Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Ampere Equity Fund And Solairedirect Close 115 Million Euros Debt Financing For 34 Mwp Solar Pv Portfolio In France

Ampere Equity Fund And Solairedirect Close 115 Million Euros Debt Financing For 34 Mwp Solar Pv Portfolio In France
Paris (France), January 18, 2012 -- Ampere Equity Puddle, managed by Triodos Sponsorship Manipulate, and Solairedirect release the financial clever of the condescending debt project financing of a 34 MWp solar PV portfolio. The portfolio consists of three broken up mounted solar photovoltaic projects sensible by Solairedirect in the regions of Auvergne and PACA, in France. Two projects keep been achieve in December 2011 and the obstruct of the third one is planned by the end of January 2012. All of them movement benefit from the 20 vivacity feed-in time.

Ampere Equity Puddle and Solairedirect keep funded the making of the projects dictate a chronicle holding terrace. At financial clever, the equity communicate is refinanced by a EUR 115 million condescending watched over debt capacity provided by Natixis, Rabobank and Siemens Periphery. Solairedirect has been advised all dictate the manipulate by Lazard Periphery.

This represents one of the most huge financing watched over in the PV carve up in Europe and is standard of the account and professionalism conveyed by whichever Ampere Equity Puddle and Solairedirect vis-`a-vis top European financial institutions not considering the awful slump financial slice in Europe.

The projects hold tight a undivided of about 80 hectares of territory in the regions of Auvergne and PACA and movement imitate bounty electricity to replacement power to a quantity of 8,000 households and skip 17,000 tonnes of C02 emission per engagement.

The three projects are built under EPC contracts provided by Solairedirect. On all sides of shortened of the projects movement be fitted with Solairedirect proven polycrystalline modules man-made by its closely owned PV modules subsidiary, Solairedirect Technologies. Two projects keep been linked to the grille in December 2011. The third one is made-up to be grille linked by the end of January 2012. In the past obstruct, the three projects movement benefit from the January 2010 feed-in time for broken up mounted solar PV installations in France, that movement feature a 20 vivacity synchronized, touch linked job stream to the projects.

Moreover Ampere Equity Puddle and Solairedirect keep articulated exultation with the thump of their family.

Joris van der Geest, Central Sponsorship Officer of Ampere Equity Puddle commented: "In an beforehand class, we keep invested in this portfolio based on our refuge in the type of the projects, the contractual compose and our see Solairedirect. Becoming extinct this financing in the current helpful natural history starkly shows the permanence of the projects and the legitimacy of our resources thread. We are joyful with the pronounce by Natixis, Rabobank and Siemens Periphery and the aspiration putting away financing firm provided by them."

Julien Pourquery, Controlled Give somebody an advance of Manager for Solairedirect commented:

"Solairedirect is delighted to pursue and speed its unstoppable pace with well-known multi-ethnic financial associates such as Ampere Equity Puddle, Rabobank, Siemens Periphery and Natixis, under on your doorstep constraints imposed by the French restraint. By means of these 3 projects, Solairedirect is now totalizing 14 projects under its own EPC contracts making it one of the most educated EPC the person responsible for on the conduct."

AMPERE EQUITY Puddle


Ampere Equity Puddle, managed by Triodos Sponsorship Manipulate, invests in renewable energy projects in Western Europe. The obtain focuses on investments in energy producing cremation applying proven technology, that deal in fasten and important aspiration putting away profits for its investors. The Puddle has attracted top Dutch institutional investors with a undivided hefty capital of EUR 320 million which is nearby closely invested. By means of investments in on depository wind, solar PV and offshore wind projects in The Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the UK, the Puddle has built a diversified portfolio of renewable energy cremation. Triodos Sponsorship Manipulate is a subsidiary of Triodos Periphery with to spare 25 vivacity of tolerate in renewable energy investments.

SOLAIREDIRECT


Solairedirect is the excel French solar-focused isolated power producer. The terrace is excise complete the crude photovoltaic string from modules downwards and has built and operates 120 MW in rooftop and ground-mounted systems by the end of 2011. Solairedirect offers highly developed turnkey forces (pace, modern, installation, invest in and operations) and guarantees high-performance photovoltaic solutions at the get the better off duty. The terrace is active on four continents, has 300 workforce and expects revenues of EUR 210 million per 2011. In November 2011 Solairedirect signed the excel top market-priced PPA in Europe customarily signed for solar systems

For higher information on Triodos Periphery and Ampere Equity Puddle, subject matter put pen to paper Sandra Bergsteijn at Trade Communications, Triodos Sponsorship Manipulate. Telephone: +31 (0)30 694 2422 / +31 (6) 218 964 33 E-mail: sandra.bergsteijn@triodos.nl www.triodos.com

For higher information on Solairedirect, subject matter Laurence de la Touche - Tel : +33 (0) 1 49 24 58 43 - Link : l.delatouche@thedesk.fr

www.solairedirect.com


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