Paris, April 2025 - Astris Finance congratulates its client GreenYellow, a global leader in distributed energy solutions, for the closing of a capital raise for its Asia business whereby STOA, a French impact investor specializing in infrastructure and renewable energy, and DEG, the German development finance institution, will commit equity capital to dynamic yieldco structure called Yoko.

The Yoko structure, seeded with 189MWp of rooftop solar generation assets located in Thailand and Vietnam, will enable GreenYellow Asia to grow up to 400MWp by the end of 2026, through an elaborate capital injection and reinvestment mechanism.

The development of rooftop solar generation will help Southeast Asian nations on their path towards net-zero. The economies of Thailand and Vietnam are very sensitive to the all-in cost of electricity, and distributed generation is a cost-effective option to reduce carbon emissions.

Nicolas Le Clerc, co-head of Asia-Pacific at Astris Finance, commented: “Project Yoko was a great opportunity for us to take a sophisticated capital deployment scheme which we helped develop in European markets, and adapt it to developing Asia. Even though financial markets have been choppy lately, the commitment and focus of all the parties involved ensured a timely closing.”

Frank Gluck, GreenYellow Asia Pacific CEO, added: “This partnership marks a major milestone for GreenYellow in Asia. With the support of STOA and DEG, we are now ideally positioned to accelerate our growth across the region, bringing clean, reliable energy to more businesses. The Yoko structure gives us the flexibility and firepower to scale sustainably and strategically.”

Fabrice Henry, Astris group CEO, said: “The Yoko transaction further strengthens our relationship with global asset manager Ardian, the controlling shareholder of GreenYellow. It also illustrates the added value a global advisory business such as Astris can create by disseminating best practices across markets. We are happy to be able to support our clients on their growth plans in Southeast Asia with the level of commitment they know us for globally.”

Astris acted as exclusive financial advisor to GreenYellow. Over the past three years, Astris has advised on over ten renewable energy transactions across Southeast Asia – in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.