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Enefit Green

Investor Presentation Oct 31, 2024

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Q3 2024 Results Presentation

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Results are presented by:

Juhan Aguraiuja CEO

Andres Maasing Member of the Board, CDO

Sven Kunsing Head of Finance Communication

Changes in board composition

  • The Supervisory Board of Enefit Green has appointed Argo Rannamets as a Member of the Management Board. His three-year term begins January 31, 2025
  • Argo will be responsible for the company's daily financial management, financing opportunities, and investment planning
  • He has over 20 years of experience in finance
  • Since November 2023, he has served as a board member and CFO of Ekspress Group. From 2021 to 2023, he co-founded KWOTA, a startup providing carbon offsetting solutions. Between 2010 and 2021, he worked at the waste management group Ragn-Sells, where he held the role of the CFO for the Estonian operations and managed various business units across Eastern Europe and Sweden at the group level

Renewables in our core markets: a 3-fold opportunity

  • Close the gap between demand and supply in the Baltics & Poland
  • Replace carbon intensive electricity production
  • Increase local production for greater energy independence
Annual*
Production
(TWh)
Annual*
Consumption
(TWh)
Annual*
Net export
(TWh)
Norway 152.4 134.5 +17.9
Sweden 155.0 130.6 +24.4
Finland 74.0 78.9 -4.9
Estonia 4.6 8.1 -3.5
Latvia 5.7 6.5 -0.8
Lithuania 5.5 11.7 -6.2
Poland 153.3 166.1 -12.8
Denmark 32.7 34.5 -1.8

Source: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map * 2023 data. Source: ENTSO-E Statistical Factsheet 2023

Carbon intensity of electricity production in 2023.

0 100 200 300 600 900

Undersupply in Baltics and Poland kept average power prices high in Q3

Drivers:

  • EstLink2 (650 MW) repaired only by mid -September
  • Modest wind conditions in the Baltics

5

5

Longer term power price expectations remain stable

Long-term price forecast

  • Baltic power price forecasts by third parties have remained largely unchanged compared to previously published ones
  • Price forecasts Poland and Finland for years 2025 - 2027 have been lowered by up to 10%:
    • Lower carbon permit prices
    • slower expected electricity demand growth stemming from industry challenges and lower demand from electrolysers
  • Longer term forecasts for all markets have remained roughly unchanged

* 2025E – 2034E electricity prices have been estimated by averaging the forecasts of market analysis companies SKM, Volue and Thema (SKM Market Predictor Long-Term Power Outlook – May 2024, Volue Long Term Price Forecast – September 2024, Thema Power Market Outlook – September 2024 (Polish and Finnish prices: May 2023)). The figures presented are nominal prices, which have been estimated assuming a constant 2% rate of inflation.

Regulatory developments

Estonia

  • Following consultations the original plan to introduce a frequency reserve fee of €5.31/MWh for electricity producers and consumers from February 2025 was rejected. The new plan is to introduce a harmonised fee in partnership with Latvia and Lithuania by 1 January 2026 in order to create a similar operating environment for electricity producers and consumers across the Baltic countries. Estonia may introduce a temporary fee for the period 1 July – 31 December 2025.
  • The Estonian parliament has passed an amendment to the Electricity Market Act that will end renewable energy and efficient cogeneration support for the Iru cogeneration plant from 1 January 2025. We consider the change to be disproportionate and discriminatory, calling into question the reliability of the state's commitments to renewable energy development.
  • The Ministry of Climate has introduced several draft bills affecting renewable electricity production: increasing compensation payments for land use, modifying electricity storage regulations, and amending the principles of network services.
  • Discussions on the volumes and principles of future wind energy reverse auctions continued.

Latvia

• At the end of August, toleration fees (compensation payments) for wind turbines located near residential buildings took effect in Latvia. All new wind turbines with a capacity of over 1 MW will be subject to a toleration fee, regardless of the height or location. The fee is set at €2,500 per MW of installed capacity per year. The payments are administered by the local authority on whose territory the wind turbines are located.

Lithuania

  • Government adopted an updated version of the National Climate and Energy Plan 2021–2030 and submitted it to the European Commission. Increased renewable electricity target: 100% of consumed electricity (previously 45%).
  • Government approved a draft law to increase the cybersecurity safety requirements for power plant control systems and submitted it to the parliament, requiring protection of control systems against remote management by foreign entities. The new requirements will apply from May 1, 2025, for new systems and from May 31, 2026, for existing systems.

