Accelerated Wind Farm Development
Offshore wind returns have been compressed to the level of onshore wind
Assuming these
Consideration
Onshore wind
returns work for
Offshore wind
(2015)
Offshore wind
(2017)
investors, offshore
wind ought to be more
Equity IRR
8-10%
9-10%
7-9%
asset class:
-
attractive owing to
investors' relative
ability to deploy more
capital in projects
It is worth noting,
industry views are still
developing on the
following key value
drivers that will
determine the sector's
long-term
attractiveness as an
Project life
Project life
25-30 years
25 years
25-30 years
Typical stakes
Majority
Levered
•
Minority
☐
Operating partners
O&M/TCM agreements
Levered/Unlevered
Industrial or strategic equity
partner
Minority
Levered/Unlevered
Industrial or strategic equity
partner
Scale (Gross)
10-100MW
60-700MW
Typical gearing at FID
80%
Yield performance
Sub P50
30-40% CF
■
EBITDA margins
80%
0-60%
-
P50
35-45% CF
"
70%
Subsidy
ROC: 0.9/MWh
O&M strategy and
" CfD: £80/MWh
costs
Turbine availability
Capex
EV/MW (COD)
£1.2-1.5m/MW
£2.0-2.7m/MW
£4.5-5.5m/MW
EV/MWh (P50)
£800-850/MWh
ROC: 1.5/MWh
CfD:
£115/MWh
£4.0-5.0m/MW
£1,100-1,300/MWh
200MW-1.5GW
0-70%
>P50
■ 45-55% CF
70-80%
ROC: None
CfD: £57.50-74.75/MWh
£2.3-3.0m/MW
£3.5-4.5m/MW
£700-1,000/MWh
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Discussion Materials
AUGUSTA & CO
7th September 2018
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