Zelya Energy

Advice on acquisition and investment

Mergers and acquisitions consultants in the energy sector

Zelya Energy specializes in transactions, acquisitions, and investment strategies in the energy sector. Our clients include investors, plant owners, and operators of gas and electricity networks.

For more than twenty years, we have leveraged our expertise, network, and tailored financial models to help clients optimize their acquisition strategies. We have been involved in numerous due diligence processes, mergers, acquisitions, and asset valuations, ranging from a few million to several billion euros.

Our main services for investors include:

Our dual expertise in finance and the energy industry allows us to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary support to our clients.

Thanks to the experience and training of our experts, we deliver concise, fast, and high-quality outputs, perfectly adapted to the strategic and operational needs of our clients.

Examples of assignments

Financial valuation of a subsidiary of the French Power Transmission Network company

Technical and regulatory due diligence of solar and wind portfolios

Due diligence and asset valuation support for GRTgaz during its capital opening

Evaluation and due diligence of hydroelectric dams

Technical and economic audit for a full renovation of a wind farm

Due diligence of a combined cycle gas plant: assessment of gas supply and power price risks

Advisory support to the energy regulator in determining the cost of capital for gas and electricity infrastructure tariffs

Strategy consulting and business plan development in the merger of renewable power companies

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Due diligence and strategic M&A expertise in thermal power plants

Thermal power plants

Regulatory and commercial due diligence of several CCGTs totaling more than 2 GW across Europe

Assistance with financial valuation and connection to gas and electricity networks

M&A consultants, due diligence in the natural gas sector

Gas and electricity networks, storage

Due diligence of storage, LNG, and gas & power transport companies for multi-billion-euro investments

Technical and regulatory audits, validation of financial modeling assumptions

M&A consultants in the renewable energy sector

Photovoltaic

Technical and regulatory due diligence, financial evaluations

Projects from 3 MW to more than 100 MW, for clients such as Satcon, First Solar, Lampiris, Alpiq, Eneco, Caisse des Dépôts, European Energy...

M&A consultants in wind energy and energy transition

Wind energy

Financial evaluations, due diligence, technical audits

Performance optimization and evaluation software

Nearly 100 wind farms and projects, for clients such as BKW, Eos, SNCF, Lampiris, Alpiq, Eneco, Enfinity, Proener, Caisse des Dépôts...

Consultants for due diligence and valuation of hydroelectric plants

Hydropower

Analysis of potential output and business plans for 10 hydro concessions (8 to 84 MW)

Audits and re-evaluations of 32 hydro plants of a few MW each

Clients include Alpiq, Eos, Statkraft, Eneco, Enfinity, Caisse des Dépôts, GEG...

Information:

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Description & Summary

Zelya Energy, consulting firm in mergers and acquisitions

assists in major divestment operations in Europe, Russia and the United States and Canada in the electricity and natural gas sector

Operations in the energy markets:

valuation by multiples and DCF, retainer investment advice electricity production valuation central gas asset, gas transport networks CMPC: wind power, photovoltaics, hydraulics, biomass and biogas

https://energy.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2020-10/final_report_levelised_costs_0.pdf

Zelya Energy advises you in your financing and development phases of electricity production plants. Our areas of expertise have already been applied to many situations:

  • Company due diligence in the gas and electricity sectors: - Strategic and company diagnostic audit, validation of Business plan assumptions.
  • Financial modeling and verification of assumptions and cash flow forecasts.
  • Valuation of company shares, parts or assets. Valuation of a wind farm. Price of the wind turbine, value of its electricity production in the energy markets. We use several methods, coupled with our business expertise and understanding of energy regulations to estimate the value of a power plant: wind power, biomass, photovoltaics, biogas and hydropower. In the first phase: estimation of future flows, production, revenues related to it.
  • Discounting according to the project's progress: in development or already in the operating phase? Valuation and price estimation of the park. Financial engineering with optimized allocation between debt, capital, equity and quasi-equity. Seller, promoter advice..
  • Power plant valuation and estimation. Value of the MW produced, of the power of the energy production plants.
  • Estimated price models, wind and hydro valuation methodology. Purchase and sale of gas and electricity infrastructures: distribution networks, transport, storage assets and terminal, LNG gas terminals. What price? Assistance in the negotiation of purchase and sale, transfer of shares   
  • See contributions to the general issues: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/09/f36/Understanding%20Natural%20Gas%20and%20Lng%20Options_general%20no%20appendix.pdf
  • https://onepetro.org/OTCONF/proceedings-abstract/07OTC/All-07OTC/OTC-18788-MS/36873 
    Investment Banks - partnerships, studies, due diligence, evaluation.

Zelya Energy competitors: https://media-publications.bcg.com/flash/PDF/Due_Diligence.pdf https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/Real%20Estate/us-engineering-construction-ma-due-diligence.pdf 

Experts in energy Investments and M&A:

 Calculating Profitability & WACC Financial valuation of assets & energy firms Due diligence Consulting services for buyers and investors Sale of energy assets, power plants and firms 
Accomplishments and example of expertise, missions and profiles for Zelya Energy: gaz de france, atel energie, lampiris, commission de régulation de l'énergie...,