INFIGEN ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
Infigen Energy Annual Report 2016 | ANNUAL REPORT 2016
CONTENTS
Who We Are 2 Infigen Management 26 Directors' Declaration 110
2016 Highlights 4 Corporate Structure 28 Independent Auditor's Report 111
Chairman's Report 6 Directors' Report 30 Additional Investor Information 113
Managing Director's Report 8 Remuneration Report 35 Glossary 116
Management Discussion and Analysis 10 Auditor's Independence Declaration 48 Corporate Directory 117
Infigen Board 24 Consolidated Financial Statements 49
OUR COMMITMENTS
We plan and act to protect the health and wellbeing of our people, ensuring we operate our facilities safely and the environment is not harmed by our activities. We measure our environmental, social and corporate governance performance (ESG) against our sustainability targets.1
SECURITYHOLDERS EMPLOYEES COMMUNITY CUSTOMERS
To generate economic To provide a safe, To foster respectful, To provide competitive value whilst acting on enjoyable, rewarding responsive and renewable energy climate change. and inclusive work enduring relationships. products and services. environment.
All figures in this report relate to businesses of the Infigen Energy Group (“Infigen” or “the Group”), being Infigen Energy Limited (“IEL”), Infigen Energy Trust (“IET”) and Infigen Energy (Bermuda) Limited (“IEBL”) and the subsidiary entities of IEL and IET, for the year ended 30 June 2016 compared with the year ended 30 June 2015 (“prior year” or “prior corresponding period”) except where otherwise stated. All references to $ are a reference to Australian dollars unless specifically marked otherwise. Individual items and totals are rounded to the nearest appropriate number or decimal. Some totals may not add down the column due to rounding of individual components. Period on period changes on a percentage basis are presented as favourable (positive) or unfavourable (negative). Period on period changes to items measured on a percentage basis are presented as percentage point changes (“ppts”). Period on period changes that are not comparable are marked not meaningful (“n.m.”). No representation, warranty or other assurance is made or given by, or on behalf of, Infigen that any projection, forecast, forward-looking statement, assumption or estimate contained in this report should or will be achieved. 1 Our 2016 ESG Report is available at http://www.infigenenergy.com/esg/
1 WHO WE ARE
Infigen Energy is a leading 250,000+ HOMES POWERED Australian renewable energy BY OUR OPERATING company supplying electricity ASSETS1 that is commercially, socially and Operation of our wind farms emitted less than 2 grams2 environmentally sustainable. of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gases per kilowatt hour
Infigen trades on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the code IFN. ~1,100 MW Infigen is the largest owner of wind farms in Australia. We: LARGE-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY −−develop large-scale wind and solar projects DEVELOPMENT −−own six large-scale wind farms with a combined installed PROJECTS capacity of 557 megawatts −−manage the operations of our assets from a 24/7 control centre Our development pipeline comprises over 1,000 megawatts of projects with planning approval3
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
APPROVED DATE OF APPROVAL COMMUNITY CAPACITY OF PLANNING CONSULTATION PROJECT (MW) APPLICATION COMMITTEE
Solar Farm
Bogan River 12 Dec 2010 N/A
Capital 50 Dec 2010 Sep 2013
Cloncurry 30 N/A N/A
Manildra4 50 Mar 2011 N/A
5 1 Average annual household consumption Walkaway 2 45 Jul 2016 N/A in different states and territories is approximately 5–8 megawatt Wind Farm hours (MWh) per household, http://www.energymadeeasy.gov.au/ 6 Bodangora 90-110 Aug 2013 Jun 2012 2 Infigen's scope 1 and 2 emissions in the 2016
financial year were 3,249 tCO2e. Capital 2 90-100 Nov 2011 Sep 2013 3 More information on Infigen’s development pipeline is in the Management Discussion Cherry Tree 45-55 Nov 2013 N/A and Analysis, page 10. 4 In 2015 Infigen entered into a letter of intent Flyers Creek 100-115 Mar 2014 Dec 2012 regarding co-development and potential sale of the Manildra solar development project, Forsayth6 70-80 Feb 2014 N/A with the sale conditional upon that project being successful in the ARENA large-scale Walkaway 25 ~41 Dec 2008 N/A solar PV competitive grant round. If the sale proceeds, Infigen will receive a payment determined by reference to the proposed MW 5 Walkaway 3 ~310 Dec 2008 N/A capacity of the Manildra project. 5 Infigen has a 32% equity interest. Woakwine ~450 Jun 2012 N/A 6 Infigen has a 50% equity interest.
