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Operator
Conference Call Operator

Thank you for standing by and welcome to Enlight Renewable Energy's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the call over to Limor Zohar Negan, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

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Limor Zohar Negan
Director of Investor Relations

Thank you, Operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining Enlight Renewable Energy's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Before beginning this call, I would like to draw participants' attention to the following. Certain statements made on the call today, including but not limited to statements regarding business strategy and plans, our project portfolio, market opportunity, utility demand and potential growth, discussions with commercial counterparties, and financing sources, pricing trends for materials, progress of company projects, including anticipated timing of related approvals and project completion, and anticipated production delays, expected impacts from various regulatory development, completion of development, the potential impact of the current conflicts in Israel on our operations and financial conditions, and company actions designed to mitigate such impacts, and the company's future financial and operational results and guidance, including revenue and adjusted EBITDA, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws, which reflect management's best judgment based on currently available information. We reference certain project metrics in this earnings call, and additional information about such metrics can be found in our earnings release. These statements involve risks, and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from our expectations. Please refer to our 2025 annual report filed with the SEC on March 30, 2026, and other filings for more information on the specific factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. Although we believe these expectations are reasonable, we undertake no obligation to revise any statements to reflect changes that occur after this call. Additionally, non-IFRS financial measures may be discussed on the call. These non-IFRS measures should be considered in addition to and not as a substitute for or in isolation from our results prepared in accordance with IFRS. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measures are available in the earnings release and the earnings presentation for today's call, which are posted on our investor relations webpage. With me this morning are Gilad Yavetz, Executive Chairman and the co-founder of Enlight, Adila Vajatan, CEO of Enlight, Nir Yehuda, CFO of Enlight, and Jared Mackey, CEO of Clinera. Adi will provide a summary of the business results and turn the call over to Jared for a review of our U.S. activity, and then he will review the first quarter results. Our executive team will then be available to answer your questions. I will now turn the call over to Adi Leviathan, CEO of Enlight. Adi, please begin.

