UAE's Masdar buys Brookfield's Saeta Yield in $1.4 bln deal
MADRID, Sept 24 (Reuters) -United Arab Emirates' renewable energy company Masdar said on Tuesday it has reached an agreement to buy green energy firm Saeta Yieldfrom Canada's Brookfield's BAM.TO in a deal valuing the company at $1.4 billion.
Under the deal, Masdar is acquiring 745 megawatts (MW) of mostly wind assets and 1.6 gigawatts of projects under development in Spain and Portugal, marking one of the largest such deals in the Iberian region.
This is Masdar's second big green energy deal in recent months in Spain, one of Europe's largest wind and solar markets. It follows the agreement to buy a minority stake in 48 solar plants controlled by Endesa - a unit of Italy's Enel ENEI.MI for 817 million euros.
Higher interest rates brought about a "normalisation" of asset prices, Masdar's CFO told Reuters after the deal with Endesa, adding that the company was seeking more opportunities in the region.
The agreement with Brookfield includes 538 MW of wind assets in Spain and 144 MW of wind assets in Portugal, with the remaining being solar power assets in Spain. Some solar thermal plants controlled by Saeta are not part of the sale process and will remain under Brookfield's control.
Closing of the deal is expected around the end of the year.
"Saeta is the perfect complement to Masdar's portfolio in Europe, especially after the recent partnership with Endesa," Masdar CEO Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi said.
Spain and Portugal's abundant solar and wind resources have drawn both domestic and foreign firms eager to leverage growing demand for renewable energy.
Controlled by UAE's power and water firm TAQA, its national oil company ADNOC and sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company, Masdar aims to grow its capacity to 100 GW of renewable energy by 2030.
Brookfield acquired and delisted Saeta, founded by Spanish construction company ACS, in 2018 for 1 billion euros.
Reporting by Pietro Lombardi and Andres Gonzalez; Editing by Lincoln Feast.
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