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Gore Street Energy Storage Fund — H1 FY2024 Earnings Presentation

24 slides from Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's earnings presentation, Dec 14, 2023

  1. Slide 1: Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc Presentation

    Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc Presentation For the 6-month period ended 30 September 2023

  2. Slide 2: Financial Highlights

    Financial Highlights As at 30 September 2023 NAV PER SHARE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY1 DIVIDEND YEILD 112.9p 291.6MW 8.9% NAV TOTAL RETURN OPERATIONAL EBITDA TOTAL CAPACITY 0.7% £12.2M 1.2GW 1. As of the date of publication, operational capacity has increased to 371.5 MW Gore Street Energy Storage Fund |

  3. Slide 3: Operational Highlights

    Operational Highlights The portfolio generated £19.3m The 79.9 MW Stony asset was The Company’s cash balance as of of revenue during the period, energised during the reporting period; 30 September was £75.0m with amounting to £12.2m in a key milestone in achieving the stated a further £13.9m across

  4. Slide 4: Financial Highlights and Valuation

    Financial Highlights and Valuation

  5. Slide 5: NAV Bridge (Pence Per Share)

    NAV Bridge (Pence Per Share) NAV Fund + Dividends Cash Discount Rate Inflation Opex De- Revenue Other DCF NAV March Subsidiary Generation increases Savings risking of Curves Changes & September 2023 HoldCo Assets Rollover 2023 Operating Expense • Strong cash generation during the period +2.9p • Duri

  6. Slide 6: Key Assumptions

    Key Assumptions Blended Curve of Ancillary Services and Trading, by Grid. Portfolio weighted average as at 30 September 2023. 1 250 GSF Weighted Average Revenues per MW by Grid (real 2022) 225 Portfolio Weighted Average GB ERCOT GER NI ROI CAISO 200 175 150 £000s/MW/Yr 125 100 75 50 25 0 Dec-2023 De

  7. Slide 7: Assumptions Continued & Sensitivities

    Assumptions Continued & Sensitivities CPI Assumptions 2023 2024 2025+ Opex: • Material opex savings achieved by taking several third-party GB 4.63% 2.75% 2.50% services in-house, including AM and certain O&M workstreams for operational Irish assets and AM for certain EUR 3.11% 2.75% 2.50% GB sites.

  8. Slide 8: Financial performance with installed capacity progression

    Financial performance with installed capacity progression • The Fund achieved an operational EBITDA of £12.2m and a • The breakdown of EBITDA per grid was: total fund EBITDA of £8.5m – Ireland: 59% • Revenue during the period provided and operational – GB: 9% dividend cover of 0.72x and a dividend c

  9. Slide 9: Portfolio Operational Performance

    Portfolio Operational Performance

  10. Slide 10: Operational capacity

    Operational capacity GSF’s operational portfolio is 51% 371.5 MW Of portfolio (1) The Company has a portfolio capacity including construction assets of 1.17 GW 35% 14 Of portfolio GB & Northern Ireland (GBP) 1. Boulby 6.0 MW | 6.0 MWh 9. Larport 19.5 MW | 19.5 MWh 12 2. Cenin 4.0 MW | 4.8 MWh 10. An

  11. Slide 11: Revenue

    Gore Street Energy Storage Fund Revenue

  12. Slide 12: Seasonality of revenue per grid

    Seasonality of revenue per grid Total Revenue (in £000s/MW) by Grid since IPO Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance Gore Street Energy Storage Fund | 13

  13. Slide 13: Does diversification work?

    Does diversification work? Volatility Quarterly Revenue GB Only (£/MW/h) For a largely merchant asset-class like energy storage, diversification is a fundamental necessity to reduce revenue volatility. • Within GB, uniform revenue streams & consistent wholesale electricity prices across all regions

  14. Slide 14: Energy Storage is a multi-stream revenue generator

    Energy Storage is a multi-stream revenue generator, critical to the renewable energy transition Revenue drivers Revenue stacking Decoupling of energy markets from gas The GSF’s storage portfolio benefits from customer diversification (predominantly prices Grid operators) and monetisation strategies,

  15. Slide 15: Revenue strategy per grid

    Revenue strategy per grid Ireland ERCOT GB Germany 0.4% 2.2% 10% 12% 17% 36% 64% 71% 97.4% 90% DS3 Capped/Uncapped Capacity Market Ancillary services Wholesale Trading Ancillary services Capacity Market Ancillary services Wholesale Trading Wholesale trading Wholesale trading  DS3 remains the main 

  16. Slide 16: Revenue Breakdown

    Revenue Breakdown Average revenue per grid during the 6-month period to September-end 2023 £17.04/ £7.54/ MW/hr MW/hr NI/ROI £30.51/ Great £8.19/ MWh/hr Britain MWh/ hr Unseasonably high wind Revenue in GB remained penetration led to higher than 50% 19% subdued and remains the expected revenue durin

  17. Slide 17: Portfolio Growth

    4 Gore Street qe Energy Storage Fund Portfolio Growth

  18. Slide 18: Portfolio Growth

    Portfolio Growth (1) Portfolio capacity buildout 1.17 Total portfolio GW capacity 2.2x increase in operational capacity (+441.9 MW) by end of 2024 MW 441.9 Additional operational capacity MWs by 2024-end (1) Operational capacity 27% increased since September-end 2023 Total Ferrymuir Enderby PBSL II

  19. Slide 19: Sustainability

    7) Gore Street @ Energy Storage Fund Sustainability

  20. Slide 20: Environmental, Social and Governance

    Environmental, Social and Governance 3,590 tCO2e Net CO2 emissions avoided 9,055 MWh Total renewable energy stored Fair Cobalt Alliance For the fiscal year ended 31 March 2023 Source: GSF Sustainability Report FY23 Gore Street Energy Storage Fund | 21

  21. Slide 21: Outlook

    4 Gore Street @ Energy Storage Fund Outlook

  22. Slide 22: Conclusion

    Conclusion Consistent over delivery against targets Best in class revenue generation The Company continues to create value for shareholders despite Competitive cost per challenging GB market conditions, MW fully installed Supported by the Manager’s in- house asset management and due to appropriate v

  23. Slide 23: Contact

    Contact Gore Street Capital – Shore Capital – Joint J.P. Morgan Cazenove – Joint The Investment Manager Corporate Broker Corporate Broker Alex O’Cinneide / Paula Travesso Anita Ghanekar (Corporate Advisory) William Simmonds/ Jérémie Birnbaum Tel: +44 (0) 20 4551 1382 Fiona Conroy (Corporate Broking)

  24. Slide 24: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer This presentation has been prepared by Gore Street Capital Limited ("Gore Street Capital") for to any resident thereof. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of information and discussion purposes only and should not be considered to be an offer or the s

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