Total power industry cross border deals worth $5.89bn were announced globally for January 2021, with the $2.05bn private equity deal with Duke Energy Indiana being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 58.1% over the previous month of $14.07bn and a rise of 20% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.91bn.

In terms of number of cross border deals, the sector saw a rise of 5.66% with 56 deals in January 2021 when compared to the last 12-month average of 53 deals.

In value terms, North America led the activity with cross border deals worth $2.75bn in January 2021.

Power industry cross border deals in January 2021: Top deals

The top five cross border deals accounted for 93.7% of the overall value during January 2021.

The combined value of the top five cross border deals stood at $5.52bn, against the overall value of $5.89bn recorded for the month.

The top five power industry cross border deals of January 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) GIC’s $2.05bn private equity deal with Duke Energy Indiana

2) The $1.98bn acquisition of Adani Green Energy by Total

3) Aker Horizons’ $814.88m acquisition of Mainstream Renewable Power

4) The $374m private equity deal of AMP Solar Group by The Carlyle Group

5) Renewable Power Capital’s asset transaction deal with OX2 for $301.68m.