Northleaf Capital Partners to take 40 pct stake in Ormat power plants
A subsidiary of Ormat Technologies Inc (NYSE: ORA) has agreed to contribute geothermal and recovered energy generation power plants to a new joint venture with Canadian private equity and infrastructure investor Northleaf Capital Partners. Under the terms of the agreement, Northleaf will pay US$175 million to acquire a 40 percent equity interest in the joint venture, which has an implied enterprise value of US$438 million. Ormat will continue to assume day-to-day management of the joint venture's assets, with all future development being the responsibility of the partners. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015.
5 February 2015•7 mins read
