M&A Deal Summary

First Reserve and Renovalia Energy Acquire Renovalia Reserve

On December 5, 2011, private equity firm First Reserve and Renovalia Energy acquired renewable energy company Renovalia Reserve

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is First Reserve’s 8th and Renovalia Energy’s 1st transaction in the Renewable Energy sector.
  • This is First Reserve’s 3rd and Renovalia Energy’s 1st transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-12-05
Target Renovalia Reserve
Sector Renewable Energy
Buyer(s) First Reserve
Renovalia Energy
Deal Type Joint Venture

Target

Renovalia Reserve

Madrid, Spain
Renovalia Reserve is a joint venture formed with Renovalia Energy to own and operate a portfolio of onshore wind farms. The portfolio currently consists of six projects in Spain and one in Hungary, with approximately 260MW of capacity, 245MW of which is in Spain. Revenue is derived principally from long-term tariffs paid for by the energy consumers as a portion of their utility bills. Renovalia Reserve is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

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Buyer

First Reserve

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1983
PE ASSETS 32.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

First Reserve is a specialist private equity firm focused on investments in energy companies. First Reserve targets equity investments of $50 to $500 million in companies valued from $100 million to $10 billion. Target areas of interest within the energy industry include energy manufacturing and services (drilling service providers and wellhead equipment manufacturers), energy infrastructure, energy reserves, renewable energy and alternative fuels, and energy related insurance and financial products. First Reserve was established in 1983 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 70 of 112
Sector: Renewable Energy M&A 8 of 11
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 3 of 5
Country: Spain M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2011 M&A 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-11 First ECA Midstream

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

First ECA Midstream is a joint venture formed with Energy Corporation of America (“ECA”) to own natural gas gathering systems serving the Marcellus Shale. The two initial pipelines, newly constructed in Greene and Clearfield counties in Pennsylvania, operate under long term, fixed-rate take-or-pay contracts. The joint venture is also exploring opportunities to develop new or expand existing pipelines in the region. First ECA Midstream is headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-07 Umcebo Mining Pty.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Umcebo is a mining company with coal mining interests in Witbank, in the province of Mpumalanga, South Africa and with major deposits in the Wonderfontein and Delmas areas of South Africa. Umcebo and its subsidiaries currently own and/or operate eight collieries in the Witbank coalfield, producing various products for Eskom, the domestic market and export markets. An additional colliery will be brought on stream in the near future. Umcebo has the necessary expertise to plan, develop, staff and manage coal mining operations. Umcebo qualifies as a black-empowered company as defined by the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act and the Mining Charter of South Africa.

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Buyer

Renovalia Energy

Madrid, Spain

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Renewable Energy
DESCRIPTION

Renovalia Energy specializes in the promotion, production, management and sale of electricity generated through renewable energy sources (wind power, photovoltaic power and small hydro power). Renovalia Energy was founded in 1998 and is based in Madrid, Spain.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Renewable Energy M&A 1 of 1
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Spain M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1