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Contracted concessional, PP&E and other intangible assets
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Contracted concessional, PP&E and other intangible assets [Abstract]  
Contracted concessional, PP&E and other intangible assets
Note 6.- Contracted concessional, PP&E and other intangible assets

The Company has assets recorded as intangible or financial assets in accordance with IFRIC 12, property plant and equipment in accordance with IAS 16 and right of use assets under IFRS 16 or intangible assets under IAS 38. For further details on the application of IFRIC 12 to assets of the Company, see Appendix III.


The following table shows the movements of assets included in the heading “Contracted Concessional, PP&E and other intangible assets” for 2023:


   
Financial
assets
under
IFRIC 12
        
Financial
assets
under
IFRS 16
(Lessor)
        
Intangible
assets
under
IFRIC 12
      
Right of use
assets under
IFRS 16
(Lessee) and
intangible
assets under
IAS 38
    

Property, plant and
equipment under
IAS 16
      
Cost
       Land
   
Technical
installations
    
Total
assets
  
Total as of January 1, 2023
    
818,170
      
2,787
      
8,845,151
      
120,308
      
137,767
      
938,799
      
10,862,982
  
Additions
    
-
      
-
      
27,531
      
4,409
      
62
      
50,805
      
82,807
  
Subtractions
    
-
      
-
      
-
      
(644
)
    
-
      
(5,487
)
    
(6,131
)
Business combinations (Note 5)
    
-
      
-
      
-
      
4,486
      
-
      
1,565
      
6,051
  
Currency translation differences
    
5,025
      
(132
)
    
84,060
      
4,756
      
1,515
      
19,847
      
115,071
  
Reclassification and other movements
    
(38,016
)
    
-
      
348
      
17,632
      
-
      
(11,537
)
    
(31,573
)
Total cost, as of December 31, 2023
    
785,179
      
2,655
      
8,957,090
      
150,947
      
139,344
      
993,992
      
11,029,207
  


Depreciation,
amortization and
impairment
    
Financial
assets
under
IFRIC 12
      
Financial
assets
under
IFRS 16
(Lessor)
    
Intangible
assets
under
IFRIC 12
    
Right of use
assets under
IFRS 16
(Lessee) and
intangible
assets under
IAS 38
    
Property, plant and
equipment under
IAS 16
      
                  Land
   
Technical
installations
    
Total
assets
  
Total as of January 1, 2023
    
(69,557
)
    
-
      
(3,088,778
)
    
(26,783
)
    
-
      
(194,605
)
    
(3,379,723
)
Additions
    
-
       -      
(358,602
)
    
(11,869
)
     -      
(41,924
)
    
(412,395
)
Impairment charges
    
-
      
-
      
-
      
-
      
-
      
(16,079
)
    
(16,079
)
Reversal of impairment
    
13,378
      
-
      
-
      
-
      
-
      
-
      
13,378
  
Currency translation differences
    
(199
)
    
-
      
(32,084
)
    
(533
)
    
-
      
(4,511
)
    
(37,327
)
Reclassification and other movements
    
-
      
-
      
-
      
372
      
-
      
6,834
      
7,206
  
Total depreciation, amortization and impairment, as of December 31, 2023
    
(56,378
)
    
-
      
(3,479,464
)
    
(38,813
)
    
-
      
(250,285
)
    
(3,824,940
)
                                                         
Total net book value, as of December 31, 2023
    
728,801
      
2,655
      
5,477,626
      
112,134
      
139,344
      
743,707
      
7,204,267
  


The increase in the contracted concessional assets cost is primarily due to the higher value of the Euro denominated assets since the exchange rate of the Euro increased against the U.S. dollar since December 31, 2022 and to the investments for the year in operating concessional assets and assets under development or construction. The increase in accumulated depreciation, amortization and impairment is primarily due to the amortization charge for the year and the impairment registered in Chile PV1 (see further explanation below).



The decrease included in “Reclassification and other movement” is mainly due to the reclassification from the long to the short term of the current portion of the contracted concessional financial assets.


The following table shows the movements of assets included in the heading “Contracted Concessional, PP&E and other intangible assets” for 2022:

   
Financial
assets
under
IFRIC 12
      
Financial
assets
under
IFRS 16
(Lessor)
      
Intangible
assets
under
IFRIC 12
    
Right of use
assets under
IFRS 16
(Lessee) and
intangible
assets under
IAS 38
    
Property, plant and
equipment under
IAS 16
     
Cost
                   Land    
Technical
installations
    
Total
assets
  
Total as of January 1, 2022
    
874,525
      
2,843
      
9,068,646
      
100,109
       137,037      
835,975
      
11,019,135
  
Additions
    
-
      
-
      
32,941
      
5,637
       3,532      
75,182
      
117,292
  
Subtractions
    
-
      
(57
)
    
(499
)
    
(1,510
)
     -      
(8,495
)
    
(10,561
)
Business combinations (Note 5)
    
-
      
-
      
-
      
16,993
       -      
58,002
      
74,995
  
Currency translation differences
    
1,760
      
1
      
(258,735
)
    
(4,446
)
     (2,802 )    
(21,090
)
    
