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<p><a href="https://masdar.ae/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Masdar</a> (or Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) is set to acquire a minority stake in <a href="https://www.herofutureenergies.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hero Future Energies Global Ltd</a>. (HFE UK), and Hero Future Energies Private Ltd (HFE India) according to a notification issued by the Competition Commission of India (CCI).</p>
<p>The stake will be acquired by way of subscription to equity shares in HFE UK and non-voting compulsorily convertible preference shares in HFE India.</p>
<p>This acquisition presents Masdar an opportunity to step into the Indian renewable energy market with HFE’s existing portfolio in the country.</p>
<p>According to Mercom’s <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-project-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">India Solar Project Tracker</a>, HFE India currently has 600 MW of large-scale solar projects in operation, and about 840 MW of projects are in the development pipeline as of June 2019.</p>
<p>Masdar, a subsidiary of UAE-based Mubadala Investment Company, is a developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects, community grid projects, and energy services consultancy.</p>
<p>HFE India, an independent power producer, is a subsidiary of Hero Future Energies Asia and is held by HFE UK. According to the company’s website, they currently operate in ten states in India with a portfolio of wind, solar PV (grid-connected), and rooftop projects.</p>
<p>This transaction was approved through the ‘green channel,’ a much quicker route for clearing certain categories of mergers and acquisitions, that was introduced by the CCI earlier this year.</p>
<p>Recently, Mercom <a href="https://mercomindia.com/masdar-wins-bid-100-mw-solar-project-uzbekistan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> that Masdar won the bid to develop a 100 MW of utility-scale solar projects in Uzbekistan’s Navoi region.</p>
<p>In April, Hero Future had <a href="https://mercomindia.com/clean-solar-million-ifc-debt-financing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> that its subsidiary, Clean Solar Power, was set to receive a debt financing of up to $43.3 million from International Financial Corporation, the financial arm of the World Bank. Clean Solar Power was to develop a 250 MW greenfield solar project located in Rajasthan’s Bhadla. The estimated cost of the project is $200 million.</p>
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<p><strong style="text-decoration: underline">Nithin Thomas,</strong> Staff reporter at Mercom India<br />
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