Modest wind conditions in Estonia and Lithuania. Deepening wind profile discounts.

Continued good availabilities of operating assets

Installed power generation capacity over 1,000 megavatts

Generation capacity, MW

Near-term development portfolio* Under construction Operating capacity

* Near-term development portfolio includes projects, which are developed to the state of final investment decision (FID) readiness before the end of 2024. The actual timing of FID depends on PPA demand, availability of other instruments for revenue security (state auctions, possible support mechanisms etc), pricing of equipment for electricity production, construction prices and financing

** Installed, in commissioning

Projects under

construction 540 MW 91 MW

* COD – Commercial Operating Date (a date when the asset will be categorised as operating asset). During Q3, 6 MW Debnik solar farm has been categorised as operating asset.

Near-term development portfolio 150 MW 349 MW + H2 4 MW/8MWh 1 MW

  • Operating assets
  • Under construction

* Projects are being developed to the state of final investment decision (FID) readiness by the indicated time. The actual timing of FID depends on PPA demand, availability of other instruments for revenue security (state auctions, possible support mechanisms etc), pricing of equipment for electricity production, construction prices and financing

Full overview of the development portfolio

  • Operating
  • Under construction

* Various onshore wind and solar farm developments that are not expected to get final investment decision before 2025. The actual timing of FID depends on PPA demand, availability of other instruments for revenue security (state auctions, possible support mechanisms etc), pricing of equipment for electricity production, construction prices and financing.

** Also known as Hiiumaa Offshore Wind Farm

H2

The share of new assets is growing

Electricity production, GWh

* New assets include production assets, commissioned 2023 or later or those still uncommissioned but producing electricity – ie all assets, that have been completed or are under construction as part of the investment programme launched in 2021

** The month in which the asset made first significant contribution to Enefit Green's electricity production

Šilale
II
43 MW 1/2023**
Akmene 75 MW 3/2023
Purtse 21 MW 3/2023
Zambrow 9 MW 4/2023
Purtse 32 MW 5/2023
Estonia 3 MW 3/2023
Tolpanvaara 72 MW 12/2023
Debnik 6 MW 2/2024
Sopi-Tootsi 255 MW 9/2024

Q3 2024 key highlights

* Production assets commissioned from 2023 onwards

** (Electricity sales revenue + renewable energy support and efficient cogeneration support – electricity purchases on the Nord Pool day-ahead and intraday market – balancing energy purchases) / production

€100m Loan agreement with EBRD

€5.3m Effect of Akmene settlement on Q3 operating income

12 GWh

September production from first Sopi-Tootsi turbines

9m 2024 key highlights

* (Electricity sales revenue + renewable energy support and efficient cogeneration support – electricity purchases on the Nord Pool day-ahead and intraday market – balancing energy purchases) / production

360 MW

Agreement with RES Global Investment to co-develop early stage onshore wind projects

Focus on completion of major new assets Sopi-Tootsi Kelme I Sopi PV

Captured price driven by lower PPA price, increasing profile discounts

Production PPA Purchases Other purchases Sales via PPA Sales to market

Power prices
€/MWh
Q3 2023 Q3 2024
Core markets' average
electricity
price*
97.8 87.5
Price
of electricity
sold
to
the
market
82.2 49.8
PPA price
(incl. FiT
until
Q4 2022)
80.9 60.7
Realised purchase price 116.5 106.6
Implied
captured
electricity
price**
83.9 50.3

* Production weighted average market price on group's core markets

** (electricity sales revenue + renewable energy support and efficient cogeneration support + revenues from sale of guarantees of origin - day-ahead and intraday purchases on Nord Pool - balancing energy purchases) / production

Implied captured price -40%

  • Core markets average price -11%
  • Price of electricity sold to the market -39%
  • Average PPA price decrease (25%) caused by the beginning of the settlement period of lower-priced Lithuanian and Finnish PPAs signed in 2021
  • The realized purchase price has decreased by 9% compared to the Q3 2023 due to the decline in the market price, but the increased profile discount has led to a widening in the spread between the purchase and selling prices.
  • Wind profile discounts in Estonia and Lithuania widened by 11.6 and 8.1 percentage points and were similar to market average. Finnish market wind profile discount was close to last year's record level, but Tolpanvaara achieved 2X lower discount. Although less important, solar profile discounts have also considerably grown in Estonia and Poland.

