christoph Müller is appointed to the Amprion Management Board
Transmission system operator Amprion puts board-level succession arrangements in place. Dr Hans-Jürgen Brick retires on 31 December 2024. Dr Christoph Müller will then take over the function of CEO.
Amprion and Statnett agree to investigate feasibility of a hybrid interconnector
Amprion and the Norwegian transmission system operator Statnett have signed a Memorandum of Understanding: The partners want to investigate the feasibility of a hybrid interconnector for offshore wind between the two countries.
Amprion again achieves excellent ESG rating by Sustainalytics
The transmission system operator Amprion has once again significantly improved its ESG rating compared to the previous year. The rating of the renowned agency Sustainalytics is now 9.6. In the "Electric Utilities" sector, Amprion ranks second out of 276 companies worldwide.
Amprion secures supplier capacity for four converters at Hitachi Energy
Transmission system operator Amprion and Hitachi Energy have concluded a strategic agreement on the preferred delivery of four converter stations. The agreement serves to realise the Korridor B direct-current project on schedule and is a part of Amprion’s capacity security strategy.
Amprion again successful with green bond in volume of €1.2 billion
The transmission system operator Amprion has once again successfully placed a green bond with a total nominal volume of €1.2 billion on the international capital market. The green dual-tranche bond was issued within Amprion's €9 billion debt issuance programme. In a competing market environment, the order book amounted to up to €2.8 billion.
Amprion presents solid figures for the first half of 2023 and first "Green Finance Investor Report"
The transmission system operator Amprion has published solid figures for the first half of 2023 and its first Green Finance Investor Report. The company thus increases transparency for its investors and underlines its ambitions to continue issuing sustainable finance instruments in the future.
Amprion publishes second Sustainability Report
Transmission system operator Amprion has gone a step further in the implementation of its sustainability strategy with the publication of the second Sustainability Report. The focus of the 2022 reporting year is on Amprion’s voluntary commitment to gradually reduce its own carbon emissions by 2032. Considerable attention is also devoted to the successful issue of the first Green Bond as well as to the report’s preparation in accordance with the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Amprion submits CO2 reduction targets to Science Based Target initiative
Transmission system operator Amprion has committed to significantly reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions by 2032.
Transmission system operators publish second draft of grid development plan for 2037/2045
Today, following a four-week consultation phase, the four transmission system operators (TSOs) 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW submitted the second draft of the grid development plan (GDP) for 2037/2045 (2023) to the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur, BNetzA) and published it on the www.netzentwicklungsplan.de website.
Fitch Ratings confirms “BBB+” rating with stable outlook for Amprion
The transmission system operator Amprion GmbH (“Amprion”) has again received a “BBB+” rating with a stable outlook from the rating agency Fitch Ratings as part of its annual review.
Amprion receives outstanding ESG ratings from Sustainable Fitch
The transmission system operator Amprion has received its first ESG ratings from the renowned rating agency Sustainable Fitch.
Hybrid interconnector between Germany and Denmark: Amprion and Energinet agree on close cooperation
The German transmission system operator Amprion and their Danish counterpart Energinet have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the perspectives of developing a hybrid interconnector between the two countries.
Amprion invests record amount in accelerated grid expansion
Amprion is accelerating grid expansion and continues to grow. The company plans to invest around 22 billion euros in the transmission grid over the next five years.
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORS PUBLISH FIRST DRAFT OF GRID DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 2037/2045
Today, transmission system operators 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW published the first draft of the grid development plan (GDP) for 2037/2045 (2023).
Sustainable value chain: Amprion decides to reduce Scope-3-emissions
The transmission system operator Amprion has committed to reducing emissions along its value chain by almost 60 percent by 2032.
Amprion increases syndicated loan agreement by €500 million
The transmission system operator Amprion has successfully increased the volume of its existing syndicated loan agreement by using a contractually agreed increase option.
Elia and Amprion commit to close collaboration for second German-Belgian interconnector
The German transmission system operator Amprion and its Belgian counterpart, Elia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the construction of a second cross-border interconnector.
Amprion awarded as ESG top performer
Sustainalytics has included the transmission system operator Amprion in its list of “2023 top-rated ESG companies“.
Amprion awards converter stations to Siemens Energy und Dragados Offshore
Amprion Offshore GmbH has awarded Siemens Energy and Dragados Offshore to build the converter stations for the LanWin1 and LanWin3 offshore grid connection systems.
Successful green bond debut of Amprion on the international bond market
Amprion presents IFRS figures for the first time
Moody’s Investors Service confirms “Baa1” rating for Amprion; outlook raised to “stable”
Amprion Offshore awards converter stations to Siemens Energy and Dragados Offshore
Amprion sets target for CO2 reductions
Fitch Ratings affirms “BBB+” rating for Amprion GmbH
Amprion market report: European cooperation absorbs upheaval in the electricity market
Amprion achieves top result in first ESG Risk Rating
ESG Risk Rating by Sustainalytics confirms Amprion’s sustainability strategy; Ranked 4th out of 300 worldwide in the “electric utilities” category; Rated as “Low Risk”
Amprion steps up investments in the transformation of the energy system and continues to grow
ALEGrO, the first interconnector between Belgium and Germany, celebrates its first anniversary with good results
Amprion signs new syndicated loan agreement
Successful debut for Amprion on the international bond market
Unprecedented year for the electricity market: Amprion publishes “Market Report 2021”
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORS SUBMIT SECOND DRAFT OF NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2035, VERSION 2021
European TSOs launch Eurobar Initiative for Standardised Offshore Grids
Siemens Energy and Amprion seal technology partnership for reliable and innovative grid management
