Acquisition

RNS Number : 9758T

John Laing Environmental Assets Grp

09 July 2018

 

9 July 2018                                                                      

JOHN LAING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS GROUP LIMITED

("JLEN" or the "Company")

Acquisition of two anaerobic digestion plants  

JLEN, the listed environmental infrastructure fund, is pleased to announce the acquisition of two anaerobic digestion (AD) assets, Egmere Energy Limited and Grange Farm Energy Limited, for a total consideration of c.£36 million.

The Egmere Energy AD plant is located in Egmere, North Norfolk and was commissioned in November 2014. The plant has a thermal capacity of c.5MW and predominantly produces biomethane to be injected to the national gas grid. In addition, the plant also has a 0.5MW CHP engine and is accredited under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) schemes. The Grange Farm Energy AD plant is located in Spridlington, Lincolnshire and was commissioned in December 2014. The plant has a thermal capacity of c.5MW and predominantly produces biomethane to be injected to the national gas grid. In addition, the plant also has a 0.5MW CHP engine and is accredited under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) schemes. The AD plants have been acquired from venture capital funds managed by Downing LLP, EIS funds managed by Amersham Investment Management Ltd and minority shareholders. Future Biogas Limited will continue to provide management, operations and maintenance services to the AD plants after the acquisition.

The acquisitions build on JLEN's growing portfolio of AD projects and bring the total capacity of the renewable energy assets in the JLEN investment portfolio to 269.2MW.

The acquisition was funded by a draw-down under the Company's revolving credit facility.

Richard Morse, the JLEN Chairman, said "We are pleased with JLEN's continued investment in the anaerobic digestion sector and look forward to working with our partner, Future Biogas, to continue the strong performance of these assets."

For further details contact:

John Laing Capital Management Limited                     020 7901 3559

Chris Tanner

Chris Holmes

Winterflood Investment Trusts                                      020 3100 0000

Joe Winkley

Neil Langford

Redleaf Polhill                                                                  020 7382 4769

Charlie Geller

Harriet Lynch

About JLEN

JLEN's investment policy is to invest in environmental infrastructure projects that have the benefit of long-term, predictable, wholly or partially inflation-linked cash flows supported by long-term contracts or stable regulatory frameworks.

Environmental Infrastructure is defined by the Company as infrastructure projects that utilise natural or waste resources or support more environmentally-friendly approaches to economic activity. This could involve the generation of renewable energy (including solar, wind, hydropower and biomass technologies), the supply and treatment of water, the treatment and processing of waste, and projects that promote energy efficiency.

Further details of the Company can be found on its website www.jlen.com

 

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