Europe’s power industry saw a rise of 16.67% in cross border deal activity during June 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Credit Agricole Assurances and Energy Infrastructure Partners’ $969.18m private equity deal for 25% stake in Repsol Renovables SLU, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 28 power industry cross border deals worth $2.9bn were announced for the region in June 2022, against the 12-month average of 24 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in June 2022 with ten transactions, representing a 35.7% share for the region.

In second place was private equity with ten deals, followed by venture financing deals with eight transactions, respectively capturing a 35.7% and 28.6% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of cross border deals, private equity was the leading category in Europe’s power industry with $2.4bn, while M&A and venture financing deals totalled $418.72m and $27.33m, respectively.

Europe power industry cross border deals in June 2022: Top deals

The top five power cross border deals accounted for 61.4% of the overall value during June 2022.

The combined value of the top five power cross border deals stood at $1.75bn, against the overall value of $2.9bn recorded for the month.

The top five power industry cross border deals of June 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Credit Agricole Assurances and Energy Infrastructure Partners $969.18m private equity deal for 25% stake in Repsol Renovables SLU

2) The $418.72m acquisition deal with Triton Power by Equinor and SSE Thermal

3) Eurazeo,Groupe Chopard Automobile,R Green Invest,RATP Capital Innovation,RIVE Private Investment Switzerland,Serena and SNCF Group $167.82m venture financing deal with Electra EV

4) The $107.09m private equity of SVEA Solar by Carval Investors

5) Infracapital Partners $85.46m private equity deal for 30% stake with Recharge