What We Do

Electric Land’s development platform is delivering a growing pipeline of best in class assets by securing predominately freehold land, viable grid and required utility connections and planning permission, and leasing it ‘Ready-to-Build’ to operators. All assets are held long term in Electric Land’s investment portfolio.

Site Identification

Electric Land’s expertise allows us to identify and assess projects against development constraints. Viable projects are selected for screening and development.

Due Diligence

Detailed due diligence is undertaken on all development and acquisition opportunities. DD includes planning, utility connections, land ownership and project risks.

Project Development

Selected projects are secured under exclusivity, formal applications for the utility connections submitted and planning is instructed.

Risk Management

Our development team works exhaustively to de-risk projects for construction. Issues around land ownership, planning, easement and ground conditions are all managed.

Electric Land Digital is our specialist Data Centre development arm. Our mission is to create Ready to Build Hyperscale, AI and Edge land opportunities for the Data Centre market across Europe.

Data Centre Requirements

Freehold land opportunities in Tier I, Tier II and emerging locations in Europe

Minimum of 5 acres with no upper limit

Constrained sites considered

Pathway to suitable allocation/zoning or planning/permitting

Commercial Real Estate investments that meet the above criteria with VP obtainable within 7 years – Lot sizes up to £75m

Our Requirements

We create ‘ready to build’ projects to lease to energy generating and storage operators as well as buy standing investment assets from third party landowners. These include Battery Storage, Flexible Generation, Solar and Wind Generation, Bio-Mass and Waste to Energy projects.

DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Industrial and brownfield sites at least 100m+ from residential

Greenfield land, usually for solar,
wind or battery energy storage use

Generally sites from 0.5 acres to 10 acres
and 50 to 250 acres for solar

Vacant or part let

Secures development rights including planning, grid & gas connections or work in partnership with landowners or other developers

INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS

Freehold and leased operational sites

Undeveloped freehold sites – from raw to shovel ready

Sale & Leaseback and other opportunities to partner with operators

Forward purchases and commitments with landowners and developers

Individual purchases from less than £0.5m and portfolios up to £100m

Landowners

We work proactively with landowners to develop renewable generation and battery storage energy projects, supporting the transition to sustainable energy. Our battery projects balance supply, which helps improve energy security, stability, and reliability on the local and national electricity network. These developments are in line with the Government strategy to shift to a net zero power sector by 2035. We are able to offer a premium value for greenfield, brownfield & industrial land for its projects.

Why?

Premium pricing

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Upfront Option Payments

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Zero cost to Landowners

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Established Partners

Our Partners

We value our close and trusting partnerships. Since inception, we have also liked to work closely and in partnership with landowners, our tenants, banks, external development managers and professional advisors. We know that when you have trust in a counterparty, projects go more smoothly. And that works in both directions.

Our Portfolio

Our current portfolio includes 800 MW across 28 projects, representing a prospective £100m ultra-secure, index-linked ground rent portfolio with total GDV in excess of £750m. Electric Land currently has an advanced development pipeline representing a further 1GW+ of projects, including sites in Great Britain, Ireland, Germany and Belgium.

Latest News

Milan land acquisition secured

Electric Land Digital (EL Digital), Electric Land’s specialist data centre development arm headed up by Sammi Charad, is pleased to...

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02
Sep
Aurora Renewables Summit

Our Development Associate Tanaka Dube recently attended the Aurora Renewables Summit in London. With renewables deployment continuing to be paramount...

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09
Jul
Energy Box – Nomination for Keila Abreu

Sending all our best wishes to Keila I. Abreu who has been nominated as Green Energy Prominent Woman by Energy...

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18
Jun
Brenig freehold wind farm investment acquisition completes

We are pleased to have completed on a freehold wind farm investment acquisition in Brenig, North Wales. The 31MW (13 turbine) wind farm...

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12
Jun
NGESO customer seminar – Glasgow

A number of our team attended the National Grid ESO’s customer seminar in Glasgow, where they met NGESO stakeholders in-person...

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29
Apr
Why are BEGA Customers not benefitting from the industry’s earlier connection initiatives?

What is BEGA? A Bilateral Embedded Generator Agreement (BEGA) is a contract between an embedded generating customer and National Grid Electricity...

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24
Apr

Meet the Team

Keila Abreu
Development Director

James Bennett
Development Manager

Sue Benson
Company Secretary and Financial Controller

Jack Culmer
Head of Acquisitions

Niel Dey
Senior Development Manager

Ben Lansman
Managing Director

Stephen Lansman
Chairman

Ivania Walter
Bookkeeper

Ronald Tang
Development Engineer

David Savinson
Development Partner - Germany

Arndt Alferink
Development Partner - Germany

Sammi Charad
Head of Electric Land Digital

Tanaka Dube
Development Associate

Waqar Zaman
Finance Analyst


Keila Abreu

Development Director

Keila is the Development Director of ELP with over 10 years’ experience in utility scale energy generation projects, having successfully delivered over 2GW of projects in the UK.

She is responsible for designing the project origination strategy, overseeing project development activities, market entry design and stakeholder management.

