Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (CI ABF I), has made a final investment decision to acquire a combined pre-treatment and biogas plant from Ørsted.
The plant, situated in Northwich in the United Kingdom, consists of a pre-treatment facility that treats municipal solid waste and a biogas plant producing power to the grid. Pending permits, CIP plans to refurbish the facility to become a biogas plant only and expand it with a new digester, biomethane upgrading units and carbon dioxide-capture technology, enabling the production of biomethane and liquid biogenic carbon dioxide.
The expansion is expected to commence in 2026, and the upgraded plant is expected to be operational by 2028. Once fully operational, the upgraded biogas plant will process more than 170,000 tons of feedstock annually.
“We are excited to enter the U.K. bioenergy market with this first acquisition,” said Andreas Brandt, partner at CIP. “T