Operating income driven by sold assets and Akmene settlement

Operating income by segment, €m

Operating income €43.5m -2%

Wind energy

  • +€5.3m Akmene windpark incident settlement with GE Vernova
  • Production growth from new wind farms (+93 GWh)
  • Lower implied captured electricity price* 40 €/MWh (-45%)

CHP

  • Sale of assets impacted operating income by €5.8m
  • Lower electricity (-9%) and heat (-5%) production in Iru CHP
  • Higher implied captured electricity price* 128 €/MWh (+3%)

Solar energy

  • 18% higher production from new parks balanced -23% lower captured electricity price
  • +€0.2m higher subsidies in Poland

* Implied captured electricity price = (electricity sales revenue + renewable energy support and efficient cogeneration support – electricity purchases on the Nord Pool day-ahead and intraday market – balancing energy purchases) / production

Increased production partially neutralised lower price impact on EBITDA

Group's EBITDA change by drivers, €m

EBITDA €15.7m -1%

  • Electricity price net impact -€9.0m The impact of the 39% lower price of electricity sold to the market was somewhat mitigated by a 9% lower purchase price.
  • Sold / purchased quantities net impact +€5.0m 32% higher production increased sales volume (+33 GWh) more than purchase volumes (+23 GWh)
  • Impact of Akmene settlement +€5.3m on Q3 operating income

Sold assets -€0.8m impact

Wind energy segment: Higher production, but much lower captured electricity price. Material positive impact from Akmene settlement.

Implied captured electricity price, €/MWh

-33.6 (-45.4%)

Q3 2023 Q3 2024

Operating expenses per MW for last 4 quarters, €k/MW*

*(Total operating expenses - balancing energy purchase - D&A) / operating capacity. Only operating wind assets are included: Enefit Wind OÜ, Enefit Wind UAB, starting from Q3 2023 Purtse windpark and starting from Q3 2024 Tolpanvaara.

EBITDA €12.3m +12.9%

  • Production growth from new wind farms (+93 GWh)
  • Lower implied captured electricity price* 40 €/MWh (-45%) due to wider wind profile discount and cost of electricity purchased to meet our obligations under the PPAs
  • In Q3 2024, operating expenses per installed MW have decreased by 13% compared to Q3 2023, due to addition of Tolpanvaara to operating windparks.
  • Settlement for Akmene windpark incident with GE Vernova impact to operating income +€5.3 m

Cogeneration segment: lower EBITDA due to assets sold and longer-than-planned maintenance in Iru WtE

Implied captured electricity price, €/MWh*

*(Electricity sales revenue + renewable energy support and efficient cogeneration support – electricity purchases on the Nord Pool day-ahead and intraday market – balancing energy purchases) / production

Operating income, €m -5.9 (-40.4%)

Sold assets

Iru Sold assets

EBITDA €4.8m -25%

  • Higher implied captured electricity price 128 €/MWh (+3%) due to the growth in the Nord Pool Estonia price area
  • The decline in Iru WtE EBITDA was mainly caused by lower energy production due to a longer-than-planned maintenance outage and increased emission taxes, which were offset by the rise in the heat price cap (from July 2024)

Solar segment: higher production balances lower prices

+4.6 (+17.7%) Electricity production, GWh

efficient cogeneration support – electricity purchases on the Nord Pool day-ahead and intraday market – balancing energy purchases) / production

+0.5 (+19.2%) Operating income, €m

+0.5 (+19.2%) Operating income, €m

EBITDA €2.0m +3.0%

  • +18% higher production due to new solar parks
  • +€0.2m higher subsidies in Poland
  • +€0.1m impact to the EBITDA due to two new rental services parks
  • Solar energy implied captured electricity price* 74 €/MWh (-23%)
  • Increase in variable costs of operating parks from electricity purchases made to balance Purtse solar park's PPA contracts

*(Electricity sales revenue + renewable energy support and efficient cogeneration support – electricity purchases on the Nord Pool day-ahead and intraday market – balancing energy purchases) / production

