Developers
Capital-Efficient Development
The developer does not need to tie up capital in land. Telios acquires the land or surface rights, so the project budget can focus on value-creating items such as permitting, modules, inverters, structures, grid connection, and balance of plant. This minimizes upfront capex and preserves the developer’s equity for growth.
Stronger Exit and Financing Profile
A project structured without land acquisition is easier to finance or sell to an energy producer. Investors and IPPs see a cleaner capex profile and a higher equity IRR when land is treated as a long-term operating expense rather than a non-amortizable asset on the balance sheet. Telios’ land solution makes the project more attractive in competitive sale or auction processes.
Specialist Long-Term Landlord
With Telios as long-term landowner, the solar or storage operator deals with a professional, specialist landlord. Telios and its partners understand renewable infrastructure, can respond quickly on consents and land improvements, and can support repowering, capacity increases, or the addition of BESS and other equipment. The operator gains a stable, predictable counterpart for the full life of the asset.
How it works
Telios acquires the land under an operating or ready to build project.
At closing, Telios signs a long term inflation linked ground lease with the project SPV, while the project owner keeps full control of development, operations, and offtake.
The seller receives a lump sum payment at closing, and the project SPV pays a predictable ground rent over the life of the lease.
A clean separation of the real estate from the operating asset, without disturbing permits, grid connections, or contracts.
BENEFITS
Benefits For Developers and IPPs
Immediate liquidity
Converts illiquid land value into cash that can fund late-stage development, construction equity, or new pipelines.
Predictable, bankable costs
Ground rent follows an agreed schedule, typically CPI-linked, which can be fully modelled into project finance cases.
Operational control retained
All project decisions, including operations, offtake, refinancing, and exit, remain with the project owner.
Higher capital efficiency
Reduces equity locked in land, improves returns on invested capital, and can support faster recycling of equity into new projects.
When Telios’ Model Makes Sense
Telios model is particularly useful when:
The developer has a purchase option that has to be exercised
Landowners are asking forupfront payments
Land has already been purchased for a project and ties up significant equity
The project is operational or close to construction and needs capital for the next phase of growth
A platform wants to scale quickly across multiple projects without over-committing equity to land
