BayWa r.e. pockets US$ 642m in Energy Infrastructure Partners equity sale

• Renewables programmer BayWa r.e. has actually gotten a major funding injection of EUR530 million (US$ 642.3 million) via the sale of a 49% stake in the attire to Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP).

The deal values the renewables division of agricultural team BayWa AG at more than EUR1 billion (US$ 1.2 billion), and also will certainly see it pivot in the direction of an independent power producer version, the firm claimed.

In a statement provided earlier today (9 December), BayWa r.e. verified that the investment group, formerly referred to as Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners, will certainly make the financial investment in return for a minority stake, having actually previously looked for capitalists for such a capital raise.

BayWa AG, the renewable energy division's parent company, will certainly stay the group's bulk investor with a 51% stake.

The offer will certainly additionally see share funding of BayWa r.e. boosted via the issue of 2 brand-new shares, with just EIP allowed to subscribe to them. BayWa r.e.

Klaus Josef Lutz, chief executive officer at BayWa AG, claimed the purchase was "testament to the reality that our choice eleven years earlier was the appropriate one".

"In simply a decade, BayWa r.e. has developed into one of the leading companies in the fields of renewable resources-- as well as one that the market worths at more than EUR1 billion," he stated.

Profits from the shot will go towards strengthening the company's project, solution and also services businesses moving on, while also transforming BayWa r.e. into an independent power producer. The firm will independently operate a renewables profile of up to 3GW in the tool turn, it stated.

Roland Dörig, co-founder as well as handling companion at EIP, at the same time explained BayWa r.e. as a "one-of-a-kind worldwide platform" in renewables that is making an "vital contribution to the energy shift".