Annual report for the period 1 January – 31 December 2021
Baseload Capital Sweden AB (publ) today releases the results for the period 1 January – 31 December 2021
During Baseload Capital’s fourth year of operation, the focus has been on commissioning additional power plants and starting the development of our green field projects that include drilling. Despite the impact of Covid-19, we have moved forward in all markets and strengthened our pipeline. We have refined our project development process and learned more about the lead time to develop the projects.
The decreased result of SEK -155.3 million compared with SEK -71.3 million in 2020 is mainly due to the mentioned project impairment losses which amounted to SEK -94.3 million compared with SEK -6.9 million the previous year. Management costs increased by SEK 4.8 million as we did not have the same staffing throughout 2020 as compared to 2021. Interest expenses increased by SEK 3.9 million as compared to the previous year due to increased borrowing from the parent company Baseload Capital Holding AB.
Selected events during 2021:
- In Iceland, the second power plant, Reykholt, was commissioned. It has an output of 300 kW and is the first power plant to also be connected to the district heating network. Fludir (the first power plant) has been upgraded from 600 kW to 1200 kW and work to tune in the new cooling system has begun.
- In Japan, our project company has begun work on building two smaller power plants in Kyushu in southern Japan as part of a larger project with the partner Furusato, and these are expected to be commissioned in Q1 2022.
- In Taiwan, the first well of the Westlake project was completed. The well did not have the flow we expected, but we took advantage of additional information about the geology in the area and a new well is planned based on these insights.
- During the year, we raised USD 25m of new equity and welcomed Chevron Technology Ventures as a new owner. In addition to capital, they also add knowledge in project development, geology and drilling.
- In the US, our development company continued to build a project pipeline, hired the first employees and are now working to commission a smaller pilot installation in 2022 intended to generate electricity using produced water from oil wells. During the year, work on upgrading the Wendel project also began.
- In the marketing area, we have launched two new concepts, the webinar series "The Earth has power, lets switch it on" and the podcast "The Switch" - both with the goal of accelerating the development of geothermal projects, educating the market and creating new partnerships.
- In the technology area, we have begun the development of a digital project platform in which we can collect data from projects at all stages of the development process. The ambition is to use this to facilitate and speed up project development.
The information was submitted for publication at 07:30 CET on 28 March 2022.
This disclosure contains information that Baseload Capital Sweden AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 28-03-2022 07:30 CET.
For more information, please contact:
Alexander Helling CEO of Baseload Capital
alexander.helling@baseloadcap.com
About Us
Baseload Capital is a specialized investment entity that funds the deployment of heat power worldwide. Our portfolio of companies in Iceland, Japan, Taiwan and the U.S. work with local communities and power companies to permit, build and commission heat power plants.
Heat power is an affordable form of renewable energy that can be harnessed from either geothermal resources or waste heat. By applying innovative financing structures to help our local operators build and run the heat power plants, Baseload Capital can help nations quickly transition away from fossil fuels and toward energy independence. The result will lead to more resilient societies and a planet in balance.
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