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Good morning and good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us to review Enlight's first quarter 2026 results. We are off to a very strong start to the year, delivering excellent financial performance and continued execution momentum across our global platform. Our results this quarter clearly reflect the strength of our operating assets, the scale and quality of our development portfolio, and our ability to consistently convert projects into cash-generating capacity. Before diving into the numbers, I want to briefly address the broader environment. The first quarter once again demonstrated the resilience of Enlight's diversified platform. Despite ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, our assets continue to operate reliably, our projects advanced according to plan, and our financial performance remains strong. This resilience is the result of geographic and technological diversification and the fact that renewable energy and storage assets provide stability even in volatile conditions. Turning now to the quarter, in Q1, revenues and income increased 54% year-over-year to $200 million, while adjusted EBITDA reached $154 million, representing 58% growth year-over-year, excluding the impacts of the sell-down of the sunlight cluster. This growth was driven primarily by new projects entering operation in the U.S., alongside strong wind conditions in Israel and Europe, increased electricity trading activity in Israel, and supported foreign exchange assistance. Importantly, this was organic operating growth and reflects the continued expansion of our income-generating portfolio and the future potential of advancing projects in our development portfolio over time. The US became our largest geographic segment this quarter, contributing 37% of total revenues, following the ramp up of Roadrunner and Quail Ranch. This marks a meaningful milestone in the scaling of our US platform. Beyond the financials, Q1 was another strong execution quarter During the quarter, we grew our U.S. portfolio that successfully passed system impact studies by approximately two-factor gigawatts, reaching a total of 20-factor gigawatts, significantly increasing interconnection certainty. More than 60% of our advanced development and development portfolio completed the system impact study. We expect additional projects to be safe harbored in 2026, bringing the total to 15 to 17 factored gigawatt, or about 80% of our U.S. advanced development and development portfolio. Our U.S. portfolio expanded by 2.6 factored gigawatt, more than 10% sequentially, and expanded in additional demand areas outside of WEC, supporting our medium to long-term growth in the market. Last, we started construction at COBAR III, the 475 megawatt PV phase of the COBAR complex, fully in line with our execution plan. These developments further reinforce our ability to deliver large-scale solar plus storage projects with speed, discipline, and attractive economics and supports our growth potential beyond 2028. In Europe, the opportunity is equally compelling. While renewable generation continues to expand rapidly, energy storage deployment has not kept pace. creating a systemic need for flexibility and balancing capacity. According to Wood Mackenzie, this need amounts to 1.4 terawatt of storage capacity by 2034 globally. This gap is structural, not cyclical, and supports attractive long-term economics for well-positioned storage projects. During the quarter, we continue to advance our European expansion and are now in advanced negotiations to expand our business in additional markets, including Finland and Romania, as part of our strategy to deepen our presence in high potential storage markets. Energy storage remains a core growth pillar for Enlight in Europe with a vast portfolio of 14 gigawatt hour, of which 4.9 gigawatt hour in the mature portfolio fully aligned with our focus on disciplined capital allocation and attractive returns. In Middle East North Africa, we're deploying the full scope of Enlight's capabilities leveraging our position as a leading and trusted energy player. Israel remains a core market where we are active across utility-scale wind and solar, energy storage, agrivoltaics, and high-voltage infrastructure. Enlight's position in Israel, combined with our unique expertise in different energy generation applications, enable us to significantly grow in Israel and develop new and innovative growth engines. In agrivoltaics specifically, we continue to scale rapidly with dozens of land agreements signed over the past year representing approximately three-factor gigawatts of future solar capacity while strengthening synergies between energy generation and agriculture, enhancing food security and energy security at once. The agrivoltaics opportunity in Israel is huge. We estimate more than 120,000 acres will be needed to meet renewable energy targets by 2050, with a market size estimated at several billion dollars. At the same time, we're advancing high-voltage storage projects in Israel, totaling more than two-factor gigawatts, which enhance grid flexibility and resilience, while enabling us to optimize revenue generation. Looking ahead, we believe Israel is on track to become one of the countries with the highest energy storage capacity per capita globally, and we are well positioned to take advantage of this opportunity. Across the portfolio, execution continued at a strong pace. We advanced half a factor gigawatt into construction during the quarter, mostly attributed to phase three in the SIOBAR complex. advancing to construction, and expanded our total portfolio to over 41 factor gigawatts, a sequential increase of 8%. Looking ahead, we expect approximately 7 factor gigawatts to be under construction during 2026, with over 90% of our mature portfolio either operating or under construction by year-end. This level of visibility is the outcome of years of disciplined development, extensive grid interconnection work, and proactive risk management. Stepping back to the broader demand environment, we continue to see structural growth in electricity demand, driven in part by the rapid adoption of AI and data-intensive applications and the resulting expansion of data centers. Industry forecasts indicate that U.S. data center electricity consumption could triple by the end of the decade, requiring more than 300 terawatt hour of new capacity that is fast to deploy, scalable, and cost-effective. In this environment, solar combined with storage stands out. Compared to other generation technologies, it offers shorter time to market, meaningfully lower LCOE, and the flexibility required to support modern grids. Enlight is well positioned to capture this demand, leveraging our large grid-ready sites, proven execution capabilities, and deep experience delivering solar plus storage at scale. The business environment in which we operate remains extremely favorable, with rising demand, constrained supply, and attractive equipment costs. Recent geopolitical disruptions, together with the sharp increase in oil and gas prices, have underscored the strategic importance of renewable energy as a reliable and competitive source. Turning to outlook, we are reaffirming our full-year 2026 guidance. Revenues and income of $755 to $785 million and adjusted EBITDA of $545 to $565 million. More importantly, we continue to stand firmly behind our long-term growth trajectory. With approximately seven factor gigawatt expected to be under construction in 2026, and the vast majority of our mature portfolio, either operating or under construction, we see a clear and credible path to more than $2.1 billion of annual revenue run rate by the end of 2028. This growth is anchored in projects already in hand, supported by strong and increasing returns, and executed with discipline. Before I wrap up, let me summarize the key takeaways. We delivered a strong start to 2026 with excellent financial performance and execution momentum. We continue to expand and de-risk our U.S. portfolio, advancing key milestones, including system impact study completion, safe harbor progression, and the start of construction at CO bar three. We see utility scale growth opportunities in Middle East North Africa, a market in which we have a significant competitive advantage. well positioned to capture structural demand growth and systemic grid needs, leveraging the speed, cost, and flexibility of solar and storage. And we remain focused on disciplined growth and long-term value creation, while not compromising on returns, profitability, and the strength of our balance sheet. With that, I will hand the call over to Jared.

