Company: ALCE
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-007054
Chunk: 129

Company: Alternus Clean Energy, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: S-1
Chunk 129
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 of planned growth to 2026 is already owned or identified today and is driven by some of our development projects reaching production in the period and also by current contracted acquisitions and pipeline completing as we expect;

| ● | We believe that being a                                                                                                             
 long-term owner operator of renewable projects is an important distinction for Alternus in the marketplace. With a primary strategy 
 long-term owner – supported as appropriate with strategic asset sales - we focus on ensuring that the parks we own are designed     
 for the most efficient operations and built to last available to sell to other parties that require shorter term investment returns 
 as an example.                                                                                                                      |

This approach, we believe, makes us more attractive to our developer partners and customers in-country who want a partner that has a repeat nature and one that’s obviously also more flexible in the approach and more in tune with the realities of project development than funds or larger participants typically are. In addition, we believe this also makes it very attractive to both banks and local governments who prefer long-term focused market participants, as it prevents them from having to deal with multiple owners over time, which we believe has become a benefit for Alternus over single project developers in certain markets, when competing projects may be chasing the same grid connections, for example;

| ● | The Company’s track                                                                                                                 
 record of identifying and entering new countries, coupled with our on-the-ground capabilities and cultivated network of development 
 partners gives us potential competitive advantages in developing and operating solar parks across Europe and the US;                |

| ● | The Company is technology                                                                                                              
 and supplier agnostic and as such has the flexibility to choose from a broad range of leading manufacturers, top tier advisors and     
 suppliers and equipment vendors around the globe that should allow us to continue to benefit from falling component and service costs; 
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| ● | The Company is led by a                                                                                                              
 highly experienced management team and supported by strong, localized execution capabilities across all key functions and locations. |

Competitive Landscape Energy generation is a capital-intensive business with numerous industry participants. The Company competes to acquire utility scale projects, at all stages, with other renewable energy developers, IPPs and financial investors based on the cost of capital, development expertise, pipeline, price, operations and management expertise, global footprint, brand reputation and the ability to monetize green attributes of renewable power. In the new microgrid segment, we will compete with other providers of similar solutions addressed to the same customers. 88 As such the Company faces significant competition, specifically projects in the installation