Renewable Power Capital (RPC) has acquired a 528MW cluster of ready-to-build onshore wind projects located in Sweden’s Kramfors and Sollefteå municipalities.
The transaction, valued at €800m, includes the acquisition of the projects and the commitment of the capital required for construction.
The four sites are expected to generate power ready for export to grid in Q4 2025.
The deal is the third of 2022 for RPC and it more than doubles the company’s onshore wind portfolio from 317MW to a total of 845MW across Sweden and Finland, in addition to a nearly 4GW solar PV pipeline in Spain.
The transaction demonstrates RPC’s significant investment appetite, stemming from its backing from CPP Investments, the company said.
This combined with RPC’s deep capability and flexible capital has enabled it to make this acquisition unlevered and unhedged and will allow the company to optimize the power contracting and debt financing structure for the sites.
RPC took the same approach on its maiden Finnish and Swedish onshore wind acquisitions, and earlier this year announced the signing of 10-year corporate PPAs for its 171MW Finnish projects with Elisa, Alpiq, and Gasum.
In addition, RPC will be responsible for completing the procurement and overseeing the construction management of the projects, bringing to bear its increasing industrial capabilities as it seeks to partner with leading equipment manufacturers and construction companies.
Renewable Capital Power chief executive Bob Psaradellis said: “We are very excited about this deal.
“It demonstrates not only our ability to invest at scale in European renewables but also showcases our rapidly growing commercial and industrial capabilities across power markets, debt financing, construction management, and procurement.
“Today marks a landmark moment, and the biggest deal to date for RPC, but it also forms part of a long-term strategy to invest in post subsidy renewable power and storage infrastructure across Europe.
“We set out to bring a new approach to investing in, owning, and operating renewable energy assets and we see our relationship to projects very much over the long term, which is why we continue to have strong conviction in renewable energy despite the current volatility in the market.
“Increased renewables capacity in Europe in a post subsidy world is good for energy security and for the energy transition.”