新加坡商美歐亞綠能（Maiora Renewable Energy）看好台灣政府2025再生能源發展目標，助攻向亞太綠能中心轉型計畫，並透過綠色融資為彰化縣在地創生加值，鎖定彰化縣荒廢多年的最大地層下陷區，開發50MW永堯光電廠新案。今（8日）與5家本土銀行，包含：永豐、凱基、富邦、安泰以及國泰世華銀行，在台北寒舍艾美酒店完成聯貸簽約儀式。
位於彰化縣大城鄉西側的永堯光電廠，計畫占地達49.6995公頃，場址過去因地層下陷及海水倒灌，曾在不利養殖及農耕的情況下荒廢多年。以利縣、利鄉、利民三大利多為目標，並看準縣政府招商契機，美歐亞規劃於2022年以前，透過分期分區的方式，在當地建置125,010組地面型光電板，打造全台首座使用台達電VPC認證之1,500伏逆變器之大型綠電站。第一期15MW預計於2021年年底併網發電，預計首年度發電量為19,710,000度電；第二期及第三期則預計於2022年第三季併網發電，屆時永堯光電廠將以50MW的裝置容量，全年提供高達42,705,000度的綠電，約為19,000戶家庭的年用電量，年減碳33,600噸，相當於350萬棵樹的減碳效果。
美歐亞綠能合夥人金愷雷（Clay Kinney）表示：「永堯案場的融資能在3個月的時間到位，對公司來說意義非凡。作為美歐亞在台灣的第一個聯貸案，台灣銀行團仍迅速完成總金額24.95億元的授信案，足以顯示對公司的信心與肯定。以本土供應鏈的強力支持為基礎，美歐亞將致力在確保工程品質與兼顧環境的前提下，持續以乾淨的綠能投資，為地方創生打造經濟引擎，帶動在地更好的發展可能。」
秉持與在地平衡發展的全球投資承諾，美歐亞借鏡日本太陽能開發成功經驗，自2019年正式進軍台灣起，2年內在各地展開多項大型電站開發。伴隨永堯光電廠第一期施工作業啟動，年底併網發電，不僅將成為台灣綠能轉型的重要助力，也由產業能量的擴大，為在地居民帶來更豐富的企業資源、就業機會，實現光電與在地居民的共榮共好。
美歐亞綠能股份有限公司簡介
新加坡商美歐亞綠能股份有限公司自2019年正式進駐台灣拓展太陽能業務。團隊由包含ABB太陽能技術中心前負責人以及頂尖的再生能源工程師管理，全員合計擁有超過100年的電力和再生能源綜合經驗，並且在49個國家，包括日本、祕魯、智利、阿根廷、菲律賓、新加坡等，已建造超過2GW的再生能源發電廠，為全球800多個項目（合計14.6GW）提供技術諮詢。
目前美歐亞與美國避險基金Farallon Capital LLC合資，聯手在台灣發展太陽能大型光電電站發展投資；針對已開發或潛在開發專案分別在台已設有15間電業項目公司，計劃未來3年在台灣至少投資1GW太陽能電廠，預計投入金額將達新台幣650至700億元。
Maiora’s First Syndicated Loan in Taiwan Receives NT$2.5 Billion from 5 Local Banks for 50MW Yongyao PV Plant with Estimate of 33,600 tons CO2 Reduction
Taipei, April 8, 2021
Being optimistic about Taiwan government’s 2025 renewable energy development target, Maiora Renewable Energy, a Singapore company, is helping Taiwan transform into the Asia-Pacific green energy hub through receiving green finance for developing the 50MW Yongyao PV Plant in Changhua County. The PV plant will be built in the Changhua’s largest land subsidence area that has been abandoned for many years, and is regarded as an added value to local placemaking. Maiora and five local banks, including SinoPac, KGI, Fubon, EnTie, and Cathay United Bank, completed a syndicated loan signing ceremony at Le Méridien Taipei today.
Located in the western part of Dacheng Township, Changhua County, the Yongyao PV Plant is planned to occupy an unfavorable breeding and farming area of 49.6995 hectares. The project site has been abandoned for many years due to subsidence and seawater intrusion. With the goal of benefiting the county, the township, and the people, and in anticipation of the county government’s investment opportunities, Maiora plans to install 125,010 ground-mounted PV panels by 2022 in a phased approach, creating the first large-scale green power plant in Taiwan to use Delta’s VPC-certified 1,500-volt inverters. The 15MW first phase of the PV project is expected to be grid-connected by the end of 2021, with an estimated annual capacity of 19,710,000 kWh; the second and third phases are expected to be grid-connected in the third quarter of 2022. By then, the 50MW PV plant will provide up to 42,705,000 kWh of green electricity annually, which is the annual electricity consumption of about 19,000 households. The plant is also expected to reduce 33,600 tons of carbon annually, an effect equivalent to planting 3.5 million trees.
Clay Kinney, Maiora Renewable Energy’s partner, said: “It means a lot to the company that the financing for the Yongyao project was secured in three months. Although it is the first syndicated loan for Maiora in Taiwan market, the Taiwan banks quickly approved the financing with a total amount of NT$2.495 billion, which demonstrates their confidence and affirmation in the company. Based on the strong support from the local supply chain, Maiora will continue to create an economic engine for local growth with clean and green energy investments, while ensuring the quality of construction and taking care of the environment, which will lead to better development possibilities in the region.”
With the company’s global investment commitment to balanced development with local communities and by tapping into its solar development experience in Japan, Maiora has been exploring and working on a lot of large-scale PV projects across Taiwan since entering the market in 2019. With the start of the Yongyao PV Plant’s first phase construction and its grid connection at the end of the year, it will not only be an important contribution to the transformation of Taiwan’s green energy, but also bring more enterprise resources and job opportunities to local residents through the expansion of renewable energy industry, realizing the mutual prosperity and benefits of PV and local residents.
Maiora Renewable Energy Profile
Maiora Renewable Energy is a Singapore company that started expanding its solar power business in Taiwan in 2019. The company is managed by a professional team comprising the former head of ABB’s solar center of competence and top renewable energy engineers, which has over 100 years of combined power & renewable experience in 49 countries – including Japan, Peru, Chile, Argentina, the Philippines, and Singapore – and has built over 2 gigawatts of renewable energy plants as well as provided technical advisory on over 800 projects totaling more than 14 gigawatts globally.
Maiora and Farallon Capital, LLC, a U.S. hedge fund, are jointly investing in the development of large-scale PV power plants in Taiwan, and have established 15 project companies dedicated to managing developed or potential PV projects. The joint venture plans to invest NT$65-70 billion in developing at least 1GW of solar power plants in Taiwan over next three years.
