{"id":77875,"date":"2023-06-07T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/06\/07\/efg-holding-backed-ignis-prepares-to-sell-five-solar-plants\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T01:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T01:00:10","slug":"efg-holding-backed-ignis-prepares-to-sell-five-solar-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/06\/07\/efg-holding-backed-ignis-prepares-to-sell-five-solar-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"EFG Holding-backed Ignis prepares to sell five solar plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ignis to sell EUR 300 mn of its solar portfolio:<\/strong> Spanish renewables developer Ignis Energia is selling five solar power projects worth some EUR 300 mn, reports Spanish newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.expansion.com\/empresas\/energia\/2023\/06\/06\/647e82a1468aeb73388b45a2.html\">Expansion<\/a> in a story picked up by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSL1N37Y0GX\">Reuters<\/a>, with the renewable energy firm hiring investment bank Lazard to work on the sale. The portfolio of projects up for sale has a combined electricity capacity of 380 MW that is expected to come online late 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Egypt connection:<\/strong> Egyptian financial institution EFG Holding\u2019s clean energy investment platform Vortex Energy signed an agreement in 2021 to <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/65a8fe4f-1dec-49a2-b755-187b7dec50cc\">invest EUR 625 mn<\/a> in the company for what media reported was a 49% stake. Vortex is making incremental equity investments in the firm, announcing separate <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e38d5e96-ec7c-46c6-84d4-cf04f8d47e24\">EUR 222 mn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/51596a97-9bab-416d-aed4-c225030e49eb\">EUR 46 mn<\/a> commitments during 2022. The investment was made through the renewables-focused Vortex Energy IV Fund, which <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/86c5a819-d5d5-4755-af2f-c9bbfdb504e8\">reached its first close<\/a> of USD 200 mn in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The next round of investment is expected soon:<\/strong> Vortex said last year that it would invest another EUR 176 mn in the company in 1Q 2023, with the remaining EUR 181 mn coming after.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ignis is one of the largest solar energy companies in Spain:<\/strong> The company has 20 GW of projects under development and 4.5 GW of assets under management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ignis to sell EUR 300 mn of its solar portfolio: Spanish renewables developer Ignis Energia is selling five solar power projects worth some EUR 300 mn, reports Spanish newspaper Expansion in a story picked up by Reuters, with the renewable energy firm hiring investment bank Lazard to work on the sale. 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