Project detail - AMERICAS ENERGY FUND II CLEAN ENERG

AMERICAS ENERGY FUND II CLEAN ENERG

Status: Approved investment
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Who is our customer

AEF II CE Fund is a private equity fund managed by SCLEA. SCLEA focuses on the Andean Region, investing in energy related assets. It individually or in association with others controls assets with a total value of USD 1.7 bln, 1,550 MW of installed capacity. AEF II CE focuses further on clean energy assets, natural gas and renewables -infrastructure, transmission and generation. FMO' s investment will focus only on investments in Peru and Colombia.

What is our funding objective?

The capital FMO invests provides risk capital via its fund investment and possible future co-investments to improve clean energy project's, operational and financial performance by replacing or supplementing existing management, expanding the current platform through accessing licenses and utilizing negotiation power with local authorities, improving service contracts and pricing structures, optimizing capital structures, and ultimately exiting via public markets or sale to strategic investors.

Why do we fund this investment?

This investment was made because it was deemed to be an attractive commercial and impact (e.g. the replacement and conversion of coal and oil power plants) investment opportunity providing exposure and support to an experienced and successful fund manager in this region and sector. Additionally it supports our efforts to meet our Green Target and will likely provide attractive co-investment opportunities which further leverages FMO's capital towards attractive green investments.

Region
Latin America & The Caribbean
Country
Latin America & The Caribbean
Sector
Energy
Effective date
4/8/2015
Total FMO financing
USD 25.25 MLN
Funding
FMO NV
Risk categorization on environmental and social impacts, A = high risk, B+ = medium high risk, B = medium risk, C = low risk Environmental & Social Category
(A, B+, B or C)
A