Theolia takes control at Breeze Two

The Koudia Al Baida wind farm near Tangiers, Morocco

The Koudia Al Baida wind farm near Tangiers, Morocco

France’s Theolia has taken control of Germany’s Breeze Two Energy, more than doubling its in-house wind capacity as the recovering company hunts for steady, long-term sources of revenue.

Breeze Two Energy issued a series of bonds in 2006 to build a series of wind projects, now totalling 311MW in Germany and 26MW in France.

Working through a subsidiary, Theolia has bought 70% of one tranche of Breeze Two’s outstanding bonds, giving it “control” of the German company and the right to install its own chief executive, Fady Khallouf, as new managing director.

The deal puts an enterprise value of €309m ($415.8m) on Breeze Two.

Theolia, whose own debt mountain nearly tipped it into bankruptcy several years ago, will finance the manoeuvre principally through a new €34m non-recourse loan due…

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