Total power industry deals worth $9.5bn were announced globally for August 2022, with EastBridge Partners, Korea Investment Partners and Stella Investments’s $1.52bn private equity deal with SK Innovation being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

Go deeper with GlobalData

Premium Insights

The gold standard of business intelligence.

Find out more

  • Embed this chart

    Embed this chart into your website

    Copy and paste the image source into your website to display the chart.

The value marked an increase of 26.4% over the previous month of $7.54bn and a drop of 40.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $16.13bn.

In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a rise of 1.82% with 168 deals in August 2022 when compared to the last 12-month average of 165 deals.

In value terms, Asia-Pacific led the activity with deals worth $4.82bn in August 2022.

How well do you really know your competitors?

Access the most comprehensive Company Profiles on the market, powered by GlobalData. Save hours of research. Gain competitive edge.

Company Profile – free sample

Thank you!

Your download email will arrive shortly

Not ready to buy yet? Download a free sample

We are confident about the unique quality of our Company Profiles. However, we want you to make the most beneficial decision for your business, so we offer a free sample that you can download by submitting the below form

By GlobalData
Visit our Privacy Policy for more information about our services, how we may use, process and share your personal data, including information of your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications. Our services are intended for corporate subscribers and you warrant that the email address submitted is your corporate email address.

Power industry deals in August 2022: Top deals

The top five deals accounted for 53.2% of the overall value during August 2022.

The combined value of the top five deals stood at $5.07bn, against the overall value of $9.5bn recorded for the month.

The top five power industry deals of August 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) EastBridge Partners, Korea Investment Partners and Stella Investments’s $1.52bn private equity deal with SK Innovation

2) The $1.17bn venture financing of Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery by Broad Vision Funds, National Green Development Fund, Shenzhen Capital Group and Source Code Capital

3) RH International (Singapore) Corp’s $1bn acquisition deal with Nexif Energy Holdings and NXF Holdings 2

4) The $880.63m acquisition of DB Power by Adani Power

5) Infratil, MEAG Munich Ergo AssetManagement and New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s $500m private equity deal with Longroad Energy Holdings