Wind energy project finance in Greece. Commercial bank debt and alternatives. ACCELERATING WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN GREECE POLICIES, INVESTMENT, DEPLOYMENT, SUPPLY CHAIN, O&M Kostis A. Tselenis 14 October 2019 Athens, Greece Kostis A. Tselenis
1GW diversified European portfolio of wind, solar PV & hydro assets / spin-off EBM utility Picture: small scale wind infrastructure project Kostis A. Tselenis 52MW Brandenburg, Germany 2
Specialized fund Solar, wind & energy efficiency project portfolio across Europe Kostis A. Tselenis 3
DEMOCRATIZING RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS? Are there options beyond the “mega” renewable energy infrastructure projects or the large pooled portfolio of assets? Beyond the strategic investor groups, how can the small-medium private / institutional investor get exposure with this asset class? What is s nee needed for or Gr Gree eece? ibility → platforms / databases / events Cr Create an and increase vi visib (transparency, extroversion of the economy and the RE infra segment) tment structures → financial innovation La Launch eas easy ac accessib ible investm (lack of variety of investment products, funds, notes, bonds…) lios → geography, technology Provide div diversified un underlying por portfoli (regulation changes, allow for various technologies, promote different regions) Kostis A. Tselenis 4
Raising awareness & mobilizing action for sustainability and impact t investing g in the global Greek community of investors and entrepreneurs www.thehiin.org Kostis A. Tselenis 5
Q&A Kostis A. Tselenis www.linkedin.com/in/tselenis Investment Partner & Head of Fund Investments Quadia SA Founder & President The Hellenic Impact Investing Network www.thehiin.org Kostis is considered as one of the pion pionee eer investm stmen ent exper perts ts that helped shape su sustai stainability ability an and im impact pact inv investi sting in Europe for more than 15 years. He focuses on allocating private and institutional wealth to customized impact strategies through direct investments and investments in funds. Kostis started his career at the Corporate Finance department of Lombard Odier , one of the oldest and largest Swiss private banks, and joined later Bregal Energy (prev. Good Energies ), a pioneer investor in cleantech, energy efficiency and renewable energy infrastructure. He has been invited as a speaker and panellist in numerous international events and conferences, published articles in electronic and print media and acted as co-author in industry books and publications. Beyond his educational efforts as a guest lecturer in several Swiss universities, Kostis is supporting socially and environmentally driven global organizations such as TBLI , Climate KIC , Drawdown Switzerland and Ashoka . He grew up in Greece in a family of entrepreneurs and graduated at the University of Zurich with an MBA in Banking and Finance. In 2018, Kostis has launched The Hell ellen enic ic Im Impac pact In Inves esti ting Networ ork, a Geneva based association aiming at creating awareness and mobilizing action on sustainability and impact investing across the global Greek investor and entrepreneurs community. Kostis A. Tselenis 6
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