€76.9m of investments in 2024 Q3

Liquidity development Q3 2024, €m

-70,0 -20,0 30,0 80,0 130,0

Q3 2024 earnings per share €0.021

Net financial costs Interest expense increase of +€3.7m, but neutral impact on profit due to 96% capitalization rate Corporate income tax Decrease by €0.3m Net profit Higher production volume from new assets Lower power prices Higher profile discount Net profit €5.4m +8%

We expect leverage to peak in 2025

Return on invested capital = operating profit for the last 12 months/(net debt + equity) Return on equity = net profit for the last 12 months / equity

Financial leverage 48%

Capital structure

Higher leverage and net debt / EBITDA ratio as expected

Financing

  • Balance of outstanding loans €680m
  • Average interest rate 4.19%, including interest rate swaps (30 June 2024: 4.23%). Swaps cover 21% of loans.
  • Signed a new €100m loan with EBRD, and refinanced €30m of revolving credit facilities
  • Unutilised investment loans of €210m and €50m of revolving credit facilities

Return on equity 8.5%

  • Lower return on invested capital declined due to growth in invested capital
  • Higher return on equity due to larger net profit

Electricity price risk management in 2024

Enefit Green's electricity production portfolio in 2024, as at 30 September 2024

- PPA and financial swap contractual volume Production covered by CfD

  • Forecasted production Production covered by FiP
  • Actual production PPA and financial swap contractual price

Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)

We decreased production volume forecast from 753 GWh to 645 GWh (+56% growth compared to Q4 2023)

• Main reason behind lower forecast is slower than expected production launch in Sopi-Tootsi and Kelme I wind farms

We expect to produce 1.84 TWh of electricity in 2024

  • Operating assets: 1.35 TWh
  • Newly completed assets and assets under construction: 0.48 TWh

Risk Management instruments and activities

  • PPAs in volume of 1.22 TWh (66.3% of expected production) at an average price of 66.5 €/MWh.
  • 26 GWh is covered by CfD at an average price of 111.7 €/MWh and 46 GWh is covered with FiP at an average level of 50.2 €/MWh
  • To reduce PPA balancing purchase risk:
    • Reduced the Q4 2024 PPA volume in the Baltic price region by 56 GWh

9m 2024 summary

  • +28% electricity production growth supported by new assets…
  • … but trailing initial forecast by -264 GWh

(weaker wind speeds, slower start of production at new facilities)

  • Decline of electricity prices has slowed down
  • Wind and solar profile discounts have widened
  • Impact of Akmene settlement on op. income and EBITDA (+€5.3m)
  • Sopi-Tootsi: 35/38 of turbines have produced first electricity, all turbines commissioned in Q4 2024
  • Sopi PV: first electricity end of October 2024
  • Kelme I: first electricity in Q4 2024
  • Latvian PV: first electricity Q4 2024
  • We are actively working to look for financing opportunities and partners to execute on our next development projects

Operating capacity 592 MW

Total renewable capacity in commissioning

453 MW

Additional renewable capacity under construction

178 MW

Juhan Aguraiuja, CEO Andres Maasing, CDO Sven Kunsin g, Head of Finance Communication

Electricity portfolio hedging Condensed consolidated interim financial statements Q3 2024

Electricity Portfolio: PPAs provide protection against low power prices

Forecasted production volumes of existing and new production assets, sold PPAs and RE support measures, GWh 3 249 3 229

* Price floor – state support in the form of a price floor received through a reverse auction at a price level of 34.9 €/MWh (maximum support 20 €/MWh) for 12 years.

** Expected production comprises the forecasted production of operating assets and assets under construction.

Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)

2024 - 2028

  • 7,057 GWh of sold PPAs (49.8% of expected production**)
  • Average contractual price 68.0 €/MWh

2029+

  • The longest PPAs maturity is in 2033
  • Against production expected beyond 2028, 2,458 GWh of PPAs have been sold at an average price of 79 €/MWh