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Jared Mackey
CEO, Clinera

Thank you, Adi. In the U.S., Clonera continues to execute on its long-term growth strategy and remains firmly focused on discipline construction execution, while at the same time expanding our portfolio and customer base. This quarter, we have continued to grow and advance our development portfolio across U.S. markets, led by significant progress in PJM. We submitted interconnection applications within PJM for an additional 2,500 factored megawatts across five projects. CJM is a market with exceptional opportunities for new solar and storage, characterized by sustained utility demand, tight capacity dynamics, and attractive power pricing that supports long-term profitability. Our operating assets continue to demonstrate the quality and durability of our portfolio. Energy generation across operating projects has been stable and predictable. We continue to monitor uptime closely. Planera is currently constructing six projects totaling 3.4 factor gigawatts. Our construction portfolio reflects deliberate investments in our internal processes, targeted hiring and retention, and long-standing relationships with Tier 1 suppliers and contractors. It also demonstrates our ability to consistently deliver approximately two factor gigawatts annually. As a result, the construction progress we are reporting today reflects our expected baseline delivery level and our confidence in achieving commercial operations year after year. At the CO bar complex in northwest Arizona, ground clearing and other site construction activities are underway on the third phase of the project. Phases one and two are in full construction and making steady progress. Combined, these three phases include nearly 1.5 factor gigawatts. Initial CODs are on track for the second half of 2027 with CODs for the following phases in first half of 2028. For the final two phases of the CO bar complex, CO bar 4 and 5, we have secured a domestic source for the batteries, totaling 3,176 megawatt hours. Our sourcing strategy mitigates tariff and supply chain risks for these critical phases. In Northeast Arizona, progress is steady at the construction of the Snowflake Complex. The first phase, Snowflake A, includes 594 megawatts of PV generation and 1,900 megawatt hours of energy storage. We are near the halfway mark of installing both the PV and battery components and remain on target for COD in the second half of 2027. The Country Acres project outside of Sacramento, California, remains on schedule for COD at the end of this year. This project includes 403 megawatts PV and 688 megawatt hours of energy storage. When operational, it will generate enough energy to power over 85,000 California homes. Finally, work is underway at Crimson Orchard Project, located in Elmore County, Idaho. This project includes 120 megawatts of PV generation and 400 megawatt hours of energy storage. Spring weather has allowed us to make significant progress on the project's civil work and prepare the site for major equipment deliveries. Foundation work has begun for the batteries and switchyard. Our market strength has once again been confirmed with the closing of the construction financing package in March, totaling $304 million for the Crimson Orchard project. This clears the path for the project's successful commercial operation in 2027. Taking a step back from specific projects, I want to offer an update on our supply chain. Despite global disruptions in shipping due to geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East, we have seen limited exposure to availability or pricing of our materials. Looking ahead, we may see ripple effects on the supply chain and logistic inputs. We continue to enhance our diverse pool of supplier resources, including U.S. domestic manufacturing, to give us flexibility and resilience in the face of uncertainty. With one of the largest U.S. solar and storage construction pipelines, we are well positioned to be a preferred counterparty for our suppliers and vendors. To close, Clonera remains firmly focused on what matters most to our investors. executing large-scale construction projects on schedule, maintaining reliable operating performance, advancing a deep and diversified development pipeline, and expanding our customer base thoughtfully and strategically. I will now turn the phone over to Nir.

