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"Green Giraffe consistently distinguished themselves and played a critical role throughout every step of the financing process" (Blackstone Managing Director Sean Klimczak, about GGEB's role in the EUR 977 M financing for Meerwind, a 288 MW offshore wind farm project in Germany, closed in August 2011)
Who we areGreen Giraffe Energy Bankers (GGEB) is a specialist advisory boutique focused on the renewable energy sector - and in particular offshore wind - launched in 2010 by experienced finance specialists
Our ambition is to provide high quality, specialised advisory services to a select group of clients
What we doGGEB provides a full range of financial advisory services in the renewable energy arena.
GGEB is focused on the renewable energy market and offers advisory services with respect to project valuation, asset acquisition or divesture, corporate structuring, contractual package coordination, third party supply negotiation and debt structuring & arranging.
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Our sectors of activityOFFSHORE WIND
The GGEB team has an unparalleled track record in offshore wind, with its staff having been involved (in previous capacities) in all the early non recourse offshore wind construction financings and several equity transactions for offshore wind assets. GGEB has already advised developers on 2 succesful non-recourse financings since its creation (C-Power and Meerwind). GGEB has a unique web of relationships with project developers, turbine manufacturers, public financial institutions, due diligence advisors and commercial lenders. That experience has already been acknowledged in the form of several advisory mandates across Europe and in North America with developers or manufacturers and multiple participations to conferences or specialised publications. For instance, GGEB provides the financing summary in the EWEA's annual and semestrial reports on the offshore wind industry in Europe.
GGEB expects to continue to reinforce its position as the premier specialist for non recourse offshore wind financings in the future.
Our track record in offshore wind
ONSHORE WIND The GGEB team has extensive experience in structuring the financing and negotiating construction, O&M and financing contracts for onshore wind farms. GGEB staff have been involved (in previous capacities) in the arranging of the financing of, amongst others, the first cross-border portfolio acquisition financing, the largest global wind portfolio and the largest Dutch onshore wind farm to date. Altogether, team members have been actively involved in the financing of more than 10,000 MW of wind assets over the last 9 years. In addition, GGEB officers have been involved in the financing, equity raising and partial sale of one of the largest Dutch onshore wind farms. Our track record in onshore wind
SOLAR The GGEB team has been actively involved (in previous capacities) in a number of solar transactions in Southern Europe and North America in the past few years, across a wide range of technologies, including crystalline silicon modules, thin films and concentrated solar plants, involving fixed structures and tracking systems. Experience includes the acquisition and non recourse financings of PV plants in Spain, France and Italy. Advisory services include technology assessment from a financing perspective, transaction structuring and negotiation advisory towards a successful financial close. |
