GETEC Group drives incremental decarbonisation with pan-European energy solutions

GETEC Group positions itself as a pan‑European partner for industrial decarbonisation, combining long‑duration asset ownership with engineering and regulatory expertise to deliver turnkey energy solutions, according to an interview with Chief Business Officer Rukmini Glanard published by Business Focus Magazine.

The company, the interview states, employs about 3,100 people across 50 locations and “operates more than 11,000 power plants”, serving industrial and real estate customers through a mix of decentralised assets, district heating and site infrastructure. “We strive to be the trusted European leader in shaping the energy transition,” Glanard told Business Focus Magazine, describing GETEC’s role as accompanying customers “in meeting their energy needs, helping them to transition and reduce their carbon footprint.”

GETEC’s market approach is framed around an integrated DBFOOM model, Design, Build, Finance, Own, Operate, Maintain, that the company says turns complex decarbonisation challenges into long‑term, practical solutions for industrial sites and urban districts. The model underpins projects ranging from large wastewater heat recovery for the Siemensstadt Square development in Berlin, delivered in partnership with Siemens and Berliner Wasserbetriebe, to a waste‑heat‑recovery link that feeds a Telecom Italia Mobile data centre into Milan’s district heating network, heating thousands of homes.

Those project examples illustrate GETEC’s technology‑agnostic stance. “We don’t say to customers, ‘We’re only interested if you want a fully green production facility,’” Glanard said to Business Focus Magazine, stressing an incremental, pragmatic pathway that balances energy efficiency, financial targets, compliance and operational security. The company highlights mixes of renewables, waste heat recovery, heat pumps and power‑to‑heat among the tools it deploys, and describes collaboration within a wider partner ecosystem to assemble those solutions.

GETEC’s regional structure and recent deals underline its European footprint and growth strategy. According to the company’s website, GETEC operates through four regional platforms centred in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands, delivering contracting and multi‑client site services across nine countries. In October 2024 GETEC acquired a 70% stake in CEI S.P.A. Calore Energia Impianti, an Italian energy‑services firm, a move the company says strengthens its presence in the Milan metropolitan area and supports expansion of energy‑efficiency and heat‑service capabilities in Italy.

Financial solidity is presented as a strategic differentiator. In the Business Focus Magazine interview Glanard pointed to backing from the Infrastructure Investments Fund managed by J.P. Morgan, saying that institutional ownership allows GETEC to finance, own and operate critical infrastructure so customers can focus on their core businesses. “Our owners are here to stay, and that gives our customers a certain level of healthy reassurance,” she said.

The group also owns and operates multi‑client industrial parks, notably GETEC PARK.MUTTENZ and GETEC PARK.STEIN near Basel and an industrial park in Emmen in the Netherlands, which the company describes as hubs for chemical, pharmaceutical and life‑sciences customers. “We manage the full infrastructure in that park on behalf of our customers,” Glanard told Business Focus Magazine, citing services from energy supply to waste disposal, health and security and facility management.

Glanard herself brings cross‑sector commercial experience to the role. GETEC has publicly noted her April 2024 appointment as Chief Business Officer and her prior senior roles at Alcatel‑Lucent Enterprise, SITA and Orange Business, which the company says equip her with go‑to‑market and large‑account management experience relevant to scaling complex energy services.

For industrial customers and real‑estate owners considering third‑party energy models, GETEC stresses lifecycle delivery and continuity of ownership as advantages when implementing decarbonisation investments. Industry data and procurement teams assessing third‑party ownership models will want to weigh those claims against alternatives including captive investment, municipal schemes, and competitive offers from other energy‑service companies. According to GETEC’s public materials, the combination of regional platforms, recent Italian acquisition and institutional capital is intended to support long‑term contracts and multi‑decade infrastructure commitments that some industrial clients prioritise.

GETEC frames its mission around incremental transition rather than all‑or‑nothing retrofit programmes, presenting a pragmatic route for asset‑intensive industries that must reconcile decarbonisation with production continuity, regulatory compliance and capital discipline. As companies and cities scale heat electrification, waste‑heat recovery and district energy, GETEC’s model, backed by platform reach and third‑party finance, positions it as one of several European providers seeking to capture the long‑term contracting opportunities created by decarbonisation mandates and electrification trends.