
Obton publishes record-breaking accounts. Again
Obton has posted profits before tax of DKK 272 million for the financial year 2021 – a result that firmly positions solar energy as an attractive opportunity for Danish investors.
Obton has posted profits before tax of DKK 272 million for the financial year 2021 – a result that firmly positions solar energy as an attractive opportunity for Danish investors.
As from the spring of 2022, Obton has taken over a portfolio of 144 operational solar plants at locations all over Italy.
An export loan of approximately DKK 500 million from EKF (Denmark’s Export Credit Agency) enables Obton to purchase the 31 MWp Shirakawa Solar Farm in Japan.
“We’re incredibly proud to have been able to develop a solar PV plant of this size from scratch, and then to sell it on to a large, professional, institutional investor, says CEO Anders Marcus
The new members of the board will take up their duties in connection with the finalisation of the transaction that has seen the leading Northern European private equity investment firm FSN Capital purchase 45 percent of Obton Group.
Obton invests predominantly in markets where there is a balanced relationship between return and risk. Our set of values is not driven by speculation in short-term returns, but rather in long-term high-security projects that provide benefits for developers and owners, funding partners and investors.
We are constantly looking for interesting projects that can be included in our portfolio. We regularly screen options and new offers applying our standard investment model to test whether a project is interesting to pursue.
Total capacity: 1728 MWp
Obton is an investment and development company that targets land and rooftop owners, developers and financial institutions with the goal of building a broad and risk-diverse portfolio of assets in the field of renewable energy. Our expertise includes development, funding and management of solar PV projects - primarily projects starting from EUR 10m for stable markets in Europe and North America.
At Obton, we work with long-term partnerships, both on the developer and financing side. We use our long-standing experience of solar energy to find opportunities in both existing and new markets. Our wide experience has been built up through investments in turnkey projects as well as complex projects, such as the development of large-scale ground mounted PV systems and roof top PV systems in urban areas. We like to think that we are good at making the difficult simple.
Our expertise covers both the legal and the analytical aspects from development and construction through the management of the parks.
Obton has over 300 in-house specialists working with everything in the range of adminstration through management to acquisition and finance of solar PV projects in the department of acquisition and finance of the PV systems, Obton pride ourselves of having some of the industry's most competent and experienced team members.
We offer our business partners an easy and short process from the initial contact to financial close. Our competencies and track record allow us to perform due diligence on promising assets in short time, ensuring an effective and satisfying process.
At Obton it is important for us to build value creating relationships and maintain our reputation as a competent and trustworthy partner, therefore our goal when negotiating agreements is to achieve an outcome that is beneficial to both ourselves and business partners.