Voltalia SA: strong rebound in production in H2, reaching an all-time high

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Voltalia SA 
Voltalia SA: strong rebound in production in H2, reaching an all-time high 
 
09-Jan-2019 / 07:25 CET/CEST 
Dissemination of a French Regulatory News, transmitted by EQS Group. 
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 
 
 Voltalia (Euronext Paris, ISIN code: FR0011995588), an international player 
        in renewable energies, publishes today its FY 2018 preliminary power 
            production data. 
 
 "To joyfully start this new year, I am glad to share that we have set a new 
  high in the second semester of 2018, with production reaching 1.28 TWh, up 
by 59% compared with the first semester. This performance was driven by good 
   wind conditions in Brazil and high availability rates globally, thanks to 
    our effective operation and maintenance program. These record production 
    levels support our outlook for an overall strong second half of 2018 and 
  allow us to start 2019 full of confidence: records are made to be broken!" 
             comments Sébastien Clerc, Chief Executive Officer of Voltalia. 
 
            Preliminary production data by semester 
 
in GWh             H2 2018 H1 2018 H2/H1 Var. 
 
Brazil              1,191    722      +65% 
France               57      56       +1% 
French Guiana        21      19       +12% 
Rest of the world     8       8       +0% 
Total               1,277    804      +59% 
 
            Comments on H2 electricity production 
 
· Brazil: excellent overall performance in the second half of 2018, with 
good wind conditions and availability rates resulting in a 65% increase in 
production compared with the first half of 2018; 
 
· Metropolitan France: new solar plants commissioned in the second half 
offset seasonality effect and mixed climate conditions; 
 
· French Guiana: the Mana hydro plant drove the good performance. 
 
Confirmed short-term outlook 
 
   Continuing the Q3 2018 momentum and based on positive trends announced in 
 the H1 results communication, Voltalia confirms the short-term outlook of a 
            materially higher profitability in H2 compared with H1. 
 
            Preliminary report on electricity production 
 
Total production       Wind   Solar Biomass Hydro Hybrid  Total 
 
by area and by energy                                    FY 2018 
in GWh 
 
Brazil                1,873.1                      40.2  1,913.4 
France                 93.0   19.9                         112.9 
French Guiana                  4.6   10.6   24.1            39.3 
United Kingdom                 7.8                           7.8 
Greece                         6.9                           6.9 
Portugal                       1.2                           1.2 
Total                 1,966.1 40.4   10.6   24.1   40.2  2,081.4 
 
Installed         Wind  Solar Biomass Hydro Hybrid     As of 
capacity                                            12/31/2018 
 
by area and by 
energy In MW 
 
Brazil            417.3                      16.0          433.3 
France            42.2  23.7                                65.9 
French Guiana            4.5    1.7    5.4                  11.6 
United Kingdom           7.3                                 7.3 
Greece                   4.7                                 4.7 
Portugal                 1.0                                 1.0 
Total             459.5 41.2    1.7    5.4   16.0          523.8 
 
Next on the agenda: Q4 2018 revenues on January 23, 2019 
 
            About Voltalia (www.voltalia.com [1]) 
 
· Voltalia is an international player in the renewable energy sector. The 
Company produces and sells electricity generated from wind, solar, hydro 
and biomass power plants; it owns a total installed capacity of 524 MW as 
of today. 
 
· Voltalia is also a service provider, assisting its investor clients 
active in renewables at each project stages, from conception to operation 
and maintenance. 
 
· With 490 employees in 18 countries over 4 continents, Voltalia is able 
to act worldwide on behalf of its clients. 
 
· Voltalia has been listed on the Euronext regulated market in Paris since 
July 2014 (FR0011995588 - VLTSA) and is a component stock of the Enternext 
Tech 40 index and the CAC Mid&Small index. The Group is also included in 
the Gaïa-Index, an index for socially responsible midcaps. 
 
                               Voltalia                  Actifin 
 Chief Administrative Officer: Marie de 
                                 Lauzon 
 
                                        Press contact: J. Jullia 
 
Investor relations: [e-mail] 
 
                                               [phone] 
 
                   [phone] 
 
Regulatory filing PDF file 
 
Document title: PDF-VEN 
Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=EKALSPLJKD [2] 
 
Language:        English 
Company:         Voltalia SA 
                 84 boulevard de Sébastopol 
                 75003 Paris 
                 France 
E-mail:          [e-mail] 
Internet:        www.voltalia.com 
ISIN:            FR0011995588 
Euronext Ticker: VLTSA 
AMF Category:    Other news releases 
 
End of Announcement EQS News Service 
 
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