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International Solar Day Oslo, May 15, 2018 Terje Osmundsen Founder & CEO Empower New Energy www.empowernewenergy.com 2018/05/16 Empowering decentralized renewables – the Empower solution

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International Solar Day Oslo, May 15, 2018

Terje OsmundsenFounder & CEO Empower New Energy

www.empowernewenergy.com

2018/05/16

Empowering decentralized renewables – the Empower solution

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2018/05/16CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Current policies –assuming Paris’ pledges - lead to 3 -degree warming

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Renewables and efficiency can deliver 90 % of all energy-related CO2 cuts

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Kilde: Global Carbon Project

Kilde: SSB

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Renewable energy is a job booster

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Kilde: Global Carbon Project

Kilde: SSB

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Empower New Energy: Short introduction

A Renewable Energy Finance company offering finance to 1- 10 MW RE projects

Through our Accelerator Facility, we bring equity capital and impact finance to projects too small for non-recourse financing

First funding round of 40- 50 mio USD Initial focus Sub-Saharan Africa (East Africa,

Ghana) Sustainability: Focus on high impact projects

with verifiable CO2 reductions, job creation and community development

Partnering with high-quality renewable energy developers and EPC providers

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Empower Gateway: Project preparation and due diligence

Empower Accelerator: InvestmentConstruction

Operations

Empower Yieldco:Refinancing Exit

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The Empower 3-step Solution

Yieldco* Sale to institution

Sale to Industrial

(1) (2) (3)

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• Specialist project finance lawyer with a background from leading UK- based international law firms

• Development finance expert with experience in Africa, Eastern Europe, Jordan, Mongolia, Turkey and Vietnam

• Formerly Associate Director & Senior Counsel at European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

• Founder and Partner of BEIDE Forvaltning, • Finance economist with background from Statoil,

Poyry/ Econ Analyse a.o• 15 years experience from the US, working for

Fortune 500 companies a.o Sempra, NRG, and Enel• Directly involved in transactions of more than

10,000 MW.

A highly experienced multi-disciplinary founding team

The Team

Terje Osmundsen, CEO

Ørjan Alexander Pedersen, COO Bjørnar Eide, Interim CFO

Susie Scannelli Cook, CIO/Legal

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Innovative Entrepreneurial Spirit

World Class Renewables & Project Finance

Expertise

UniqueMarket

Knowledge & Network

CORE SKILL SETS• 15 years senior mgmt experience from

international energy industry• Development and structuring of large-scale

solar PV in South Africa, West Africa, Jordan, Egypt, a.o

• Seasoned board-member incl infrastructure-investment companies

• Chairman, Caritas Norway• Cand.polit(PhD) Univ of Oslo: Political

science, Economics, Law

• 7 years with solar PV development and

consultancy in South Africa

• Senior strategy and M&A experience

from SolarWorld Korea

• Set up a commercial solar investment

fund for South African family investors

• MBA London Business School, Bach.

Military studies , Bach. Management

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Project examples: Our initial pipeline

Commercial & Industrial Projects

• Solar PV, rooftop or ground-mounted, withindustrial/commercial off-takers

• 0.5 – 3 MWp captive power generation• Economic driver: Lower electricity costs (20-30 %

savings)• Impact: CO2 savings, reliability of supply, job

creation, overall corporate reputation

Feed-in-Tariff projects

• Run-of-river hydro• 20 years standardised PPA with national utility• Indicative FiT-tariffs, subject to final

negotations• Up to 18 months’ construction time(hydro)

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High Impact Investments

• 585 GWh in energy production within the planning period.

• USD 500 million in economic investments within a 10 year period securing economic activity and prosperity.

• 320,000 million in avoided CO2 within a 10-year period.

• 20,000 directly and indirectly new jobs based on investments and energy production activity.

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Targets based on «recycling» the accelerator 7 times over a period of 10 years

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Investeringstrømmene må endres

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Kilde: Global Carbon Project

Kilde: SSB

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Grønne investeringer i sør: Hva gjør andre land?

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Fornybar industri: Stor i verden, liten i Norge

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Kilde: Global Carbon Project

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Hva kan Norge gjøre?

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• Utløse private investeringer i grønn energi & bærekraft må bli et uttalt hovedmål iutviklingspolitikken;

Eks resultatmål: Norge skal innen 2022 ha bidratt til å utløse xx milliarder i private investeringer for å realisere bærekraftsmålene i u-landene.Eks delmål: Norske investeringer bidratt i CO2 kutt tilsvarende 5 mtCO2/år

• Tverrdepartemental gjennomgang av virkemidler for å nå målene:- Norfunds rolle som katalysator

• - “Astrup-fondet”: Forbedret garantiordning for infrastrukturinvesteringer med “tapsavsetning” på utviklingsbudsjettet; mulighet for garantistilllelse på porteføljenivå

- Mobilisering av privat pensjonskapital; endre 15 %-regelen- Paris-avtalen: Kreditering av norske investeringer iht Art 9, ev Art 6

- Oljefondet som langsiktig investor; re forslag fra NBIM under utredning i Finansdep

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