RIVE Private Investment and JB Capital Capital Markets acquire wind farms in Andalusia

RIVE Private Investment, founded by 123Investment Managers Group and Elyseum Investment, has announced the acquisition of the wind farms Sierra de Aguas and Sierra de Baños, located in Andalusia, Spain.

With a capacity of 28.15 MW, the parks have been in operation for 9 years on average. RIVE Private Investment partnered with JB Capital Markets to finance the acquisition of the projects. A debt refinancing accord has been put in place with Banco Sabadell. JB Capital Markets, acting as local co-investor for 15% of the equity, will be responsible for the investment oversight of the windfarms, equipped with Gamesa G52 and Gamesa G87 turbines, currently maintained by the manufacturer.

This acquisition confirms Rive Private Investment’s willingness to provide flexible and customized financing solutions to support local partners and investment funds in diversified locations. Jean-Philippe Olivier, Managing Partner at RIVE Private Investment stated:

“We are very proud of this very first investment in Spain where the renewable energy market is getting more active again. We are convinced we will realize more investments in Spain in the near future not only in this sector but across all the asset classes we target: infrastructure/real estate, mezzanine debt and tangible asset financing. This park is a great way to start with a resilient asset through high wind resource but offering as well upside opportunities through repowering. Having a local partner like JB Capital Markets along with us, it’s being a great support to us”

In the case of JB Capital Markets, this is the first deal in the renewable sector and the result of a strategic decision of diversifying its investment activity into a new asset class, where the business model consists in identifying energy & infrastructure assets, structuring these opportunities to institutional investors for direct investment, and maintaining profitability and optimizing value through professional investment oversight. JB Capital Markets co-invests a minority stake of equity or subordinated debt along with the institutional investors, ensuring full alignment of interests. Luis Palacios, Managing Director and Head of Energy & Infrastructure at JB Capital Markets, said in a statement that:

“This very first transaction confirms the feasibility of our business model consisting in bringing value to investors in renewable mature markets, like the Spanish one, that are becoming more and more sophisticated every day”