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Energeia AS

Investor Presentation Nov 29, 2023

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Energeia AS

Fearnley Securities

Annual Renewables & Clean-Tech Conference

29 November 2023

Agenda

1 Competitiveness & price harmonization
2 Energeia group overview
3 Industrial partnerships
4 9m 2023 revenues & EBITDA
5 Assets & resources
6 Netherlands activity & focus
7 Norway project development & portfolio
8 Utility scale PV power plant profitability
9 What to expect from 2024

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Cost competitiveness & harmonization of power prices

2021 Germany LCOE by technology | EURc/kWh

LCOE minimum (EURc/kWh)

Source: Fraunhofer ISE; Levelized cost of energy analysis (2021)

Drivers for Solar PV + BESS cost competitiveness:

  • Solar PV manufacturing costs down
  • Battery manufacturing costs down
  • Solar PV modules efficiency up
  • Relative cost differential increased further since 2021

Geographical harmonization of power prices

Source: Nordpool (2023)

Grid interconnection harmonizes power prices:

  • Norway transmission capacity to Europe increased from 25TWh to 78 TWh in 2022 (58% of power consumption).
  • Norwegian power market is a EUR market.

History & focus

Energeia group overview

  • Established 2010.
  • Purchased, sold, operated and constructed Solar PV power plants since 2011.
  • Operating an Agrivoltaic power plant in the Netherlands since 2020.
  • Geographical business focus the Netherlands and Norway.
  • Energy system installation and services operation in the Netherlands with 47 employees.
  • Development of utility scale Solar PV power plants with BESS since 2020 in Norway in collaboration with industrial partners.
  • 40 utility scale Solar PV + BESS projects in development in Norway. 20 projects under contract representing approx. 1 000 MWp/1.2 TWh.

Industrial partnerships

• Working together in seamless teams with open-book philosophy with industrial partners to develop and jointly own utility scale Solar PV power plants + BESS in Norway.

Eidsiva Group:

  • Total assets NOK 50bn, revenues of NOK 11bn and EBITDA of NOK 4.3bn in 2022.
  • 100% owner of power distribution company Elvia.
  • 43.5% owner of Hafslund ECO producing 6.3 TWh of Hydropower.
  • Investing and developing grid connected BESS systems.

Hydro Rein:

  • Subsidiary of Norsk Hydro with mission to produce CO2 emission-free power from Solar PV and Wind.
  • 1 700 MWp portfolio in operation and under construction.
  • Macquarie group to invest and own 49% in JV with Norsk Hydro.

Company description

9m 2023 revenues & EBITDA

9m revenues 2022 & 2023 | NOKm 9m 2023 EBITDA | NOKm

9m 2023 vs. 9m 2022 YoY change

  • Electricity sales; Price down by 49%, Volume down by 8%.
  • Estimated FY'23 realized price above SDE+ contract of EUR 90 per MWh.
  • Energy installation & services organic sales growth of 28%
  • Management revenues reduced by 41%.

Cash profitability

• Running profitable business in power production & energy installation & services are funding project development costs in Norway & the Netherlands.

Assets & resources

Assets & financing NOKm
Current assets 63 35 Short term debt
Cash 37 11 Payables
Receivables 16 4 Tax & duties
Inventories & other 10 20 Short term debt
Long-term assets 169 80 Long term debt
Power plants 106 72 Interest bearing debt
Assets in construction 8 8 Other long-term debt
Other lt. assets 12
Brand & Goodwill 43
118 Equity
Total assets 233 233 Total financing

Asset base Sept. 2023

  • 78% of asset base (NOK 180m) in operating business in the Netherlands.
  • Interest bearing debt is for PV power plant. 1,26% fixed interest for duration of loan to 2038.
  • Goodwill from acquisition (NOK 22m) depreciated over 5 years.
Netherlands 47 37,6
Management & HR 6 5
Accounting 2 1,6
Sales & services support 10 7,3
Technical & installation 29 23,7
Norway & Italy 14 12,9
Management 2 2
Accounting & administration 6 5,4
Legal 1 1
Project development & technical 5 4,5
Energeia Group 61 50,5

Human resources

  • 61 employees representing 50,5 FTEs
  • Increase of technical staff in the Netherlands to meet increasing demand for energy systems installation & services.

