Total power industry M&A deals in January 2020 worth $1.91bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 88.1% over the previous month and a drop of 77.4% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $8.44bn.

Comparing deals value in different regions of the globe, Europe held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $1.09bn. At the country level, Spain topped the list in terms of deal value at $976.35m.

In terms of volumes, Europe emerged as the top region for power industry M&A deals globally, followed by North America and then Asia-Pacific.

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The top country in terms of M&A deals activity in January 2020 was the US with 24 deals, followed by the UK with seven and India with five.

In 2020, as of the end of January 2020, power M&A deals worth $1.91bn were announced globally, marking a decrease of 61.7% year on year.

Power industry M&A deals in January 2020: Top deals

The top five power industry M&A deals accounted for 92.2% of the overall value during January 2020.

The combined value of the top five power M&A deals stood at $1.76bn, against the overall value of $1.91bn recorded for the month.

The top five power industry deals of January 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Galp Energia SGPS's $976.35m asset transaction with Actividades de Construccion y Servicios

2) The $345m asset transaction with Invenergy by WEC Energy Group

3) Huaneng Gongrong No.1 (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) and Huaneng Gongrong No.2 (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)'s $157.48m asset transaction with Ningxia GCL New Energy Investment and Suzhou GCL New Energy Investment

4) The $143m acquisition of East-North InterconnectionLimited by India Grid Trust

5) Taiwan Life Insurance and TransGlobe Life Insurance's asset transaction with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners KS for $140.28m.

Verdict deals analysis methodology

This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term 'acquisition' refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.

GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.

More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.