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\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n(Bloomberg) — Apollo Global Management Inc. agreed to invest $6.5 billion in a huge Orsted A\/S offshore wind farm in the UK, the latest in a string of major European energy deals for the US private equity firm.<\/p>\n
The investment is a vote of confidence in Orsted as it works to complete a series of large projects and refocus on Europe following costly setbacks in the US. Hornsea 3 is Orsted\u2019s biggest wind farm under construction, making its successful delivery key to the company\u2019s recovery and future growth.<\/p>\n
Shares in the company were little changed in Copenhagen as the company had flagged that a deal would likely happen this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe farm-down of Hornsea 3 is an extremely important turning point in the recovery of Orsted\u2019s finances, together with the successfully completed capital increase,\u201d Jacob Pedersen, head of equity research at Sydbank A\/S, wrote in a note.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The so-called farm down was part of a divestment program planned by chief executive, Rasmus Errboe, when he took over the company to try to turn it around. The plan was overtaken by events in the US that sent the company into crisis mode. Orsted\u2019s management will be hoping that the deal shows the start of a return to normality for the company after the completion of a $9.4 billion capital raise last month.<\/p>\n
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The process began more than a year ago, Bloomberg reported at the time. Seeking an equity partner is a common way of funding huge wind projects. The project has a government support contract that will kick in once it starts generating. Under the deal Orsted is assuming all the risk of delays and cost overruns, according to analysts.<\/p>\n
For Apollo, it\u2019s the latest in a series of investments in energy in Europe, a region where the firm has taken an increasingly bullish view. In addition to the Orsted deal, earlier this year it also made a \u20ac3.2 billion ($3.7 billion) deal for a stake in RWE AG\u2019s German power grid business and agreed to help Electricite de France SA raise as much as \u00a34.5 billion ($5.9 billion) in private bond placements to fund the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant and other investments in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Hornsea 3 deal will see Apollo take a 50% stake in the project and fund 50% of the remaining investment needed to build the project. Once it\u2019s complete, the wind farm has a contract to sell electricity at fixed prices for 15 years. During much of that period, Apollo will get the majority of the cashflow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is effectively a transaction that prioritizes capex sharing, as opposed to value creation,\u201d Jenny Ping, analyst at Citi, wrote in a note.\u00a0<\/p>\n
(Moves share price to the third paragraph.)<\/p>\n
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