ARCLIGHT TO ACQUIRE KLEEN POWER INTERESTS
PR Newswire
BOSTON, April 14, 2025
State of the Art, 620 MW Power Infrastructure Asset in New England;
Well Positioned to Help Meet Growing AI & Power Demand
BOSTON, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC
(together with its affiliates "ArcLight") today announced its managed
fund has entered into definitive purchase agreements with Osaka Gas USA
Corporation ("Osaka Gas") and Kyuden International Americas Inc.
("Kyuden") to acquire their indirect common equity ownership interests
in Kleen Energy Systems, LLC ("Kleen Power").
Kleen Power is a top decile, 620 MW natural gas fired power generation
asset in the New England market which is well positioned to benefit from
AI and electrification-related power demand and provide reliable power
and related services to the grid.
The converging investment mega trends of AI-driven data center
development and electrification, largely through the acceleration of EV
adoption and heating electrification, are creating unprecedented power
demand growth and infrastructure needs, increasing the importance of
being able to provide large scale, customized, sustainable, and
affordable power infrastructure solutions.
Since 2001, ArcLight has owned, controlled, or operated over 65 GW of
assets and 47,000 miles of electric and gas transmission infrastructure
with $80bn of enterprise value. With its deep industry experience and
suite of internal operational and technical resources, ArcLight believes
it is well positioned to deliver the electric infrastructure solutions
required by AI and data center power demand. Today, ArcLight manages one
of the largest private power infrastructure portfolios in North America.
"ArcLight's acquisition of Kleen Power leverages its deep investment
expertise across over 50 power investments since 2001, along with its
ability to acquire strategic power infrastructure assets and utilize
ArcLight's value added investment playbook and resources to enhance
value and the ability to provide critical and reliable power," said
Angelo Acconcia, Partner at ArcLight.
"Kleen is a high-quality combined cycle providing critical
infrastructure and reliable energy supply as one of the most efficient
natural gas-fired assets in the New England market, serving a real and
growing market need," said Andrew Brannan, Managing Director at
ArcLight.
Following closing, ArcLight's power management team Alpha Generation
Services, LLC ("AlphaGen"), led by Curt Morgan, will take over the
management of Kleen Power.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected
to close in 2025, subject to regulatory approvals. Latham & Watkins LLP
is serving as legal counsel to ArcLight and MUFG as financial advisor.
About ArcLight:
ArcLight is a leading infrastructure investor which has been investing
in critical electrification infrastructure since its founding in 2001.
ArcLight has owned, controlled or operated over 65 GW of assets and
47,000 miles of electric and gas transmission and storage infrastructure
representing $80bn of enterprise value. ArcLight has a long and proven
history of value-added investing across its core investment sectors
including power, hydro, solar, wind, battery storage, electric
transmission and natural gas transmission and storage infrastructure to
support the growing need for power, reliability, security, and
sustainability. ArcLight's team employs an operationally intensive
investment approach that benefits from its dedicated in-house strategic,
technical, operational, and commercial specialists, as well as the
firm's 1,900-person asset management partner. For more information,
please visit www.arclight.com
About AlphaGen:
AlphaGen is a strategic partnership formed and owned by an affiliate of
ArcLight to own and operate critical power infrastructure to help
provide reliable, secure, safe, and sustainable sources of power and
meet the growing infrastructure needs created by electrification.
AlphaGen is led by a deeply experienced senior management team with a
proven track record of strategic, operational, and commercial expertise
to help create value and manage risk. For more information, please visit
www.alphagen.com.
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SOURCE ArcLight Capital Partners
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April 14, 2025 09:11 ET (13:11 GMT)