4Q12: Cleantech and Renewable Energy Investment Review
Contents Venture Capital and Private Equity... 03 Mergers and Acquisitions... 09 Project and Asset Finance... 12 Public Markets... 17
03 Venture Capital and Private Equity European Venture Capital and Private Equity Investment: 4Q10 to 4Q12 ($ million) 900 n Private equity (development capital) 800 n Venture capital - Late stage (Series D+) n Venture capital - Early growth (Series A to C) 700 600 Deal value ($ million) 500 400 300 200 100 0 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 2Q12 3Q12 4Q12 Average Quarterly VC/PE Investment 3Q10 to 3Q12 ($ million) Private Equity (development capital) 193.74 Venture Capital (late-stage) 68.67 Venture Capital (early-stage) 144.13 Average deal size 3Q10 to 3Q12 ($ million) Private Equity (development capital) 31.94 Venture Capital (late-stage) 2.40 Venture Capital (early-stage) 5.04
04 Venture Capital and Private Equity 4Q12: Top 10 Venture Capital Deals Project Sector Country Deal value ($ million) Investor(s) Paprec Group Recycling & Waste France 127.17 Fonds stratégique d'investissement SA Biffa Ltd. Recycling & Waste UK 120.16 Angelo, Gordon & Co., Babson Capital Management LLC, Avenue IP LLC, Sankaty Advisors LLC Paprec Group Recycling & Waste France 63.59 ARKEA Capital Investissement Scotrenewables Ltd. Marine UK 12.26 Total SA, ABB Technology Ventures, Fred. Olsen Ltd. SolarFuel GmbH Energy Storage Germany 9.77 Aster Capital SA, Ventrex Automotive GmbH ECO Plastics Ltd. Recycling & Waste UK 9.63 Ludgate Environmental Fund Ltd., SAM Private Equity AG Actility Energy Efficiency France 9.12 CDC Entreprises, Truffle Capital, Electranova Capital Open Energi (f.k.a. Responsive Load Ltd.) Energy Efficiency UK 8.03 Ombu Group Amantys Ltd. Solar UK 8.00 Moonray Investors Powervation Ltd. Energy Efficiency Ireland 7.00 Scottish Equity Partners LLP, Braemar Energy Ventures, Intel Capital Corp., VentureTech Alliance LLC, Semtech Corp.
05 Venture Capital and Private Equity European Private Equity Buyouts: 4Q10 to 4Q12 ($ billion) 4.5 4.0 n Deals of over $100 million n Deals of under $100 million Number of deals 50 45 3.5 40 3.0 35 Deal value ($ billion) 2.5 2.0 1.5 30 25 20 15 Number of deals 1.0 10 0.5 5 0.0 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 2Q12 3Q12 4Q12 0 Average Private Equity Buyout Investment: 1Q10 to 1Q12 Average Quarterly PE Buyout Volume ($ billion) 2.37 Average Number of Deals per Quarter 31 Average PE Buyout transaction value ($ million) 77.62
06 Venture Capital and Private Equity 4Q12: Top Five Private Equity Buyouts 1 Solar plant (31MW) - Guestrow $186.93 million Country: Germany Sector: Solar Investor: FP Lux Investments SA SICAV-SIF-Solar Infrastructure-I 2 Electrawinds NV $77.40 million Country: Belgium Sector: Wind Investor: European CleanTech 1 SE 3 Wind farm (28.6MW) - Black Hill, Scottish Borders Country: UK Investor: Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Ltd. $65.49 million Sector: Wind 4 Solar plant (10.6MW) - Brandenburg $63.92 million Country: Germany Sector: Solar Investor: Capital Stage AG 5 friedola Tech GmbH $40 million Country: Germany Sector: Recycling & Waste Investor: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silver Lake
07 Venture Capital and Private Equity 4Q10 to 4Q12: Top 10 PE Buyouts Project Sector Country Deal value ($ million) Investor(s) Wind farm (400MW) - Anholt Wind Denmark 1130.0 PensionDanmark A/S, PKA A/S METALLUM Holding SA Recycling & Waste Luxembourg 957.1 First Reserve Corp. Rete Rinnovabile Srl Solar Italy 932.9 Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd. Wind farms (443MW) - Castilla y Leon province Spain Wind farm (277 MW) - Borkum Riffgrund 1 AkfenHES Yatirimlari ve Enerji Uretim AS Wind farms (140MW) - Galicia, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalunia and La Rioja Spain Wind Spain 879.9 Bridgepoint Capital Wind Germany 836.5 KIRKBI A/S, Oticon Foundation Hydro Turkey 467.0 Aquila Capital Wind Spain 414.5 Canepa Asset Management Solar plants (80MW) - Italy Solar Italy 402.8 Etrion Corp., F2i Fondi Italiani per le Infrastrutture Nuova Rete Solare Srl Solar Italy 375.9 Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd. Solar plants (78MW) - Nuova Rete Solare Portfolio Solar Italy 367.4 Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd.
