Not necessarily a relocation – Investors are looking for capital investments in existing thermal power plants in Europe to ensure ongoing energy generation

Not necessarily a relocation – Investors are looking for capital investments in existing thermal power plants in Europe to ensure ongoing energy generation

[August 2020] A power plant sale is not necessarily driven by decisions to decommission and relocate it to a new destination: An increasing number of companies, amongst others well established major power producers, are looking via troveo to purchase shares in running power plants or to share investments in power plants construction projects.

For example, a British-American investor is looking for coal-fired power plants with a capacity of up to 100 MWe throughout Europe; the investor intends to convert these to biomass power plants for continued operation while retaining the same location.

Another European electricity group explicitly aims at a fast entry into the German market for gas and biomass power generation within 2020. The investor is primarily interested in gas turbine and gas engine power plants or even biomass cogeneration plants with a minimum capacity of 20 MWe and beyond. Even significantly larger power plants are considered in the meantime as an attractive investment.

This group is interested to act as an investment partner or single buyer of entire plants, those in the pipeline, those due for an overhaul / retrofit or even those convertible to alternative operating methods and fuels. A potential takeover of operational responsibility (contracting) or operational management is an option.

A key criterion is, however, the existence of an operating permit, extendable or adaptable upon power plant conversion. So, if you are an operator interested in getting fresh capital from current assets and can accommodate new shareholders on board, simply get in touch with our troveo team.

By the way, we always treat selling offers and search requests for running power plants and main equipment strictly anonymous. Only when our customers grant us their explicit permission, we will pass on contact details and asset or project data. This way we guarantee that your search(es) and/or sale offer(s) through troveo reach only the right partners.