London Private Equity Firm Eyes $250 Million in African Energy Projects

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    London-based fund to invest $250 million across Africa

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Denham has developed and sold 6.5 gigawatts of power projects

Denham Capital Management LP, a London-based private equity firm, plans to channel at least $250 million into energy projects in Africa.

The company has established a partnership with Neo Themis, a power supplier based in Casablanca, Morocco. It’s currently developing about 400 megawatts of renewable energy and gas-fired projects across Africa and seeks to have 1 gigawatt under construction by 2019.

Projects in the works include 44 megawatts of hydropower in Ivory Coast and a 50-megawatt solar plant in Nigeria. The partners are also considering projects in Madagascar and Kenya.

“We work in emerging markets where there’s a real need for more power,” said Scott Mackin, managing partner and head of Denham’s power team, in an interview in London. “Africa is a great example of this, there is so much capital looking for good projects in Africa. It’s definitely a seller’s market.”

Denham’s strategy is to avoid markets with high subsidies and without government support, seeking opportunities in between these two extremes. It has won projects in renewable energy auctions in Brazil and South Africa recently and is generally looking to lock in long-term contracts for power sales.

Sales Plan
The private equity firm has invested almost $1 billion into electricity projects to date across Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. It has sold 6.5 gigawatts of energy assets with over 70 percent in renewables, typically exiting through sales to strategic buyers such as utilities and other energy companies. SunPower Corp. and SunEdison Inc. are among the companies that have acquired projects from Denham in the past.

He’s seeing interest from African pension funds, Chinese state-owned enterprises and energy companies based in Europe, Japan and the Middle East. Beyond Africa, Mackin expects Brazil and the Philippines as two key markets for renewables going forward.

“Wind is still going strong in Brazil, but I expect solar to also be a good play,” he said. “Solar PV will become more competitive than wind in Brazil in about two years.”

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