Volume of new contracts

No new PPAs have been concluded during 2024

Condensed consolidated interim income statement

€ thousand Q3 2024 Q3 2023 9m 2024 9m 2023
Revenue 33,833 39,660 123,900 146,111
Renewable energy support and other operating income 9,556 4,832 26,762 17,051
Change in inventories of finished goods and work in progress 0 3,434 0 3,266
Raw materials, consumables and services used (22,485) (26,011) (57,069) (71,386)
Payroll expenses (2,159) (2,634) (6,747) (8,025)
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment (10,517) (10,218) (29,328) (29,740)
Other operating expenses (3,182) (3,388) (9,850) (10,716)
OPERATING PROFIT 5,506 5,675 47,668 46,561
Finance income 316 747 1,342 2,345
Finance costs (443) (1,115) (1,185) (1,897)
Net finance income and costs (127) (368) 157 448
Profit
from associates under the equity method
62 45 13 85
PROFIT BEFORE TAX 5,441 5,352 47,838 47,094
Income tax income (expense) 6 (362) (5,004) (10,045)
PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD 5,447 5,026 42,834 36,689
Basic and diluted earnings per share
Weighted average number of shares, thousand 264,276 264,276 264,276 262,276
Basic earnings per share, € 0.021 0.019 0.16 0.12
Diluted earnings per share, € 0.021 0.019 0.16 0.12

Condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position

€ thousand
ASSETS
30 September
2024
31 December 2023 € thousand
EQUITY
Equity and reserves attributable to shareholders of the parent
30 September
2024
31 December 2023
Non-current assets Share capital 264,276 264,276
Property, plant and equipment 1,322,861 1,027,057 Share premium 60,351 60,351
Intangible assets 59,741 59,891 Statutory capital reserve 8,291 5,556
Right-of-use assets 8,619 9,097 Other reserves 162,996 163,451
Prepayments for non-current assets 41,902 55,148 Foreign currency translation reserve
Retained earnings
(37)
236,067
(162)
223,718
Total equity 731,944 717,190
Deferred tax assets 1,486 2,013 LIABILITIES
Investments in associates 524 548 Non-current liabilities
Derivative financial instruments 3,450 5,054 Borrowings 630,552 454,272
Non-current receivables 1,353 0 Government grants 2,865 3,010
Total non-current assets 1,439,935 1,158,808 Non-derivative contract liability 12,412 12,412
Deferred tax liabilities 12,416 12,497
Other non-current liabilities 5,466 5,331
Current assets Provisions 7 8
Inventories 5,611 3,180
Trade receivables 6,518 8,618 Total non-current liabilities 663,717 487,530
Other trade receivables 8,385 16,380
Prepayments 7,780 30,084 Current liabilities
Derivative financial instruments 2,480 3,806 Borrowings 63,494 32,126
Cash and cash equivalents 31,362 65,677 Trade payables 23,825 29,464
Other payables 17,175 24,981
62,135 127,745 Provisions 2 6
Assets classified as held for sale 0 15,370 Non-derivative contract liability 1,913 5,674
Total current assets 62,135 143,115 106,410 92,251
Total assets 1,502,071 1,301,923 Liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for
sale
0 4,952
Total current liabilities 106,410 97,203

Total liabilities 770,127 584,733 Total equity and liabilities 1,502,071 1,301,923

Condensed consolidated statement of cash flows


thousand
Q3 2024 Q3 2023 9m 2024 9m 2023
Cash
flows
from
operating
activities
Cash generated from operations 23,346 18,977 89,511 77,320
Interest and loan fees paid (9,601) (2,999) (22,042) (7,136)
Interest received 213 127 904 645
Income tax paid (4,518) (9,970) (5,389) (11,175)
Net cash generated from operating activities 9,940 6,135 63,984 59,654
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets (84,615) (86,191) (297,558) (235,672)
Acquisition of a subsidiary 0 0 0 (6,174)
Proceeds
from
sale of a business
(net of cash
and cash
equivalents
0 0 16,879 0
transferred)
Proceeds from finance leases 2 1 12 2
Proceeds
from
sale of property, plant
and equipment
27 0 27 0
Dividends received on investments 0 24 0 24
Net cash used in investing activities (84,586) (86,166) (280,640) (241,820)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from bank loans 125,020 70,000 280,020 160,000
Repayments of bank loans (59,219) (17,137) (72,311) (28,314)
Repayments of lease principal (178) (97) (383) (276)
Proceeds from realisation of interest rate swaps 1,513 0 3,763 0
Dividends paid 0 0 (27,749) (54,969)
Net cash generated from (used in) financing activities 67,137 52,766 183,341 76,441
Net cash flow (8,010) (27,265) (34,315) (105,725)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 39,372 52,996 65,677 131,456
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 31,362 25,731 31,362 25,731
Change in cash and cash equivalents (8,010) (27,265) (43,315) (105,725)

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