(285,312
)
Reclassification and other movements
    
(58,115
)
    
-
      
2,798
      
3,525
       -      
(775
)
    
(52,567
)
Total cost, as of December 31, 2022
    
818,170
      
2,787
      
8,845,151
      
120,308
       137,767      
938,799
      
10,862,982
  

   
Financial
assets
under
IFRIC 12
      
Financial
assets
under
IFRS 16
(Lessor)
      
Intangible
assets
under
IFRIC 12
    
Right of use
assets under
IFRS 16
(Lessee) and
intangible
assets under
IAS 38
    
Property, plant and
equipment under
IAS 16
     
Depreciation,
amortization and
impairment
                   Land
   
Technical
installations
    
Total
assets
  
Total as of January 1, 2022
    
(62,889
)
    
-
      
(2,769,345
)
    
(21,578
)
     -      
(143,755
)
    
(2,997,567
)
Additions
    
(6,560
)
    
-
      
(357,401
)
    
(6,865
)
     -      
(43,414
)
    
(414,240
)
Impairment charges
                     (41,238 )    
-
       -      
(20,446
)
    
(61,684
)
Reversal of impairment     -       -       -       859       -       7,643       8,502  
Currency translation differences
    
(108
)
    
-
      
79,206
      
801
       -      
5,367
      
85,266
  
Total depreciation, amortization and impairment, as of December 31, 2022
    
(69,557
)
    
-
      
(3,088,778
)
    
(26,783
)
     -      
(194,605
)
    
(3,379,723
)
                                                         
Total net book value, as of December 31, 2022
    748,613       2,787       5,756,373       93,525       137,767       744,194       7,483,259  

The decrease in the contracted concessional assets cost was primarily due to the lower value of the Euro denominated assets since the exchange rate of the Euro decreased against the U.S. dollar since December 31, 2021, that more than offset the increase resulting from business combinations and the additions for the year that primarily corresponded to investments in operating concessional assets and assets under development or construction. The increase in accumulated depreciation, amortization and impairment was primarily due to the amortization charge for the year and the impairment registered in Solana, Chile PV1 and Chile PV2 (see further explanation below).


The decrease included in “Reclassification and other movement” was mainly due to the reclassification from the long to the short term of the current portion of the contracted concessional financial assets.



Solana triggering event of impairment



Considering the continued delays in the works and replacements that the Company was carrying out in the storage system at Solana and their impact on production in 2022, as well as an increase in the discount rate, the Company identified an impairment triggering event as of December 31, 2022, in accordance with IAS 36, Impairment of assets. As a result, an impairment test was performed using historical level of output (generation), which resulted in the recording of an impairment loss of $41 million in 2022.



The impairment was recorded within the line “Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges” of the consolidated profit and loss statement, decreasing the amount of intangible assets under IFRIC 12 pertaining to the Renewable energy sector and the North America geography. The recoverable amount considered was the value in use and amounted to $881 million for Solana, as of December 31, 2022.



No triggering event of impairment was identified in Solana as of December 31, 2023.


Chile PV1 and Chile PV2 triggering event of impairment

Considering that expected electricity prices in Chile over the remaining useful life of Chile PV1 and Chile PV2 further decreased in 2023, the Company identified an impairment triggering event as of December 31, 2023, in accordance with IAS 36, Impairment of assets. As a result, an impairment test has been performed which resulted in the recording of an impairment loss of $16 million for Chile PV1 ($8 million in 2022) and no impairment for Chile PV2 ($12 million in 2022).
The impairment has been recorded within the line “Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges” of the consolidated profit and loss statement, decreasing the amount of Property, plant and equipment under IAS 16 pertaining to the Renewable energy sector and the South America geography. The recoverable amount considered is the value in use and amounts to $40 million for Chile PV1 and $22 million for Chile PV2 as of December 31, 2023 ($58 million and $22 million respectively as of December 31,2022). A specific discount rate has been used in each year considering changes in the debt/equity leverage ratio over the useful life of the projects, resulting in the use of a range of pre-tax discount rate between 7.7% and 8.7% for Chile PV1 and 7.7% and 9.8% for Chile PV2 (between 7.5% and 8.4% for Chile PV1 and between 7.5% and 8.3% for Chile PV2 in 2022).

The value of the net assets contributed by Chile PV 1 and PV2 to these Consolidated Financial Statements, excluding non-controlling interest, is close to nil as of December 31, 2023.
An adverse change in the key assumptions which are individually used for the valuation could lead to future impairment recognition; specifically, a 5% decrease in electricity prices over the entire remaining useful life of these projects would generate an additional total impairment of approximately $3 million. An increase of 50 basis points in the discount rate would lead to an additional total impairment of approximately $2 million.
The Company did not identify any other triggering event of impairment of its contracted concessional, PP&E and other intangible assets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Expected credit losses
The impairment provision based on the expected credit losses on contracted concessional financial assets, calculated in accordance with IFRS 9, Financial instruments, decreased by $13 million in the year ended December 31, 2023, primarily in ACT following an improvement of its client’s credit risk metrics (increased by $7 million in the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily in ACT).