
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.
