Acquisition

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JLEN Environmental Assets Group Ltd
14 June 2021
 

 

14 June 2021

JLEN Environmental Assets Group Limited

("JLEN" or the "Company")

 

Acquisition of a 28 MW Biomass Combined Heat & Power Plant

JLEN, the listed environmental infrastructure fund, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 100% equity stake in Cramlington Renewable Energy Developments Ltd ("CRED"), which owns a Biomass Combined Heat and Power plant ("CHP Plant") and its underlying contracts. The acquisition of CRED, for an undisclosed amount, was made on a debt-free basis and represents JLEN's first investment into a large-scale biomass CHP Plant.

 

The CHP Plant is located to the north west of the town of Cramlington in Northumberland and utilises proven technology to process a diversified biomass fuel mix, creating up to 28MW of electrical power and 8MW of heat for export via private wire to industrial customers and the grid.

 

The CHP Plant has been fully operational since 2018 and earns revenues from: (i) the subsidy regimes of Renewable Obligations Certificates and Renewable Heat Incentive; (ii) the sale of electricity to the market; and (iii) the sale of heat and power via private wire to industrial customers.  In aggregate, c. 66% of CRED's revenues are backed by long-term subsidies and an additional c. 10% via long-term contracts.

 

This acquisition is in line with JLEN's strategy to further diversify its portfolio and to secure strong inflation-linked revenue streams.

 

Richard Morse, Chairman of JLEN, said:

 

"We are happy to announce JLEN's first investment into large scale biomass CHP, which leverages the knowledge and experience gained in owning a number of bioenergy assets already. 

"We believe that assets such as these provide a sustainable source of renewable heat and power that can be utilised as baseload power to the grid and a direct provision to nearby industrial customers.  The plant has a strong operational track record and we look forward to optimising this asset for the future."

For further information, please contact: 

 

Foresight Group

Chris Tanner

Chris Holmes

 

+44(0)20 3667 8100

Winterflood Investment Trusts 

Neil Langford

Chris Mills

 

+44(0)20 3100 0000

 

SEC Newgate

Elisabeth Cowell

Megan Kovach

 

+44(0)20 3757 6882

Praxis Fund Services

Matt Falla

Gemma Woods

+44(0)1481 755530

 

About JLEN

JLEN's investment policy is to invest in a diversified portfolio of Environmental Infrastructure. Environmental Infrastructure is defined by the Company as infrastructure assets, projects and asset-backed businesses that utilise natural or waste resources or support more environmentally friendly approaches to economic activity, support the transition to a low carbon economy, or which mitigate the effects of climate change. Such investments will typically feature one or more of the following characteristics:

 

· long-term, predictable cash flows, which may be wholly or partially inflation-linked;

 

· long-term contracts or stable and well-proven regulatory and legal frameworks; or

 

· well-established technologies and demonstrable operational performance.

 

JLEN's aim is to provide investors with a sustainable, progressive dividend per share, paid quarterly and to preserve the capital value of the portfolio over the long term on a real basis. The target dividend for the year to 31 March 2022 is 6.801 pence per share.  The dividend is payable quarterly.

 

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

 

 LEI: 213800JWJN54TFBMBI68

 

(1) These are targets only and not profit forecasts.  There can be no assurance that these targets will be met or that the Company will make any distributions at all.

 

 

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