Mercury buys New Zealand assets in $3 billion takeover of Tilt Renewables 15 Mar, 2021 04:07 AM 4 minutes to read Tilt Renewables was demerged from Trustpower in 2016. A proposed takeover sees it valued at almost $3 billion. Photo / Supplied Tilt Renewables was demerged from Trustpower in 2016. A proposed takeover sees it valued at almost $3 billion. Photo / Supplied Mercury Energy has teamed up with a Queensland pension fund for a $3 billion takeover of Australasian wind farm developer Tilt Renewables, which has seen its value almost double in just over three months. Tilt said today it had entered into a scheme implementation agreement with a consortium of Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR) and Mercury which, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, would see shareholders paid $8.80 a share, valuing the company at $2.96b.