2 INFIGEN ENERGY ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Solar farm development project Wind farm development project Operating solar farm Operating wind farm
OPERATIONAL ASSETS
COMMERCIAL NAMEPLATE O&M SERVICES SALE OF PRODUCTION: OPERATION CAPACITY AGREEMENT POWER AND LARGE-SCALE GENERATION ASSET STATE DATE (MW) END DATE CERTIFICATES (LGCs)
Alinta WA Jul 2006 89.1 Post-warranty: 100% of power to Alinta Energy until Dec 2026 wind farm Dec 2017 100% of LGCs to Alinta Energy and AGL until Jan 2021
Capital NSW Jan 2010 140.7 Post-warranty: 90-100% of power and 50-100% of LGCs to wind farm Dec 20177 Sydney Desalination Plant8 until Dec 2030
Capital East NSW Oct 2013 0.1 N/A 100% of power and LGCs merchant solar farm
Lake Bonney 1 SA Mar 2005 80.5 Post-warranty: 100% of power and LGCs merchant wind farm Dec 2017
Lake Bonney 2 SA Sep 2008 159.0 Post-warranty: 100% of power and LGCs merchant wind farm Dec 2017
Lake Bonney 3 SA Jul 2010 39.0 Post-warranty: 100% of power and LGCs merchant wind farm Dec 2017
Woodlawn NSW Oct 2011 48.3 OEM9 warranty: 100% of power merchant wind farm Oct 2016 100% of LGCs to Origin Energy until Sep 2020
Total 556.7
7 Infigen has option to extend to December 2022. 8 Effectively all output is contracted when Sydney Desalination Plant (SDP) is operating. Approximately 50% of LGCs are sold on a merchant basis when the plant is not operating. 9 Original equipment manufacturer.
3 2016 HIGHLIGHTS
SAFETY ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITIES ZERO 0.002 $0.3m tCO2e/MWh MAINTAINED OUR ZERO EMISSIONS INTENSITY CONTRIBUTED IN LOST TIME INJURY OF OUR OPERATIONS COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS FREQUENCY RATE REMAINED STEADY
4.8 <1.5˚C 74% REDUCED OUR TOTAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES RECORDABLE INJURY TARGET ADOPTED FOR OUR OPERATIONS FREQUENCY RATE BASED ON GLOBAL WERE PROCURED WITHIN FROM 9.7 WARMING LIMITS AUSTRALIA
4 INFIGEN ENERGY ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Infigen’s extensive experience as a developer, owner, operator and acquirer of assets has created a disciplined investment appraisal culture where we will only pursue opportunities with acceptable risk adjusted returns. Approximately $100 million of cash is available for investment in growth opportunities.
KEY FINANCIAL OUTCOMES (CONTINUING OPERATIONS) $173m $148m $7m REVENUE INCREASED CASH BALANCE NET PROFIT INCREASED BY 29% INCREASED BY 300% BY $25.4 MILLION
$57m $57m 1,469 GWh NET OPERATING $51 MILLION OF GLOBAL PRODUCTION CASH FLOW INCREASED FACILITY AND $6 MILLION INCREASED BY 1% BY 71% OF WOODLAWN FACILITY BORROWINGS REPAID
$37.4m $595m $120m ACHIEVED OPERATING NET DEBT REDUCED EBITDA INCREASED COSTS BELOW THE $147 MILLION BY 44% $37.5‑39.5 MILLION GUIDANCE RANGE
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