Energia
VELCAN: SALE OF THE REDELONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN INDONESIA
PRESS RELEASE
Jakarta, 2 July 2018
VELCAN announces it has fully divested its Redelong Hydropower Project (18 MW located in the Aceh province of Sumatera), sold to an Indonesian industrial group.
After the Meureubo 2 (59 MW) HEP and the Sukarame (7 MW) SHP were sold because of the administrative blockages encountered, including the unavailability of satisfactory PPAs, the Redelong HEP was the last project of the Group in Indonesia.
The small size of the Redelong project (18 MW) did not economically justify having full operations in the country and the Group will now finalize the shutdown of its operations in Indonesia.
Like other projects of the Group in Indonesia, the Redelong project costs were already fully impaired as on 31 December 2017. The sale price, which is to remain confidential, allows only a partial recovery of such costs, given the uncertainties affecting the sector in Indonesia.
* * *
Investor Relations Contact investor@velcan.lu
Velcan is a Luxemburg headquartered investment holding company founded in 2005, operating as an independent power producer in emerging countries and managing a global portfolio of financial assets.
The company owns and operates one 15MW hydro power plant in Brazil that it developed and built in 2009. Its major power project under development is a cascade of hydropower concessions located in India and totalling 571 MW.
Hydropower concessions provide long periods of cash generation but their development outcome is uncertain and many years are needed to bring these projects to maturity in emerging countries: it involves field studies in remote places, obtaining the necessary authorizations and permits, and land acquisition in political and regulatory environments that can be unstable or heavily hampering. Meanwhile Velcan actively manages its treasury, investing in listed financial instruments and private equity deals.
Velcan's headquarters are in Luxemburg, with administrative and financial offices in Singapore and Mauritius. The team dedicated to the development of the Indian hydropower cascade is based in New Delhi and at the project site (Arunachal Pradesh).
The company was launched more than 10 years ago by its reference shareholder Luxembourg Hydro Power SA, owned by Velcan's management team.
Velcan is listed on the Paris Euronext Growth Stock Market (Euronext Growth/Ticker ALVEL/ISIN FR0010245803).
Velcan never performed any Public Offer as understood under Directive 2003/71/CE of the European Parliament and Council.
2321 Rosecrans Avenue. Suite 2200
90245 El Segundo Stati Uniti