08 Venture Capital and Private Equity European Venture Capital Investment by Sector Recycling & Waste n 4Q12 n 3Q12 Energy Efficiency n 4Q11 Green Transportation Water & Waste Water Treatment 0% 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Deal value ($ million) European Venture Capital Investment by Country France n 4Q12 n 3Q12 n 4Q11 UK Germany 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 Deal value ($ million)
09 Mergers and Acquisitions European M&A Activity: 4Q10 to 4Q12 16 14 n Deals of over $500 million n Deals of under $500 million Number of deals 140 120 12 100 Deal value ($ billion) 10 8 6 80 60 Number of deals 4 40 2 20 0 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 2Q12 3Q12 4Q12 0 Clean Energy pipeline calculates M&A activity based on announced transactions within each quarter. Average M&A Investment: 1Q10 to 1Q12 Average Quarterly M&A Deal Volume ($ billion) 6.88 Average number of deals per quarter 112 Average M&A transaction value ($ million) 61.54
10 Mergers and Acquisitions European M&A Activity by Sector Wind Hydro n 4Q12 n 3Q12 n 4Q11 Solar Energy Efficiency Biofuels 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Deal value ($ billion) 2.0 2.5 3.0 European M&A Activity by Country Germany Italy France n 4Q12 n 3Q12 n 4Q11 Spain UK 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Deal value ($ billion)
11 Mergers and Acquisitions 4Q12: Top Five European M&A Transactions 1 Target: Hydro plants (351MW) Acquirer: Verbund AG $2000 million Country: Germany Sector: Hydro 2 Target: Maestrale Green Energy Srl Country: Italy Acquirer: ERG SpA Sector: Wind $1176.38 million 3 Target: Iberdrola Renovables France SAS Country: France Acquirer:General Electric Company, EDF Energies Nouvelles, MEAG AG Sector: Wind $528.59 million 4 Target: EDP Renováveis Portugal Country: Portugal Acquirer: China Three Gorges Corp. Sector: Wind $ 475 million 5 Target: Solar plant (31MW) - Guestrow Country: Germany Acquirer:FP Lux Investments SA SICAV-SIF-Solar Infrastructure-I Sector: Solar $186.93 million
12 Project and Asset Finance European Project Finance Deal Volume: 4Q10 to 4Q12 ($ billion) 25 n Northern Europe n Central & Eastern Europe n Southern Europe 20 n Western Europe Deal value ($ billion) 15 10 5 0 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 2Q12 3Q12 4Q12
13 Project and Asset Finance 4Q12 : European Project Finance by Sector as a Percentage of Total Deal Volume / Total Deals Wind Solar Biomass Geothermal Biofuels n % of total deal volume n % of total deals Recycling & Waste Water & Waste Water Treatment 0 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
14 Project and Asset Finance European Project Finance Top Five Countries 4Q11 Total: $7.04 billion Italy 10% France 2% Germany 23% UK 35% 3Q12 Total: $4.80 billion Italy 5% Spain 30% Spain 3% France 12% UK 57% Germany 23% 4Q12 Total: $5.31 billion Italy 6% Spain 6% France 2% UK 21% Germany 61%
15 Project and Asset Finance European Project Finance Top Five Sectors 4Q11 Wind Farm (Off-shore) 8% Total: $7.81 billion Solar Plant (Thermal) 3% Biomass 14% Wind Farm (On-shore) 46% Solar Plant (PV) 29% 3Q12 Biomass 15% Total: $5.75 billion Solar Plant (Thermal) 0% Solar Plant (PV) 35% Wind Farm (Off-shore) 24% Wind Farm (On-shore) 26% 4Q12 Total: $7.21 billion Biomass 4% Solar Plant (Thermal) 0% Solar Plant (PV) 22% Wind Farm (On-shore) 39% Wind Farm (Off-shore) 35%
16 Project and Asset Finance 4Q12: Top Five European Project Finance Transactions 1 GERMANY - Wind $2038 million Project Wind farm (400MW) - MEG 1 Developer Equity Provider Prokon Nord Energiesysteme GmbH / Windreich AG Windreich AG Debt Provider Deutsche Bank AG / UBS AG / EIG Global Energy Partners 2 ROMANIA - Wind $500 million Project Wind farm (252.5MW) - Cogealac Developer Equity Provider Debt Provider Continental Wind Partners LLC CEZ Group undisclosed 3 GERMANY - Solar $365 million Project Solar plant (150MWp) - Neuhardenberg, Brandenburg, Germany Developer Equity Provider Debt Provider SolarHybrid AG / Airport Development AS Enerparc AG / MEP Asset Management GmbH / SolarBay AG undisclosed 4 ITALY - Diversified $207.4 million Project Enel Green Power project pipeline Developer Equity Provider Debt Provider Enel Green Power Spa KNM Group Berhad European Investment Bank 5 ROMANIA - Wind $195.5 million Project Wind farm (80MW) - Chirnogeni Developer Equity Provider Debt Provider EP Global Energy Ltd. EnerCap Capital Partners / EP Global Energy Ltd. / Marguerite Fund European Bank for Reconstruction and Development / ING Bank NV / Erste Group Bank AG / UniCredit Bank Austria AG
17 Public Markets Number of Public Market Deals by Quarter 4Q10 to 4Q12 1Q12 15 Deals 6 Deals 9 Deals 8 Deals 4 Deals 4 Deals 2 Deals 1 Deals Analysis of Percentage Contribution of Total Funds Raised by Quarter between 4Q10 & 4Q12 4Q10 1Q11 4Q11 1Q12 2Q12 2Q11 3Q11 3Q12 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 2Q12 3Q12 85% 6% 4% 4% 1% 0% 0% 0% Please note: No European clean energy companies raised funds on the public markets in 4Q12.
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