Netherlands activity & focus

Revenue structure | NOKm Profitability | NOKm

9m 2023 Group NL Power
prod.
Installation
& services
SG&A &
project
Revenues 50,7 11,9 38,9 dev.
-0,1
Cost of goods sold -15,5 0,0 -15,5 0,0
Gross margin 35,3 11,9 23,4 -0,1
% Gross margin 69% 100% 60%
Operating costs -26,2 -2,4 -19,8 -4,0
EBITDA 9,1 9,6 3,6 -4,1
% EBITDA margin 18% 80% 9%
Depreciation and amortization -7,0 -3,3 -0,6 -3,2
EBIT 2,1 6,2 3,1 -7,2
Net financial items -0,7 -0,7 0,0 0,0
Profit/loss before tax 1,3 5,5 3,1 -7,2

9m'2023 revenue structure

  • Installation & services revenues 77% of sales. Solar system installation sales increased 57% YoY.
  • Energy service revenues comprise 8 000 own service customers and 2 000 on behalf of Energy company client.
  • Product offering with cross selling increasing total sales.
  • EUR 90 per MWh SDE+ electricity sales contract until 2035.

Cost & profitability

  • Installation & services EBIT margin lower due to increased staff to meet increasing demand. August holiday affecting 9m revenues and profit. Target EBIT margin is 15%.
  • Financial cost related is interest on long-term debt in power production.

Norway project development & portfolio

Portfolio under contract

Projects in development No. Area Capacity Power Investment
Hectare MWp GWh NOKm
Ready for consession process 4 384 264 316 1 714
Land lease & development 7 792 578 679 3 756
LoI & grid discussion 9 378 213 271 1 386
Project under contract 20 1 554 1 055 1 266 6 855

Project development Norway

  • Approx. 40 projects in development, of which 20 currently under contract.
  • Most projects in collaboration with Eidsiva Group with Energeia group in lead
  • National concession authority (NVE) now requires grid connection agreement before handling concession application.
  • Focus going forward is dialogue with Grid companies and TSO (Statnett) to secure grid connection prior to concession application procedure.
  • Project development team strengthen with grid competence and experience from Solar concession applications in NVE.

Profitability of a utility scale PV power plant in Norway

Construction cost | NOK/MW Main elements in construction costs

Project construction cost NOKm/MW
Total investment 6,141
Land preparation 0,297
Infrastructure 0,090
PV Modules 1,655
Grid connection 0,664
Inverter & electrical 0,586
Mounting structure 0,882
Monitoring equipment 0,011
Construction cost 1,499
Development costs 0,077
Working capital 0,089
Contingency 0,292

P&L | NOK 0,50 per kWh

Revenues 0,500
Operating costs 0,086
Grid costs 0,044
Land Rent 0,010
O&M 0,019
Insurance 0,004
Utilities 0,005
SG&A 0,005
EBITDA 0,414
% EBITDA margin 83%
Depreciation 0,170
EBIT 0,243
% EBIT margin 49%
Cash cost 0,257
Valuation assessment per MW 30 yrs
Debt financing / MW 3,07 NOKm
Debt interest rate 5,24%
Equity investment / MW 3,07 NOKm
FCF total assets aft.tax/MW 19,57 NOKm
Acc. Dividends/MW 14,20 NOKm
Capital return per MW
IRR (after tax) 8,9% 30yrs
IRR - Debt yield spread 368 bp
Equity cash IRR (after tax) 11,2% 30yrs
Average dividend yield 15,4% 30yrs
Equity cash payback 11,0 Years

What to expect for 2024

Status:

  • Sufficient funding and Dutch profitability to bring Norwegian concession application to fruition.
  • Bring Dutch projects forward to construction decisions in municipalities.
  • Earliest construction start in 2025 of 4 mature Norwegian solar PV + BESS projects.

Focus & opportunities going forward:

  • Continue organic growth of the Dutch business.
  • Get Norwegian projects through concession approval process with NVE and grid companies.
  • Develop the industrial partnerships further in Norway and the Netherlands.
  • Exploring M&A opportunities within operational Solar PV power plants in the Netherlands.
  • Exploring M&A opportunities within Energy system installation and services businesses in the Netherlands
  • Exploring synergies between Netherlands operations and Norway within equipment B2B wholesale activity.

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