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Nir Yehuda
CFO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Thank you, Jared. Q126 delivered a strong start to the year, setting the foundation for the quarters ahead. The company's total revenues and income increased to $200 million, up from $130 million last year, a growth rate of 54% year-over-year. This was composed of revenues from the sale of electricity, which amounted to $157 million, an increase of $47 million from the first quarter of 2025, as well as recognition of $43 million in income from tax benefits. an increase of $23 million from Q1-35, attributed to the new operational project Roadrunner and Quail Ranch. The increase in revenue from the sale of electricity was driven mainly by new projects, which contributed $16 million to revenues growth. It was also a strong quarter for our wind project, with increased generation contributing $14 million. Electricity trade activity in Israel roughly doubled from last year, contributing $6 million to revenues growth. And finally, the appreciation of the Israeli shekel and Euro versus the U.S. dollar contributed $12 million. The company adjusted EBITDA grew by 70% to $154 million compared to $132 million for the same period in 2015. Excluding the contribution of 42 million from the cell of 44% of the cyanide cluster in Q1-25, and follow-on cell of 11% of the cluster in Q1-26, which contributed 12 million. EBITDA in Q1-26 grew by 58% of 52 million. The increase of $70 million in revenue was offset by an additional $70 million in cost of sale linked to new projects and to the increase in electricity trade activity in Israel, while GNA and project development expenses increased by $6 million. In contrast, other income increased by $5 million. First quarter net income amounted to $38 million, compared to $102 million in Q125, and $21 million excluding the sunlight cluster cell contribution. An increase of $52 million in EBITDA was partially offset by an increase of $70 million in depreciation and amortization attributed to the start of operation of new projects, as well as an increase of $4 million in expense related to share-based compensation. Additionally, net financial expenses increased by $12 million, mainly as a result of the commercial operation of new projects, and tax expenses increased by $4 million, net of the sunlight cell impact. During the first quarter, Enlight continued to solidify its financial position, raising approximately $740 million, mainly from a private placement of 6 million shares to Israeli institutional investors for $422 million and $304 million from project finance. In total, our cash and cash equivalent at the top-core level increased to $709 million. Additionally, we have $270 million held by subsidiaries. In addition, we have $525 million off-credit facility with $360 million available and approximately $1.6 billion in LC and surety bond facility, including $1 billion available, further enhancing our financial flexibility. Our solid financial position in Intel and resources will continue to support our growth towards the 2 billion revenue mark and beyond. I will now turn the call over to the operator for questions.

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Operator
Conference Call Operator

Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star 1-1 on your telephone. To remove yourself from the queue, you may press star 1-1 again. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Our first question comes from the line of Justin Clare of Roth Capital Partners. Your line is open, Justin.

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Justin Clare
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners

Hi. Thanks for taking our questions here, and congrats on the strong results. I wanted to start out.

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Thanks, Justin. Nice to hear from you.

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Justin Clare
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners

Yes. Yeah, likewise. So, I wanted to start off just asking about the unlevered returns here. It looks like the expectation for under construction and pre-construction projects increased to 13%. I think that's up from 12 to 13 last quarter, and then 11 to 12 a couple of quarters ago. So, just wondering if you could speak to what's driving the improvement. Is this better PPA pricing, lower equipment costs, or other factors here? And then, are you seeing further opportunity for improvements in the return profile, let's say, for future projects that are moving through the pipeline today?

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Yes, thanks again for the question. I will give a little bit of an answer, and I will also pass it over to my colleague, Itay Benayan, the Chief Corporate Development Officer. So we are constantly working on improving the rates of return in our projects. The projects that are currently under construction and pre-construction, we continue to do optimization work on the capital expenditure and on other aspects. Specifically, in this case, we did significant work to further improve the profitability or to further reduce the CapEx CO bar's storage components of these projects, changing the sources of supplies for the batteries to different suppliers, also making us eligible, in this case, for domestic content, so a double win in that sense. And we did additional moves, which we constantly, again, do to try to improve the economics of our projects, thereby reaching this 13% solidly. I'll pass it over to Itay Benayan, our Chief Corporate Development Officer.

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Itay Benayan
Chief Corporate Development Officer, Enlight Renewable Energy

Good to hear from you. Yeah, everything that Adi said, and in general, is something that we're very proud of. On the same side, you see that the first 3.9 fractal gigawatts that we connected to the grid over 17 years or so, and now we are in the process of the construction and reconstruction of 7.7, so almost doubling in one year or in two years everything that we did in 17 years, and at the same time, we're improving and enjoying the economies of scale and the reduction in capex and the increase in the PTAs, and it's a global phenomenon. So we're not only growing, but we're... constantly improving and putting a lot of attention on profitability, on cash flows, on the balances, and so on.

