Introduction
Clean Energy Invest AS (CEI) entered the Georgian market in 2010. After a competitive tender, for which three companies submitted bids, Clean Energy Invest AS was awarded a perpetual licence to develop, build, own and operate (BOO) the hydropower potential on the Adjaristsqali river and its tributaries.
CEI is active at every stage of the value chain, including tender preparation, feasibility study, environmental impact assessment study, construction permit, tender design, procurement, project financing, construction and operations. The hydropower potential on the Adjaristsqali River and its tributaries is being developed through the 178 MW Shuakhevi and 9 MW Skhalta HPP, by the Georgian project company Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC (AGL).
Vision and Values
Renewable energy for a sustainable world
Excellence in hydropower project execution
Competence, Sustainability, Responsibility
We monitor hydropower opportunities closely and demonstrate excellence in project execution
Owners
Clean Energy Invest AS (CEI) is owned by the founders and Norsk Mineral AS, a Norwegian family owned industrial group. In 2011, CEI partnered with IFC Infraventures (IFC), part of the World Bank Group for the development of the project. In 2013, Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, joined as an owner. As the project entered into commercial operations in 2020, CEI and Tata Power aquired IFCs’s shares and now hold 50% each.
Directors
Bård Mikkelsen
Prior to co-founding CEI, Bård was CEO of Statkraft AS, the largest renewable energy company in Europe. Bård also played a key role in developing SN Power AS into one of the leading emerging market hydro power companies worldwide with investments in India, the Philippines, Chile, and Peru. Presently he is Chairman of the Board of Multiconsult ASA, Nettpartner AS and Clean Energy Group AS and a member of the Shareholders Committee in Fred Olsen & Co. Bård was on the Supervisory Board of E.ON for five years and has previously held CEO positions in Oslo Energy Group, Ulstein Group and Widerøe Group.
Finn Tore Sylte
Finn Tore has held different positions in Norsk Mineral AS, the majority shareholder of CEI. Finn Tore is a former CFO of Norsk Mineral AS and currently focuses on business development and follow-up of investments and projects.
Mathias Steinsvik Hadley
Mathias is a founding partner of Clean Energy Group. Prior to co-founding Clean Energy Group, Mathias worked as a business developer at Clean Energy Invest AS, working with land acquisition, permits and financing of the 187 MW Shuakhevi Project developed by AGL.
Mathias has previously worked as a production and project coordinator at PartnerPlast, a leading supplier to the seismic, offshore and aquaculture industries.
Kyrre Olaf Johansen
Kyrre is Chairman of Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC, the company that is developing the hydropower potential in Georgia and of PartnerPlast AS, Brønnøy Kalk AS and Berlin Property Invest AS. He is also CEO of Norsk Mineral AS. Kyrre has previously been CEO of Entra AS and Mesta AS and sits on the board of Implenia AG.
Ragnar Søegaard
Former CEO and co-founder of CEI and CEG. Prior to co-founding CEI, Ragnar was CFO of E-CO, the second largest power company in Norway, with 10 TWh of hydro power generation. Ragnar is a Director of Glitre Energi AS, a Norwegian utility company with approximately 2.5 TWh of hydro power production and Clean Energy Group AS, as well as Chairman at Brakar AS and Croation Development Property AS. He is also a professor of finance and accounting at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok.