Case Studies & Success Stories

Having served Iceland’s energy industry for decades, Glitnir today is a global player when it comes to sustainable energy. Below you can find a few of recent customer success stories that provide a brief snapshot of our activities in this market.

District Heating Project, Shaanxi Province, China

Project Overview

  • Construction & operation of a geothermal district heating in Xian Yang, the geothermal city of China, Shaanxi Province.
  • Shaanxi Green Energy, joint venture between ENEX China (Glitnir initially owned 33%) and Shaanxi Geothermal Energy Development Co. Ltd. (CGCO), a subsidiary of Sinopec.
  • Phase 1: District Heating for 3 colleges, inaugurated in December 2006.
  • Phase 2: District Heating for a new part of the city with 180,000 people by 2012.
  • Phase 3: Extension of District Heating system for about 500,000 people in the city.
  • Overall investment scope to be expected around USD 100m.
  • Potentially the biggest district heating system in the world.

Glitnir Role and Value Add

  • Extensive advisory role through International Banking & the bank’s Shanghai office.
  • Proactive in structuring and leading the financial aspects of the projects.
  • Lead financial & political negotiations with provincial and other organizations involved.
  • Early private equity investment.
  • Financial advisory for continuation and extension of the project.
  • Shares converted into Geysir Green Energy.
Renewable Energy (Geothermal) Investment Company

Project Overview

  • Establishment of a renewable investment company that focuses on geothermal energy utilization globally
  • Involvement of financial and industry partners with extensive knowledge in the geothermal sector
  • Company is developing and executing large-scale energy projects
  • Total current equity investment USD 300 m, total investment capacity up to USD 1 billion by 2010
  • Full scale involvement: scouting, development/ project management, construction, financing, operations

Glitnir Role and Value Add

  • Driving force in the establishment of the company
  • Strategic Shareholder
  • Equity raising for the company
  • Debt financing
  • Acquisition targeting
(Geothermal) Drilling Rig Acquistion
 

Client Overview

  • ThermaSource is a California based provider of drilling, engineering and consulting services to the geothermal energy sector
  • Provides drilling rigs and experienced drilling crews
  • Is well respected in the geothermal industry
  • Has been important contributor to the geothermal industry for 27 years
  • Has worked on many geothermal projects in western US and in many international projects, including several in Canada, Japan and Indonesia
  • ThermaSource acquires 2 drilling rigs in the year 2007

Glitnir Role and Value Add

  • Debt financing

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