Zelya Energy

Due diligence

Our due diligence services for companies and assets in the energy sector are primarily designed for banks and investment funds, as well as energy and industrial groups pursuing external growth.

Zelya Energy has built a strong reputation in both financial markets and the energy industry for its customized services and deep expertise in gas and electricity markets. The firm supports clients in valuing target assets and conducting technical, strategic, and regulatory due diligence.

Due diligence and expertise of energy companies and assets

We support clients:

  • … across all asset types (wind farms, solar, biomass, distribution networks, LNG terminals, storage facilities, etc.);
  • … regardless of the target company’s activity (production, marketing, services, etc.).

Due diligence refers to validating regulatory and technical assumptions within a company’s or project’s financial model: What are the reserves and production forecasts of a plant? What is the availability rate of a wind farm? Is the grid connection of a gas-fired power station optimal? Is the expansion or renovation plan of a hydroelectric facility appropriate for its design and site conditions?

Our experts can model resource potential and projected output, estimate past and future investment requirements, and quantify assumptions on availability rates or equipment replacement, compliance, and upgrade scenarios underpinning the business to be acquired.

Our consultants’ technical expertise enables them to critically review business plans, conduct detailed audits of facilities, and assess the quality of operations and maintenance practices.

This expertise is essential to rigorously assess the technical risks of an acquisition, protect clients by recommending investment conditions, and provide relevant inputs into the financial models on which valuations are based.

Due diligence and expertise of energy companies and assets

Selected Due Diligence Engagements

Gas CCGT. Due diligence of a 430 MW combined-cycle gas plant in France: risk analysis of supply and resale; advisory support to the legal and financial teams of the mandated investment bank for the takeover.

Infrastructure. Technical and regulatory due diligence of the assets and activities of the GRT gas transmission operator in the context of its capital opening.

Hydropower. Due diligence of a portfolio of four hydroelectric plants, two under concession, totaling 50 MW: assessment of land rights, easements, concession decrees, infrastructure and grid connections; evaluation of return assets; drafting investment conditionalities.

Solar. Comprehensive financial, legal, and technical due diligence of a 39 MW ground-mounted solar farm in France; support for acquisition negotiations.

Wind. Due diligence and risk analysis of a portfolio of wind projects in Europe: permit and land rights compliance review; development of a financial valuation model; economic and business plan analysis; recommendations on investment suspension clauses.

Gas Storage. Due diligence of a natural gas storage company.

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Description & Summary

Zelya Energy - Company focused on the due diligence and technical audits of energy firms and assets. 

Zeya Energy provides due diligence consultancy services to investors, bankers and legal companies involved in mergers and takeover transactions. 

It conducts your due diligence for energy assets, companies in the gas, electricity and environment sectors, renewable energies
It also performs the technical, regulatory and strategic analysis of your acquisition and/or investment target (private equity, stock market share purchases)

The company acts as Technical and Regulatory / Market Advisor for both potential Acquirers and Vendors in the due diligence process of electrical networks, power plants, gas infrastructures and other related market players

Our due diligence services and financial valuation: we support you both in the price assessment of targeted assets and in the realization of the technical, regulatory and market due diligence. Definitions: Due diligence. Our experts are experienced professionals in the market (former director of groups and subsidiaries of energy, plant developers, network managers. ..) .

Our market expertise to analyze your acquisition: you are considering investing in a company operating on the market of gas or electricity?

We support you ...

• ... regardless of the underlying asset (wind power, solar, biomass, distribution networks, LNG terminal, storage facility, ...)

• ... or the activity of the target company (production, marketing, services, ...).

We have completed many due diligence of very different kinds of energy assets: GRTgaz (French gas transmission network operator), Gas storage, Snam Rete Gas, Oil&Gas upstream companies (drilling, exploration and exploitation companies, service providers of energy efficiency solutions...), power plants and grid systems...

We thus conduct audits, review, and expert due diligence of energy assets and infrastructures: gas (lng terminals, networks, boats, pipelines, gas storage) power (electricity networks, hydro and conventional thermal power plants, fuel, coal, biomass...), wind farms, solar plants (including photovoltaics), cogenerations.

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