Hamburg, July 20, 2015
The professional online marketplace for solar projects and operational solar power plants looks back on a successful first half of 2015. In addition to the completion of the largest transaction to date, the international trading platform could mandate further operational solar assets whose transaction processes are already in advanced stages. The growing business in the secondary solar market of operational solar assets now compensates the partly dramatic reduction of offers for project rights and new installations from mature solar markets in Europe.
Discreet approach of pre-qualified investors for large operational assets
With increasing size of offered solar farms and rooftop photovoltaic plants, a cautious sales process of ProjectForum becomes more and more important for vendors. This requires an extra secure approach going beyond the provision of a transparent online marketplace. „On the one hand, we secure the discretion of vendors of operational assets through strict pre-qualification of potential secondary investors “, said Karsten Kreissler, General Manager of the online marketplace www.project-forum.biz. „On the other hand, mandatory data rooms and our preliminary review of the plant documentation facilitate the efficient and critical offer evaluation by the potential buyers“. This approach allows an optimal allocation of the offered solar power plants between private investors, solar fund managers and other institutional investors.
Further solar power plants on sale
After the full placement of the 7.5 MWp solar power plant portfolio located in Bavaria (Germany) which was finally divided between a private and an institutional investor, further large-scale plants are being offered by various owners. ProjectForum hereby confirms the goal to extend its quality leadership position within the segment of trading operational solar assets. This convinces an increasing number of plant owners ready to sell who are otherwise confronted with questionable alternatives. These alternatives include brokers, advertising journals and open trading platforms which are often more interested to expensively and repeatedly sell offer data rather than completing a successful transaction.