+44 (0)7534 399273

keila@electricland.co.uk

 


James Bennett

Development Manager

James joined in 2021 with an MSc in Spatial Planning and Development and BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Reading.

James is responsible for the ongoing management and sourcing of GB development projects and acts as the Project Lead for the business’ expansion into Northern Ireland.

+44 (0)20 7434 8785

james@electricland.co.uk


Sue Benson

Company Secretary and Financial Controller

Joined in 2012. She secured a BSc at Cardiff, qualified with Deloitte and has over 20 years’ experience in senior finance roles and over 10 years in real estate.

+44 (0)20 7434 8786

sue@foundationpc.co.uk


Jack Culmer

Head of Acquisitions

Jack joined in 2018 with a BSc from Sheffield University having previously worked at Lloyds Bank within their Commercial Real Estate team.

Jack oversees Electric Land’s acquisitions, sourcing built, leased investment assets and works closely with the development team to package our “ready to build” projects to lease.

+44 (0)20 7434 8786

jack@electricland.co.uk


Niel Dey

Senior Development Manager

Niel joined in 2022 with a MEng in Chemical Engineering and has held various engineering roles in project management and consulting.

His responsibilities include overseeing grid connection applications, regulations and policy, as well as establishing entry into new markets.

+44 (0)7398 285196

Niel@electricland.co.uk


Ben Lansman

Managing Director

Ben has over 15 years' experience in real estate investment and development. He became Director of the FPC Group in 2014, founded Electric Land in 2015, and was promoted to Managing Director of the FPC Group in 2017.

Ben is manages the businesses day to day activities, in-house and external teams and joint venture partners.

+44 (0)20 7434 8786

ben@foundationpc.co.uk


Stephen Lansman

Chairman

Stephen is the Chairman of Electric Land and its parent, the Foundation Property & Capital Group, which he founded. He has over 35 years’ experience creating and guiding teams investing in and developing an unusually wide range of real estate assets.


Stephen is responsible for new business initiatives including expansion in the UK and overseas, new Joint Ventures and new capital raised and invested across the Group.


+44 (0)20 7434 8786

stephen@foundationpc.co.uk


Ivania Walter

Bookkeeper

Joined in 2020 to support the Financial Controller and project teams.

+44 (0)20 7434 8786

ivania@foundationpc.co.uk


Ronald Tang

Development Engineer

Ronald is the development engineer of ELP, specialising in grid analysis in both UK and Germany.


He is directly responsible for originating, developing and managing over 7GW of BESS project in Germany.


+44  (0)20 7434 8795

ronaldtang@electricland.co.uk


David Savinson

Development Partner - Germany

David has over 35 years’ experience in real estate investment and development in the UK and Germany. He set up the Hamdon Real Estate Group in Hamburg, Germany with Arndt Alferink in 1999 and remains it’s Managing Director. He is a Chartered Surveyor and was a member of the Board of RICS Germany from 1997 – 2007.

David is the joint lead on securing Electric Land’s development pipeline in Germany.

David Savinson
Development Partner, Germany
M +49 163 3571354
David@electricland.co.uk


Arndt Alferink

Development Partner - Germany

Arndt has over 25 years’ experience in real estate investment and development in Germany and Switzerland. He set up the Hamdon Real Estate Group in Hamburg, Germany with David Savinson in 1999.

Arndt is the joint lead on securing Electric Land’s development pipeline in Germany.

Arndt Alferink
Development Partner, Germany
M +49 178 4778028
arndt@electricland.co.uk


Sammi Charad

Head of Electric Land Digital

Sammi is Head of Electric Land Digital and has over 11 years experience in real estate investment and development across sectors and geographies.

He is responsible for the overall progression of business activity and growth for Electric Land in the Digital Infrastructure sector.


Tanaka Dube

Development Associate

Joined in 2024 with a BSc in Property Development and an MSc in International Real Estate Finance and Investment.

Tanaka works within the development team, underwriting land acquisitions and progressing sites from origination stage to deliver ready-to-build projects to market.

T: +44 (0)20 7434 8787
E: tanaka@electricland.co.uk


Waqar Zaman

Finance Analyst

Joined in 2024. He secured a MSc in Mathematical Finance from Queen Mary, University of London and has a background in Corporate Tax at KPMG followed by experience in corporate finance at a boutique firm in the East Midlands. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of ICAEW.

T: +44 (0)207 434 8799

E: waqar@foundationpc.co.uk

 

 

Social Responsibility

We value our team, both staff and advisers, everyone we interact with. At the heart of Electric Land’s ethos is a drive to leave the world in a better state than we found it. We are acutely aware of our ability and responsibility to support, reward and improve our contribution to the lives of our team, our stakeholders and society more broadly.

Ethical Property Foundation

We helped to create and remain a core funder of EPF, which is committed to helping charities be smart about property. When possible we also continue to provide pro-bono advice directly to charities.

Living Wage Foundation

We are proud to be a London Living Wage employer, ensuring our staff, interns, and our contracted staff are all fairly employed.

Contact Us

14-16 Great Pulteney Street
London W1F 9ND

+44 (0) 207 434 8787

info@electricland.co.uk