Energy Capital Partners closes acquisition of waste-to-energy firm Wheelabrator
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. has announced the close of its US$1.94 billion acquisition by Energy Capital Partners from Waste Management.
A definitive agreement for the sale was previously announced July 29, 2014.
Wheelabrator creates clean, renewable energy from everyday residential and business wastes, and will operate as a stand-alone company. Wheelabrator has a current platform of:
- 15 energy-fromwaste facilities,
- four independent power-producing facilities,
- four ash monofills and
- three waste transfer stations.
Waste Management will continue to be a core Wheelabrator customer under longterm waste supply agreements.
Mark A. Weidman, president and CEO of Wheelabrator, stated"We are pleased to join forces with Energy Capital Partners and benefit from their team's substantial capital base, power generation expertise, and experience in clean energy and environmental infrastructure. We look forward to continued growth, and remain committed to maintaining the world-class operations and environmental services that we have provided our customers for more than 39 years. I want to thank all of my fellow Wheelabrator employees for their continued dedication and commitment to our core values of operational excellence, environmental compliance, workplace safety and excellent customer service."
Wheelabrator has an annual waste processing capacity of over 7.4 million tons, and a total combined electric generating capacity of 768 megawatts, enough energy to power more than 645,000 homes. Wheelabrator facilities also recover metals from ash for recycling into commercial products. A new energy-from-waste facility is under construction in the U.K. and is scheduled to begin operations in 2015.
Energy Capital Partners is an energy-focused private equity firm with over US$13 billion in capital commitments, and offices in Short Hills, New Jersey, Houston and San Diego. The firm is focused on investing in the power generation, midstream oil and gas, environmental infrastructure, renewable energy, electric transmission, and energy services sectors of North America's energy industry.
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