WindForce

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WindForce
FormerlyWindForce Limited
Type Public
CSE:  WIND.N0000
ISIN LK0461N00000
Industry
Founded2010;12 years ago (2010) [1]
Headquarters
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
Key people
  • Ranil Pathirana (Chairman)
  • Manjula Perera (Managing Director)
RevenueIncrease2.svg LKR4,367 million (2022)
Decrease2.svg LKR2,237 million (2022)
Decrease2.svg LKR1,951 million (2022)
Total assets Decrease2.svg LKR30,447 million (2022)
Total equity Decrease2.svg LKR20,880 million (2022)
Owner
  • Akbar Brothers Pvt Ltd. (35.91%)
  • Hirdaramani Pvt Ltd. (20.67%)
  • Debug Investments Pvt Ltd. (12.14%)
Number of employees
150 (2022)
Website windforce.lk
Footnotes /references
[2]

WindForce PLC is the largest renewable energy private sector company in Sri Lanka. [3] The company was incorporated in 2010 and in 2021 was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. The company commission, construct and operate power plants and generate power through wind, solar and hydropower. [4]

Contents

History

The company is incorporated in July 2010 and listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2021. [5]

IPO

In 2021, through an initial public offering (IPO), the company was planned to raise up to LKR3.2 billion by offering a stake of 15% in the company. With the capital raised through the IPO the company is planning to build a 15MW wind plant in Mannar, Sri Lanka and a 30MW solar plant with 7.5MW battery storage in Senegal. The company is expected to become the largest renewable energy company, exceeding the second-placed company by over five times. [3] WindForce's IPO was the largest since in 2011 in the Colombo Stock Exchange. It attracted 1,654 applications amounting to LKR25.7 billion, oversubscribing by nearly eight times on the first day of the IPO. [5]

Post-IPO trading

The company declared an interim dividend for the financial year 2021/22, which corresponds to a LKR0.75 dividend per share yielding a 4.75% return. WindForce acquired 33.3% of stake in Solar Universe (Pvt) Ltd, a solar power plant in Vavunathivu. Vidullanka PLC and HiEnergy Services (Pvt) Ltd are the other two stakeholders of the plant and will add 10MW to the National Grid annually. [6] The company acquired a 500 tons per day waste to energy plant from Fairway Holdings, [7] the company acquired 92.5 per cent of the stake. The plant is located in Karadiyana, 15km from Colombo. [8] In June 2021, the company received the Cabinet approval to build the planned wind power plants in Mannar. [9]

Operations

The company is an independent power producer with an installed capacity of 218 megawatts. [4] 77% of the effective capacity is based in Sri Lanka and the rest is based in Pakistan, Ukraine and Uganda. [3] The company operates 27 power plants. [10] Seven of the plants are wind power plants while 10 is solar plants and the other 10 are mini-hydropower plants. [11] The company is planned to develop a solar power plant in Cameroon and is looking for opportunities in Bangladesh and Africa. [5]

Wind farms

Power stationCapacity (MW)LocationStake %
Beta Power 10.0 Kilinochchi 66.40
Daily Life 10.0 Puttalam 95.83
Joule Power 10.0Kilinochchi66.40
Nirmalapura 10.0Puttalam49.00
Powergen 10.0Puttalam100
Seguwantivu 9.6Puttalam100
Vidatamunai 9.6Puttalam100

Solar farms

Power stationCapacity (MW)LocationStake %
Harappa Solar18.0 Harappa, Pakistan12.85
Hirujanani2.1Roof tops in Sri Lanka66.00
Gharo Solar50.0 Gharo, Pakistan30.00
Semypolky Solar10.6Brovarskiy, Ukraine12.50
Seruwawila1.0 Vavuniya 90.00
Solar One 10.0 Welikanda 50.00
Sunny Clime1.0Vavuniya90.00
Suryadhanavi11.4Roof tops in Sri Lanka88.00
Tororo PV Power 10.0 Tororo, Uganda80.00
Vydexa10.0Vavuniya76.13

Hydroelectric power stations

Power stationCapacity (MW)LocationStake %
Energy Reclamation0.8Sitagala100.00
Gurugoda Hydro1.2 Kegalle 50.00
H.P.D. Power3.2 Dambulla 100.00
Mahoma Uganda2.7Mahoma, Uganda36.00
Melanka Power3.8 Haldummulla 100.00
Peak Power2.0Ginigathhena100.00
Terraqua International1.3Halathura Ganga100.00
Terraqua Kokawita1.2 Kalawana 100.00
Vidul Madugeta2.5Neluwa50.00
Ziba7.6Kyambura, Uganda25.50

Source: Annual Report 2020/21 [12]

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