Macquarie, NTPC among those eyeing IL&FS assets
Live MintNew Delhi: Half-a-dozen investors, including ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. The transaction for one of India’s largest wind energy platforms will rank among the marque deals in the space, given that IL&FS has operational plants aggregating 873.5 megawatts and 104MW under construction. “There is considerable interest in IL&FS’s wind energy assets with around half-a-dozen firms looking at it,” said the person cited above, requesting anonymity. This follows the collapse of a plan to merge Orient Green Power Co. Ltd’s wind power business with IL&FS Wind Energy Ltd in 2017. Other deals in the works as reported by Mint include Morgan Stanley looking to exit its stake in Continuum Wind Energy; Fotowatio Renewable Ventures is planning to exit its only investment in the Indian solar power space, and Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus Fund is in talks with Engie SA to pick up a significant stake in the French energy firm’s Indian solar business.