SNEL11: Ramp-up NUV Accelerates to 38,7% — Note Climbs from 5,9 to 6,5

The fact that it unlocks the re-analysis of SNEL11 fit in one line: the weighted occupation of the four Nuclei of Plants in Validation (NUV) jumped from 28,6% in February/2026 for 38,7% in April/2026 — an advance of +10,1 percentage points in just two months. . The São Bento Abbot plant, which was in 28,6% at the beginning of the year, closed April in 50,03% occupancy, at a rate of +7,15 p.p./month that projects full use for August/2026. It is the first consolidated evidence, in monthly data audited by the fund manager, that the fund's maturation thesis is not just a prospect promise — it is materializing.

SNEL11 (FII Clean Energy Sun) is the single big real estate solar power fund distributed generation listed on B3, with R$ 889,9 million net worth, 87,8 MWp of installed capacity distributed in 22 operating plants and more 15 assets in confirmed acquisition (61,1 MWp / R$ 217,67 million). It is an atypical case in the FIIs universe: neither brick nor paper — infrastructure. And this exclusivity was charging a toll in the previous review, with the note stuck in 5,9 while the market was waiting to see the ram-up come out of PowerPoint and enter the monthly newsletters.

This toll goes down now. The ramp-up was the main risk identified in the February analysis, and the April management report (RG Apr/2026, CVM document ID 1201595, published in 22/05/2026) confirms the advance with active to active granularity. In addition to this is the entry of 7.308 new unit holders in a single month (+8,4%, closing in 94.207), ANEEL's positive tariff adjustments in April (+7,4% in low voltage + 1,9% in TUSD G) and the 22nd consecutive distribution of R$ 0,10/unit — a rare discipline in bottom still expanding phase. The note rises from 5,9 to 6,5, maintaining the MANTER recommendation.

The NUV ramp-up — the main story of this re-analysis

To understand why the advancement of weighted occupation matters so much, it is necessary to remember how the SNEL11 was assembled. Of the 22 operating plants, four are classified by the fund manager as NUV — Nucleus Plants in Validation: Saint Benedict Abbot, Better World, Catena and Malbec. Together, they represent approximately 54% of the installed fund capacity. . Power plants were acquired with offtake contracts (purchasing the energy generated) still in the process of origination — that is, the plant exists and generates, but the base of customers consuming this energy needed to be built from scratch.

It's a two-point operation. On the one hand, the solar power plant delivers power to the local distributor’s network under the compensation scheme of the 14.300 (distributed generation). On the other hand, Suno and Newave Energia’s commercials need to close contracts with low-voltage customers — businesses, smaller industries, condominiums — who get a discount on the electricity bill in exchange for consuming that energy. While there is no client on the other side, the energy is injected into the network without generating target revenue: it becomes the "loose occupation" of NUV.

In February, the weighted occupation of the four NUV was in 28,6%, with São Bento Abbot pulling the delay (28,6% individual). The risk was: will the ram-up really happen on the promised horizon, or will the fund live with 50% of underutilized capacity for another 18-24 months, taking down the target DPS? The April report responds quantitatively.

St Benedict the Abbot is the anchor case. The plant disrupted the psychological barrier of the 50% and maintains a rhythm of +7,15 p.p./month — projecting full occupancy for August/2026. That matters for two reasons. First, it proves that the commercial model works: Suno can, yes, originate enough offtake to exhaust the capacity of an entire plant. Second, it provides a time benchmark: of the four NUVs, three are still between 31% and 42%, but if they replicate the curve of São Bento, they all reach the 70%+ level of occupation by mid 2027.

The financial point is the direct result of this. When an NUV goes from 30% to 70% of occupation, the weighted net revenue of that asset more than doubles (discounted the fixed costs, which are paid independently). As the NUV represent 54% of the bottom capacity, an average advance of this order in the four plants would have the potential to unlock enough margin for the DPS to leave the current level of R$ 0,10/month for something between R$ 0,12 and R$ 0,14/month — without the need for new captures.

