The following discussion and analysis provides information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read together with the financial statements and the related notes thereto that are included as Exhibit 99.3 to the Report on Form 6-K submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 28, 2025, which includes this discussion and analysis as Exhibit 99.2. We also recommend that you read our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations together with our audited financial statements and the notes thereto, which appear in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2024, as filed with the SEC on September 9, 2024, as amended on November 7, 2024 (the 「Annual Report」). This discussion may contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under 「Risk Factors」 in our Annual Report. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” to 「we」, 「us」, 「our」, and 「the Company」 are intended to mean the business and operations of Vast and its consolidated subsidiaries.Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Annual Report.
The financial information reported herein has been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB and is presented in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
公司概況
We are a concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) technology company that has developed proprietary, next-generation CSP technology that provides clean, dispatchable renewable energy for utility-scale power, industrial heat and clean fuel production applications. Founded in Sydney, Australia in 2009, our vision is to provide continuous carbon-free energy globally, by making it possible to generate solar energy on a dispatchable basis. We will deploy CSP and complementary technologies to deliver renewable and dispatchable electricity, heat and storage on a continuous basis.
迄今爲止,我們在很大程度上依賴於政府資金,以贈款的形式來開發和驗證我們的技術。同樣,我們已經獲得了有條件的政府資金批准,預計將獲得高達6500万澳元的贈款和高達11000万澳元的優惠融資,以支持VS1的開發,而我們及我們的財團合作伙伴Mabanaft預計將獲得高達1950万澳元和1240万歐元的有條件政府資金,用於SM1的開發。在2024年11月,我們簽署了一項更新的資金協議,以獲取高達3000万澳元的現有6500萬澳元贈款,其中在截至2024年12月31日的六個月期間收到1000万澳元,來自澳大利亞可再生能源署(「ARENA」)。儘管我們對最終獲得這筆資金充滿信心,但獲得的資金量將取決於我們滿足某些資金和/或贈款條件的能力(例如,關於VS1的11000萬澳元優惠融資,需作出最終投資決策),並且不能保證我們能夠滿足這些條件。這3000萬澳元的非稀釋性贈款將從2023年2月由氣候變化與能源部長克里斯·博文(Hon Chris Bowen MP)和ARENA宣佈的6500萬澳元資金中釋放。預計VS1的施工將在2025年第二季度開始,資本支出預計將在36000万澳元至39000万澳元的區間內。此外,有條件政府資金和優惠融資將無法覆蓋VS1或SM1的全部開發和交付成本。因此,我們及在適用的情況下,我們的財團合作伙伴,將需要獲得並投資大量資本於這些項目,以便完成它們。
Vast最近成功完成了我們CSP接收塔的大規模測試,標誌着最終技術里程碑的達成。該接收塔在昆士蘭州古德納設計和製造,是Vast下一代清潔能源解決方案的最終元件,將在運營規模進行建設和測試。該技術將部署在Vast的Port Augusta綠色能源中心,爲南澳大利亞的電網和綠色燃料生產提供電力。該里程碑加強了Vast提供最佳性能解決方案的準備,是Vast Solar 1(「VS1」)的財務接近的重要一步,VS1是該公司30MW公用事業規模的參考項目,具備8小時的儲能。Vast的接收塔設計將提供更高效、成本更低、風險更低的可調度清潔能源,超越市場上任何現有解決方案。接收塔是模塊化和可重複的,擁有簡單的供應鏈,Vast認爲這將促進現場快速施工和簡單調試。該設計還減少了能源損失,並且移動部件有限,以確保可靠的長期性能。
On December 7, 2023, the Company entered into a Joint Development Agreement (「JDA」) with EDF, under which the parties have agreed to collaborate on certain development activities with respect to CSP Projects. The Company and EDF has establish a steering committee, composed of two appointees from each party, to oversee and govern the activities of the EDF JDA. Costs with respect to Eligible Projects developed under the EDF JDA will be borne by the parties equally. The EDF JDA also specifies that a joint venture agreement (「JVA」) will be entered into for each jointly developed project which reaches a certain stage of development. EDF has a right to invest in Approved Projects for an amount up to (1) 75% of the equity capital for an Approved Project, and (2) up to 75% of the equity capital of VS1, VS3 (a proposed 150 MW CSP facility with 12-18 hours of thermal storage located in Port Augusta, South Australia) and SM1 in the aggregate. Neither party will contribute any pre-existing background intellectual property used in the joint effort; however, intellectual
property rights developed or derived by either party in connection with the EDF JDA will be jointly owned by both the Company and EDF, and each party grants the other party a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to other intellectual property used in connection with the EDF JDA. No liabilities have been recognized as of December 31, 2024.
The Company signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA), on June 13, 2024, with global energy company Mabanaft to advance Solar Methanol 1 (SM1), a CSP-powered green methanol reference plant. Located in South Australia at the Port Augusta Green Energy Hub, SM1 will have the capacity to produce 7,500 tonnes of green methanol each year. Methanol is one of the most versatile hydrogen derivatives which, if produced using clean energy, has the potential to decarbonise several hard-to-abate industries, including shipping and aviation. The JDA sets out how the project will be developed and further underlines Vast and Mabanaft's contribution to the energy transition by combining technological, business development and commercial expertise. This comes after Vast and Mabanaft signed funding agreements for SM1 for up to AUD $4000万 in February 2024.