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Justin Clare
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners

Okay, great. Yeah, it's good to see the improvements in the return profile here. Maybe just shifting over to the operational capacity here, it looks like the outlook for 2027 was reduced a little bit to 7.3 factor gigawatts down from eight last quarter, and then the ARR was stepped down to 1.4 billion from 1.6. Wondering if you could just walk through that change, you know, what potentially shifted out of the 2027 timeframe. And then it does look like 2028 remains intact in terms of your outlook there. So, just wondering, is this a matter of just product timing or any other factors?

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Yes, and it actually relates to the previous point as well. For specifically the purpose of improving further the rate of return on the CO-BAR 4 and 5, the parts that are standalone storage in CO-BAR, we actually did change the suppliers of the best. the battery energy storage system, and therefore had to do some reengineering on site, which pushed the project COD, like commercial operation date, just from the end of 27 into the beginning of 28. And similarly, one additional project, Europe projects, Berthegove, which was also pushed forward just by a very short amount of time. Generally speaking, we like that these projects, you know, that we have one chance to get them, you know, to get them right, and then they're going to be producing electricity and revenues for us for 20, 25, 30 years, so to push them out by a month or by a couple of months is something that we sometimes do in order to improve them, and they are all connecting, just a very short delay, which is a natural, normal course of the developer's life.

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Justin Clare
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners

Got it. Okay. Makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the time.

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Limor Zohar Negan
Director of Investor Relations

Thank you, Justin.

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Operator
Conference Call Operator

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of John Windham of UBS. Your line is open, John.

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John Windham
Analyst, UBS

Hey, perfect. Thanks for taking the questions this morning. I guess I'll ask a bigger picture question. You know, through your Clonera subsidiary, you're going to be one of the largest customers for stationary storage in the United States over the next five-plus years. I'm wondering, there's been a number of announcements of new entrants into the stationary storage market, namely LG Energy Solutions, General Motors, and Ford. Have you had dialogues with any of these potential new suppliers, and how do you think that plays out in the supply-demand balance and pricing for batteries in the future? Thanks.

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Thank you for the question. I would like to ask Jared if you are comfortable taking this question forward.

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Jared Mackey
CEO, Clinera

Absolutely, Adi. Thank you for the question, and thank you for your insight into the market. We are constantly talking with potential suppliers on the battery and on the PV side. Specifically on the battery side, we welcome new domestic suppliers opening operations and manufacturing facilities in the U.S. It both adds rigidity and robustness to the supply chain and allows us to secure both domestic sources and reduce our risk overall from any sort of geopolitical occurrences throughout the world. We are engaged with multiple suppliers on the battery side. And as these battery manufacturing facilities get built out, the supply continues to grow. And so this supply is being distributed to the same amount of projects. And so we do like the supply and demand curves that this provides for us. And we expect that we will have very effective negotiations over the next period of time with our potential suppliers this it gives us the ability to leverage our portfolio as you mentioned we will be one of the larger customers in the united states for stationary vests and we we intend to continue to deliver results like we shared today where we are constantly increasing the profile of our projects and making them better

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John Windham
Analyst, UBS

Thank you so much for that. That was really helpful. Be well.

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Operator
Conference Call Operator

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Corinne Blanchard of Deutsche Bank. Your line is open, Corinne.

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Corinne Blanchard
Analyst, Deutsche Bank

Good morning. Thank you for taking my question. The first question, can you talk about the cadence that you're expecting for the rest of the year? 1Q is showing a little bit of paper seasonality maybe than we had anticipated. So just wondering how that the rest of the year is going to shape up. And then maybe second question, can you talk about the safe elbow in your portfolio and how that has evolved during 1Q? Thank you.

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Itay Benayan
Chief Corporate Development Officer, Enlight Renewable Energy

Hey, good to hear from you. What was the second part of the question? Safe harbor. Oh, safe harbor. Okay. So with the first half of the question, in terms of the seasonality, the quarter and the year indeed started very strong and exceeded our expectations. Nevertheless, We do anticipated seasonality over the year. The first quarter is usually a very strong quarter in terms of wind, and it was even better than we anticipated. And in general, as I already mentioned, during the quarter, we are keeping our guidance for the year intact. It is only the first quarter, and as I mentioned, there was some, I think there was some gap with the consensus, but our internal expectations were not that far away. And in terms of safe harboring.

