Indian renewables' credit quality intact: Moody's
Although Indian renewable energy companies failed to meet generation targets in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 that ended in March 2019 and March 2020 respectively
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Singapore: Although Indian renewable energy companies failed to meet generation targets in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 that ended in March 2019 and March 2020 respectively, they will be able to withstand the impact of this underperformance thanks to large and diversified portfolios, according to a report by Moody's Investors Service.
"About 15 per cent-20 per cent of Indian wind and solar projects did not meet capacity utilization targets in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 because of wind generation curtailments and lower irradiance for solar projects, which were responsible for 56 per cent and 68 per cent of the underperformance respectively," said Abhishek Tyagi, a Moody's Vice President and Senior Analyst. As a result, rated renewable energy companies' EBITDA declined 2 per cent-5.6 per cent in fiscal 2020.
"Nevertheless, all rated issuers have undertaken multiple projects, and thus their credit quality benefits from portfolio diversification, which reduces the impact of individual projects," added Tyagi.
Moody's analyzed 176 projects totaling 11,462MW across five rated companies - Greenko Energy Holdings (GEH, Ba1 stable), ReNew Power Private Limited (RPPL, Ba2 stable), Adani Renewable Energy (Rj) Ltd (AGEL RG, Ba1 negative), Azure Power Energy Ltd (Azure RG1, Ba2 stable) and Azure Power Solar Energy Pvt Ltd (Azure RG2, Ba1 negative).
