Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (“CIP”), through its CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (CI ABF I), has acquired a combined pre-treatment and biogas plant from Ørsted, a Danish renewable energy company. The acquisition represents CIP’s entry into the UK bioenergy market.
Located in Northwich in the UK, the plant currently consists of a pre-treatment facility that treats municipal solid waste and a biogas plant producing power to the grid. Subject to permit approvals, CIP plans to refurbish the facility to become a biogas plant only and expand it with a new digester, biomethane upgrading units and CO₂ capture technology, enabling the production of biomethane and liquid biogenic CO₂.
The upgraded plant is expected to be operational by 2028. Once fully operational, the upgraded biogas plant will process over 170,000 tons of feedstock annually.
Accura advised CIP in connection with the transaction.
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