According to its own figures, the company is active in 22 countries with an installed global capacity of 12,468 MW (as of June 2019), with wind being the largest sector, followed by solar and energy storage.

The firm in 1999 positioned itself in the renewable energy sector and in 2000, Pâris Mouratoglou sold 35% of SIIF Énergies to Électricité de France (EDF).

[12] In April 2017, EDF EN announced the acquisition of a 67.2% majority stake, in addition to convertible bonds, in Futuren, a wind farm operator, valued at around €188 million.

[18] It is involved in three structuring projects under development in France, won through a government call for tenders, totalling nearly 1,500 MW in Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fécamp.

[23] In March 2018, EDF announced a major electrical storage plan with the objective of becoming the European leader in the sector by 2035, for an investment worth €8 billion over the period 2018–2035.

[34] In October 2017, EDF EN and ArcelorMittal Méditerranée announced the commissioning of the 12 MW La Fossette photovoltaic power plant in Fos-sur-mer (Bouches-du-Rhône).

[42] In May 2018, EDF Energies Nouvelles bought the "Neart na Gaoithe" wind farm in Scotland from Irish company Mainstream Renewable Power, following a competitive process.

[43] EDF Renewables opened its wind farm in Blyth in July 2018, where the individual turbines are connected via 66-kilometre (41 mi) offshore cables to bring the electricity produced onshore.

In September 2017, EDF EN confirmed its project to extend the solar power plant with storage at Toucan, co-built with the town hall of Montsinery-Tonnegrande (French Guiana).

[50] In mid-January 2018, the firm, along with Andes Mining & Energy (AME), announced the commissioning in Chile of the Santiago Solar photovoltaic power plant (115 MWp), consisting of approximately 400,000 modules and covering more than 200 hectares.

[51] In April 2018, EDF EN won a long-term electricity supply contract (PPA) in Brazil under a federal auction for a 114 MW wind power project in Bahia State.

The electricity will be produced by a new renewable EDF wind power project, with an installed capacity of 33 MW, which will start construction in 2019 in Bahia State, to be commissioned in 2021.

[56] Desjardins Group Pension Plan (DGPP) in June 2019 announced its intent to acquire 40.5% of EDF Renewables Canada's interest in the 201.6-MW Cypress wind project in Alberta.

[58] The company announced on 15 September 2017 the signing of a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) between its EDF Renewable Energy and Kimberly-Clark Corporation for 120 of the 154 MW of the Rock Falls, Oklahoma wind project.

[60] In a contract with Google signed in November 2017, EDF RE agreed to supply 200 MW of installed capacity generated by the Glacier Edge wind farm project in Iowa.

[61] At the end of January 2018, EDF Renewable Energy announced the commissioning of the Red Pine (Minnesota) wind farm, consisting of 100 turbines and an installed capacity of 200 MW.

[65] In December 2018, EDF Renewables and Shell New Energies announced the formation of a joint venture to develop a wind farm in federal waters offshore New Jersey.

[72] At the end of the month, the public interest company NYSERDA of New York State confirmed the award to EDF Renewables of a 212 MWp / 170 MWac photovoltaic project to Morris Ridge.

[73] In March 2019, the subsidiary continued its expansion in the United States by announcing the signing of a series of sales contracts for five solar power plants in Florida, with a total capacity of 310 megawatts.

[74] Later that year in August, it was announced that EDF and Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives would construct a 300MW wind farm in Southeast Nebraska, planned to go online in November 2020.

[77] At the end of October 2017, the firm and Elsewedy Electric Group joined forces to design, build and operate two solar power plants with a total capacity of 100 MWac in Egypt, in Aswan.

[80] At the end of August 2017, EDF EN was selected, along with 24 other companies, to propose a response to the call for tenders for the construction of a 400 MW wind farm in Dumat Al-Djandal, in the Al-Jawf region.

[81] Together with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar), EDF secured financing for the $500 million project in July 2019 and is expected to begin operation by 2022.

[82] On May 22, 2017, EDF RE joined the consortium responsible for developing the third phase of the Mohamed ben Rached Al-Maktoum solar park, located in Dubai.

[86] In February 2018, EDF Renewables and Asia Clean Capital (ACC) announced the creation of a joint venture to build and operate a portfolio of roof-to-roof solar energy projects in China.

[90] In July 2019, EDF Renewables signed 4 electricity sales contracts with Total Eren for solar power plant projects in the state of Uttar Pradesh.