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

We do have the opportunity to safe harbor an additional two to four factor gigawatt in the next couple of months until basically the end of June. and it is completely at our discretion. Obviously, as you know, projects that are being safe harbored, we need to then maintain full activity, construction activity at the site from when we safe harbor them. until their completion, and we need to make sure that they are connected, that they arrive at commercial operations before the end of 2030. So, we are taking our decisions to, from the two to four factor gigawatt, you know, additional that we have options to safe harbor to bring the total amount to 15 to 17 factor gigawatt of safe harbor. We're taking those decisions in the next couple of months. Jared, anything to add on the safe harbor point?

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Jared Mackey
CEO, Clinera

Yeah, just that we are actively... The projects are being safe-harbored through physical work of a significant measure, both on-site and off-site. Adi, I think you shared the numbers... most accurately and yeah, we are excited to have this large portfolio of projects to be able to pull from over the next really several years of commissioning and CODs.

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

And I will come back just to say, Karim, that when the One Big Beautiful Bill Act came out in May last year, exactly a year ago, you know, there was obviously concern And at the time, we promised or we anticipated that we would be able to safe harbor six to eight factory gigawatt of projects by the end of 2028. We're now standing here towards, you know, this 16, sorry, 15 to 17 factor gigawatts that we would be able to safe harbor by the end of 2030, so significantly more than we predicted at the time, and we're really making the most of the safe harbor regime as long as it's in place, and we also are very confident about our ability to successfully develop and execute projects in the United States after the end of that regime, but we have enough time for that in solar projects, you know, after the end of 2030 and for storage projects even after the end of 2032. All right.

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Corinne Blanchard
Analyst, Deutsche Bank

Thank you. Can I ask one more follow-up question? Can you talk about the 2028 target since, like, you might be able to raise it? We kind of felt from the presentation, like, you are, you have, like, a hundred million ahead of the target. Can you just, like, give a little bit more thought on that one.

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Thank you. So, we give the 2028 annual run rate as we forecasted today. The component that is today, the $2.1 billion of this is already today in the mature portion of our portfolio. And then there's additional projects that are currently not yet in the mature. They're in advanced development, but nevertheless, they will make it to be connected by the end of 2028, which is why there's that $2.1 to $2.3 billion range. At this point, we cannot give a more accurate number, but that is the composition of the number.

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Itay Benayan
Chief Corporate Development Officer, Enlight Renewable Energy

Corinne, you can see that over the last couple of quarters, the percentage of the mature portfolio outside of the 2028 roadmap has increased over time. And with the start of construction of additional three faxos gigawatts this year, the vast majority of the 2028 plan is going to be either operating or under construction this year, and that's reducing significantly any development risk and increasing the certainty that we're to stand behind this roadmap. And again, you can see with all of the safe harboring that we're doing and the increase of the portfolio in the development and the advanced development that we are looking ahead at the growth beyond 28. And there is a lot of material in the presentation and the earnings release when you analyze the portfolio to see that there is significant potential beyond 2028. Great.

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Corinne Blanchard
Analyst, Deutsche Bank

Thank you.

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Operator
Conference Call Operator

Thank you. Once again, to ask a question, please press star 11 on your telephone. Again, that's star 11 to ask a question. Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Maheep Mandalore of Mazuho. Your line is open, Maheep.

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Maheep Mandalore
Analyst, Mizuho

Hey, thanks for taking the questions. Maybe just like a follow-up on this safe harbor and slide 16. The main bottleneck for new projects is the interconnection of the completed system and patch study, right? So I'm just kind of curious if you could see more of the safe harbor come through before June and kind of this 19.9, which you already have completed the system and patch study for. Just curious, like, what would it take for a safe harbor program to match that number? Thanks.

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Hi, Maheep. It's nice to hear from you. Jared, I'm going to please redirect the question to you.

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Jared Mackey
CEO, Clinera

Yeah, no problem. Maheep, my apologies. I had a hard time hearing. Do you mind actually rephrasing the question? I just want to make sure I can answer it accurately.

