Description Project Developer is planning to build a power plant producing electricity and heat in the South-East of Hungary that has an authorized capacity of 50 MWel and could reach a capacity of 67 MWel.
Developer has exclusive access and all the needed licenses to exploit the largest geothermal reservoir in Hungary.
Capital structure:
Total Investment Cost EUR 224mn, of which _18mn already invested by Project Developer.
- 25% will be financed with Equity (_ 51.5 ml - including EU Capital Contributions)
- 75% with Debt
- Proposed Transaction is to raise EUR 25mn
Investment Rationale
Attractive regulatory framework:
- Feed-in-Tariffs granted by the Hungarian Government
- New finance for Hungarian renewable energy production (EU plan 2014-2020 provides funds for 8,3 billion euros)
- New concession law 2013 includes geothermal, oil, gas and shale development
Favorable geographic location:
- Earth's crust thinner than average (~25 km) due to sub-crustal erosion
- Geothermal gradient higher than the world average
- Largest geothermal energy potential of low and medium-enthalpy in Europe
- Presence of high-enthalpy resources, not exploited yet
Attractive competitive environment:
- Currently zero-competition on the electricity production segment
- New projects are carried on by major local utilities
- Hungarian Government is supporting energy projects for reducing the dependency from energy imports
- Republic of Hungary issue the National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2010-2020: Geothermal Energy new installed power expected 57MW electricity (Action Plan page 201)
Experienced Management & Technical Partners:
- The management has developed a strong know-how in the renewable energy sector (photovoltaic 30 MW, Biogas 3 MW)
Financials:
mn EUR Revenue EBITDA
2015 11.6 10.9
2016 39.8 33.6
2017 40.6 34.2
2018 41.4 34.9
Project IRR is min 14%