A 110 MWp photo voltaic farm that has been absolutely constructed and is at the moment present process hold-point testing is certainly one of a trio of PV property that Greece-based industrial conglomerate Mytilineos has secured financing for because it appears to be like to additional construct its place. of this within the Australian renewable vitality market.
Mytilineos has now reached monetary shut on three Australian PV tasks, two in Queensland and one in New South Wales (NSW), with a mixed technology capability of 238 MWp because it continues to develop its photo voltaic pipeline within the nation.
The portfolio consists of the 110 MWp Moura Photo voltaic Farm being developed close to the city of the identical identify in central Queensland. Mytilineos mentioned the development of the photo voltaic farm has been accomplished and the asset is now present process hold-point testing and is anticipated to start out producing electrical energy in 2023.
Additionally included within the portfolio are the 53 MWp Kingaroy Photo voltaic Farm, additionally in Queensland, and the 75 MWp Wyalong plant being developed within the NSW Riverina area. The corporate mentioned the development of the Wyalong Photo voltaic Farm is “nice progress” with the venture anticipated to be accomplished within the first half of this yr. The primary works have began on the Kingaroy venture, with the primary works anticipated to be carried out in 2023.
The financing package deal, from backers ANZ and Westpac, is structured as a mix of time period facility, building facility and ancillary services valued at AUD 234 million ($156 million).
Mytilineos Renewables Government Director Nikos Papapetrou mentioned the brand new funding will allow extra tasks to be funded and in-built 2023 and past, additional consolidating the corporate’s place within the wider Australian and Pacific market.
“Australia is a key marketplace for Mytilineos’ international renewables growth technique, which spans the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Latin America areas,” he mentioned. “We’re pleased with the belief given to the corporate and our imaginative and prescient within the area and we sit up for many extra profitable financings for our future tasks”.
In response to the corporate, its Australian portfolio totals 400 MW and is a part of a worldwide pipeline of photo voltaic and vitality storage tasks below numerous levels of growth that exceeds 4 GW.
As soon as accomplished, the photo voltaic farms in Moura, Kingaroy and Wyalong are anticipated to supply round 500 GWh of renewable vitality per yr.
Mytilineos mentioned that many of the electrical energy has been offered in a collection of long-term energy buy agreements (PPAs). Greater than half of Moura Photo voltaic Farm’s output is allotted by a long-term PPA with Queensland government-owned generator CS Vitality whereas Smartest Vitality, an electrical retailer owned by Japanese funding firm Marubeni, has an offtake. settlement for energy. finished on the Kingaroy set up. Publicly owned telecommunications firm NBN Co has signed an settlement to get about half of the output from the Wyalong Photo voltaic Farm.
That is Mytilineos’ second venture financing in Australia, having reached monetary shut on three 40 MWp photo voltaic farms in NSW in late 2021.
ANZ Company Finance Government Director Mark Clover mentioned the growth of Mytilineos in Australia is “encouraging” for the renewable vitality market and is according to the financial institution’s aim to finance and speed up $100 billion in sustainable options by 2030.
ACEN company
Philippines-based vitality firm ACEN Company additionally plans to faucet into Australia’s “unparalleled renewables potential” after securing a $191 million mortgage facility it says will facilitate the supply of an 8 GW of unpolluted vitality portfolio that features photo voltaic, wind, battery storage and pumps. hydro. The mortgage can be a part of the $414 million that ACEN hopes to lift to increase its renewables capability in Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific area to twenty GW by 2030.
ACEN, which claims to have roughly 4 GW of attributable capability throughout the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Australia, mentioned it has greater than 1.5 GW of tasks throughout the Australian states of NSW , Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia “below building. or in a sophisticated stage of growth” and the brand new mortgage will enable it to advance these tasks.
“The funds can be allotted to finance the event and building of ACEN’s venture pipeline in Australia which incorporates photo voltaic, wind, battery storage, pumped hydro energy and vitality storage,” the corporate mentioned in a press release.
The primary of those tasks, the New England Photo voltaic Farm, is anticipated to be operational by mid-2023 after the venture has been granted formal registration to ship energy to the Nationwide Electrical energy Market (NEM).
ACEN mentioned that vitality manufacturing from the 400 MW first part of the New England Photo voltaic Farm is now underway after the venture generated and delivered 5 MW of unpolluted renewable vitality to the NEM.
Building of the primary part of the photo voltaic farm and 50 MW/50 MWh battery vitality storage system begins in early 2022. The estimated $530 million venture will ultimately see a 720 MW photo voltaic farm co-located with battery vitality storage. There’s potential for the vitality storage system to extend as much as 200 MW/400 MWh.
The corporate has additionally began building on the 400 MW Stubo Photo voltaic Farm and the related 200 MW/200 MWh battery vitality storage venture being developed close to Dubbo within the NSW central west. ACEN Australia this week awarded the engineering, procurement and building (EPC) contract to PCL Building with a discover to proceed already issued.
ACEN Australia Building Supervisor Tim Greenaway mentioned all main contracts had been now in place, together with the connection settlement with infrastructure service supplier Lumea and the execution of PV module provide contracts.
“It’s thrilling to conclude the EPC with PCL Building for the event of the Stubo Photo voltaic venture,” he mentioned. “We sit up for working with them over the subsequent few years to ship the venture and assist help the transition to a low emission technology provide in NSW.”
Different tasks within the firm’s Australian portfolio embrace the proposed 600 MW Birriwa photo voltaic farm and battery venture additionally in NSW, a portion of the 250 MW Baroota pumped hydro and 300 MW Bridle Monitor photo voltaic tasks in South Australia, and the 160 MW Axedale Photo voltaic Farm in Victoria, which can additionally embrace a battery vitality storage system. ACEN can be pursuing wind tasks in NSW and Tasmania.
The brand new mortgage facility is backed by Financial institution of China (BOC) in Manila and Hong Kong, CTBC Financial institution in Manila and Singapore, and Normal Chartered Financial institution in Australia. ACEN mentioned the Financial institution of China is the inexperienced mortgage structuring financial institution, whereas the Commonwealth Financial institution of Australia serves because the mortgage facility agent.
ACEN Australia’s Chief Government Officer Anton Rohner mentioned the mortgage facility was a follow-up to a number of transactions accomplished final yr.
“This syndicated inexperienced time period mortgage facility continues to construct on the funding obtained on the finish of final yr, and can be leveraged throughout our Australian portfolio,” he mentioned. ‘With the Stubbo 520 MWdc venture reaching discover to go forward in late 2022, ACEN continues the journey to decarbonise Australia. It’s thrilling to work with high quality monetary establishments, and the urge for food for high quality funding is actual. “
In August 2022, ACEN Australia executed a $100 million credit score facility with DBS Financial institution Australia. The next month, ACEN executed an settlement with the Sydney department of world monetary group MUFG for as much as a $140 million mortgage facility and secured a $52 million inexperienced debt facility with the Australian government-owned Clear Vitality Finance Company (CEFC).
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