[h=1]Tata Inks Biggest India Green Energy Deal Valued at $1.4 Billion[/h]
- Tata Power acquires Welspun’s 1.1 gigawatt renewable capacity
- Enetrprise value of deal at $1.4 billion; debt at $820 million
Tata Power Company Ltd. agreed to buy a 1.1 gigawatts solar and wind portfolio from Welspun Renewable Energy Pvt in India’s biggest clean energy deal, according to an exchange filing.
The transaction values Welspun’s assets at 77 million rupees a megawatt, Tata Power’s Chief Executive Officer Anil Sardana said in Mumbai on Monday. The acquisition’s enterprise value is 92.49 billion rupees ($1.4 billion), of which the debt component is $820 million, he said.
The acquisition “will give us better returns and lesser risk,” Sardana said in a broadcast briefing. “It’s strategic and tactical for Tata Power.”
Welspun’s renewable assets will boost capacity of Tata Power’s renewable energy unit to about 2.3 gigawatts, according to the filing. In addition to the 294 megawatts of wind and solar already under management, Tata Power is transferring another 500 megawatts of renewable projects onto the books of Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd. Another 400 megawatts of solar and wind projects are being implemented.
Barclays Plc advised Welspun and JM Financial Institutional Securities advised Tata, according to the statements. The deal is expected to be closed in September.
“The acquisition is also a significant step towards attaining the company’s objective of having non-fossil fuel based capacity up to 30-40 percent of its total generating capacity,” Sardana said.
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