Positive points that support the high score

Cumulative return +80,72% since listing It's the number that draws the most attention when you look at the history. In the same period, IFIX yielded +39,01% and IPCA+7% (usual real return mark measure desired in real estate fund) yielded +46,84%. The SNEL11 more than doubled IFIX performance and delivered 34 percentage points above IPCA+7% — exceptional performance for a fund that has not yet reached full operational maturity.

The 22nd consecutive distribution of R$ 0,10/unit It deserves to be highlighted. We are talking about almost two years (July/2024 to April/2026) of stable DPS, in a fund that is simultaneously expanding capacity (went from about 30 MWp in 2024 to 87,8 MWp in 2026), absorbing CAPEX, integrating 15 assets into acquisition and facing the NUV commercial ram-up. To support this discipline, the fund manager has operated with relevant cash clearance and established reserves — which reduces the risk of "hole" of PSD in any adverse quarter.

The ANEEL tariff adjustments in April (+7,4% in low voltage and +1,9% in TUSD G) enter directly into the revenue line. As the SNEL11 offtake is priced with reference to the local concessionaire's fare (with contractual discount to the final customer), the readjustment rises to the ceiling of what the fund can charge. The effect is not immediate on all contracts (depends on the anniversary month of each offtake), but for the next 12 months there will be a continuous wave of readjustments propagated in the portfolio.

There's one positive paradox which is worth registering: the 14.300 Law, which regulated the distributed generation in 2022, slowed sector growth — the GD market grew only 5% by 2025 against two digits in previous years. At first sight, it's bad for a solar FI. But the SNEL11 has 100% of its operational assets already framed in the law transition rules (assets registered before 2023), which means that benefits from the most favourable charging conditions while new entrants face higher costs. . Less competition in offtake origination and better relative pricing. It's an involuntary regulatory moat.

Finally, the growth of the unit base — 7.308 new investors in a single month — shows that the product is being discovered. Partly because the fund started to appear on lists of "DY above 14%", partly because the ESG thesis remains strong among younger physical person investors. Larger unit base also means greater liquidity in the secondary and lower long-term volatility.

Attention points still standing

The UFV Freedom deserves specific comment. There are 7 MWp of installed capacity that already exists physically — the plant is built — but that still cannot inject power into the network because Equatorial GO (concessionary responsible for the region) did not complete the connection. It is a classic problem of GD in Brazil: the plant depends on the schedule of the distributor to become revenue. The April report does not bring up-to-date, which suggests that it follows without definition. For a background of 87,8 MWp, they are 8% of the stationary capacity.

The 1,06 P/VP is the most delicate point for new entry. The R$ 8,56 with equity value of R$ 8,04, the investor is paying 6% prize over the book. In brick FII this would be heating signal; in infrastructure background still in ramp-up, it is the market pre-precedenting maturation. Those who come in now don't buy "cheap" — buy trust in execution. The point of honest balance would be P/VP between 0,95 and 1,00, which would correspond to a quotation between R$ 7,64 and R$ 8,04.

Closure — The Way to the Next Reassessment

The maturation of the SNEL11 is taking place at the pace that the thesis predicted when the background was launched — perhaps even slightly above. The NUV weighted ramp-up advanced +10,1 p.p. in two months, São Bento Abade broke the 50%, the unit base grows 8,4% per month, the 15 asset pipeline is contracted and the 22nd consecutive distribution of R$ 0,10 shows that the fund manager operates with cash discipline. The upgrade from 5,9 to 6,5 reflects this concrete turn from probabilistic thesis to observable thesis.

But there are still approximately 30 percentage points missing for the NUV ram-up to reach the target level of 70%, and the Freedom UFV remains at third-party risk. When São Bento Abbot arrives at full occupancy (project August/2026) and the other three NUV cross the mark of the 50%, the scenario to unlock DPS above the current level of R$ 0,10/month becomes concrete. The next review — probably in August or September/2026, with the RG of June or July — will test whether the maturation curve is sustained or slowed down. For now, the reading is positive, with the usual caveat: P/VP 1,06 is not safety margin, it is prize that needs to be delivered.

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