COUNTRY FOCUS: PARAGUAY

ATOME POWER’ s first project under consideration is an up-to-400MW capacity, utility scale solar plant with battery storage infrastructure located near ATOME’ s flagship green fertiliser facility in Villeta, Paraguay.

ATOME POWER intends to offer long-term contracts to power consumers. These agreements are pitched as providing the stability required for large power consumers, such as AI operations, to secure reliable, high-volume offtake agreements for consistent energy supply. management expertise. Through ATOME’ s proven business-model, experience and strategic partnerships with technology suppliers and financial institutions, ATOME Power plans to provide long-term energy solutions to third-party users.

The first project is planned to be situated close to ATOME’ s green fertiliser project in Villeta, Paraguay, which has its own 145MW supply of baseload 24 / 7 renewable electricity from the grid. The site is located within 400 metres of the Buey Rodeo substation, with fibre-optic connections already in place, and access to plentiful water supply from the adjacent Paraguay River.

ATOME is establishing a market-led, large-scale renewable power generation and infrastructure business with initial focus on Latin America.

POWER is intended to serve as a standalone business leveraging the Group’ s regional exposure and

Paraguay’ s energy mix is largely made up of hydroelectric generation( 56 % according to latest IEA data). However, the country is in the process of diversifying its renewable power mix due to exponentially increasing power demand from existing and emerging sectors, including IT and data centres.

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