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Polaris Renewable Energy Inc T.PIF

Alternate Symbol(s):  RAMPF

Polaris Renewable Energy Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, development and operation of renewable energy projects in Latin America. It operates 82 megawatts (MW) geothermal facility in Nicaragua, three run-of-river hydroelectric facilities in Peru, with a combined capacity of approximately 33 MW, a 25 MW solar plant facility in Dominican Republic, a six MW run-of-river hydroelectric facility in Ecuador and a 10 MW solar plant in Panama. Through its subsidiary, Emerald Solar Energy SRL, it operates the Canoa I Solar Park located in the Barahona Province, Dominican Republic. Its San Jacinto-Tizate Geothermal plant is located in northwestern Nicaragua, in the sire of San Jacinto, municipality of Telica, 20 kilometers from the city of Leon. Its Vista Hermosa Solar Parks are located in the village of Vista Hermosa, Corregimiento de Pueblos Unidos, Aguadulce district, Cocle Province. Through its subsidiary Generacion Andina SAC, it owns 8 de Agosto, a Run of River hydroelectric operation.


TSX:PIF - Post by User

Post by oilandgas111on Apr 14, 2011 9:25am
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Greenandgold

GreenandgoldI looked at their website (RPG) and they put example of profitability.
PPA : 105$, Opex : 2.5mlns/MW, cash grant 30% of 90% of the cost of the project and cost 4$MM/MW  give an IRR (internal Rate of Return) of 19%
for SJT we have PPA of 92$ and cost of 4.6$/MW (with the last cost overruns) /MW
so SJT has very low profitability (electricity price 12% lower than in the example, cost is 10% higher and we have no 30% cash grant).
I try to compute the IRR for SJT with those numbers I find out that the IRR is around 4% (which is very low). No wonder why the stock halve when we got the cost overruns coz it makes the project not that much economic.
As I said before if we got another cost overruns for SJT the project become uneconomic. So getting the certification is really key. Otherwise I am selling all my stocks.
On the other hand US project seems a lot more profitable (higher PPA, 30% cash grant...but the cost should be a bit higher maybe 5$/MW). Dont know why we did not focus first on US project ??? Do u know ???
For US project considering 5$/MW cost I got an IRR of around 15% which is not bad. Everything over 12% is considering good. But if we have costs overruns for US project, they will be a lot less profitable.
Cost overruns is the key for the economic of our projects.  We should watch this.
I will have a surgery in few hours so cant answer for few days
Have a great weekend to all long 
Julien
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