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Maheep Mandalore
Analyst, Mizuho

Yeah, sure. like talking to some of the developers or the industry it looks like the interconnection is probably like a bigger bottleneck to get for this online by 2030 uh rather than just safe harbor uh so it's curious like if you have uh if you only have 19.9 factor data words of uh completed system impact study uh can safe harbor ramp up to match that 19.9 by July 4th of this year or like the spirit is like you know what would it take for safe harbor to grow from this 15, 16, 10, 15, 10 gigawatts to then almost 20 factory gigawatts you have completed system impacts before.

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Jared Mackey
CEO, Clinera

Got it okay so just to confirm it's really asking is there the ability to match the safe harbor numbers with the completed system impact study that's sitting right around 20 factory gigawatts is that accurate? That's right. Okay. So, as you can see, one, we are very proud of the fact that we have 20 gigawatts of project that have completed system impact study. This actually shows the success of what we are doing here in the U.S. at Climera side, along with everyone at the InLight team, is to really go through and successfully go through that part of the process on the Safe Harbor side. As Adi mentioned, we have optionality. What we are looking at is we are making a very strategic decision, project by project, to make sure that invested dollars into Safe Harbor and its work of significant nature is for projects that have ability to advance and COD by 2030. There are going to be some projects out of that 20-factor gigawatt. that have timelines due to interconnection or other criteria that is going to be beyond the 2030 timeframe. And so, we probably won't see the safe harbor number go up to 20 gigawatts because there is going to be some projects. But as Adin mentioned, we are already significantly farther along on the safe harbor process for the majority of our portfolio than we had previously announced. There is some opportunity to hit that top end and maybe even a little bit more of the safe harbor on that 15 to 17 that Adin mentioned. The likelihood that it gets up to the 20 from a strategic standpoint is not completely likely just due to the fact that some of those 20 factor gigawatts are going to come online after 2030.

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Maheep Mandalore
Analyst, Mizuho

Got it. Got it. Helpful. And are you seeing any interest from customers to have behind the meter solar? Presumably that might not require interconnection study, right, I think. So the limit over there would be how much would we be able to say further, right? I'm curious if you're seeing any customers ask about island level behind the meter solar for you.

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Jared Mackey
CEO, Clinera

Yeah, we've definitely seen this in the marketplace. I think our focus has been we have enough projects that are already through the system impact study that the projects that we are looking at by 2030 are those that are going to be connected to the grid. But we have seen interest in the marketplace, both from large load customers to really look at behind the meter solutions. We are always actively looking at ways to expand and to grow, and so we are looking at those types of opportunities. But our focus is really on our core business, which is very, very robust projects through the interconnection balanced by utilities that we can deliver on and we have 20 factor gigawatts of projects that we can choose from and out of that 20 factor gigawatts we have another 15 to 17 that we're going to have safe harbor and so that is a very robust pipeline through the next four years.

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Maheep Mandalore
Analyst, Mizuho

Yeah appreciate that and just one last one just on cash sources like if you can probably comment on how much of the current cash or what you might have in can support growth beyond the 12 to 13 factor to go post-2028.

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Itay Benayan
Chief Corporate Development Officer, Enlight Renewable Energy

So, to remind, we have very strong access to capital globally, both of the at the assets level with project finance from tier one lenders and at the corporate level with the access both to the stock exchange and the NASDAQ, which we're seeing an improved liquidity, significantly improved liquidity in the past year. At the moment, and there are details in the earnings release on the sources that we have on hand, at the moment, we have significant amounts to support. the 2028 plan and beyond. So we don't need any outside resources of capital in order to support the 2028 plan and a significant factor beyond it. Thank you.

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Operator
Conference Call Operator

Thank you. I would now like to turn the conference back over to the CEO for closing remarks. Madam.

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Adi Leviathan
CEO, Enlight Renewable Energy

Thank you. We highly appreciate your questions and also participating in our 2026 Q1 earnings report. We hope that you can also join us on May 19th for the investor conference where we plan to share more exciting content about our strategy going forward. And we highly appreciate you joining us here today. Thank you so much.

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Operator
Conference Call Operator

This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.

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