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Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announces partnership and capital commitment with Sevana Bioenergy

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Mar 28, 2023, 10:00 ET

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Partnership will support the development of innovative renewable natural gas projects to reduce
organic waste and greenhouse gas emissions

BOISE, Idaho and TORONTO, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board ("Ontario Teachers'") is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic partnership with Sevana Bioenergy LLC ("Sevana") that will see it acquire a majority stake in the business and make a capital commitment of $250 million to develop renewable natural gas ("RNG") projects across North America.

Sevana is a pioneer in the RNG industry, developing and upgrading large-scale biogas projects to increase the production and use of RNG through the reduction of organic waste.  Sevana has successfully executed dairy and organics projects which include more than 20 state-of-the-art digester tanks across agricultural regions such as Oregon, Idaho and South Dakota since its founding by CEO John McKinney in 2017. Sevana led these innovative projects to deploy more than $350 million under construction and worked closely with farmers to form long-term beneficial partnerships as part of its strategy to own and operate reliable digester facilities. Sevana's team of in-house experts has over 150 years of combined experience designing, operating, and maximizing performance of anaerobic digesters with projects worldwide.

"We are pleased to partner with John and the Sevana team to help accelerate their efforts to develop advanced digester facilities that produce RNG and electricity for transportation fuel, EV charging and other forms of energy," said Zvi Orvitz, Senior Managing Director, Sustainability & Energy Transition, Private Capital at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. "Sevana has a demonstrated track record of success in the implementation of cutting edge RNG facilities, and we are excited by the opportunity to further scale the company as it enters its next chapter of growth."

RNG is an important tool in the decarbonization of transportation, heating and industrial energy consumption and Sevana is a market leader entering new markets with RNG related products. Sevana's projects capture fugitive methane emissions from farm animal and other organic waste streams that contribute to climate change and use this waste to produce low-carbon renewable power and RNG to replace fossil fuel-based energy sources. The company boasts a deep pipeline of future development opportunities and is also actively considering acquisition opportunities across the U.S.

"We welcome Ontario Teachers' and look forward to our partnership as we work toward our objective of providing decarbonization solutions from RNG and continuing to enter new markets with related products" said Steve Compton, President at Sevana Bioenergy. "This commitment accelerates development of our industry leading projects that contribute direct economic and sustainable benefits to local communities and reduce greenhouse gases."

Sevana is the latest investment by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the Sustainability and Energy Transition sector and will serve to advance the organization's commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Ontario Teachers' on the transaction. Fredrickson and Byron served as legal counsel to Sevana.

About Ontario Teachers'

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers') is a global investor with net assets of$247.2 billionas atDecember 31, 2022. We invest in more than 50 countries in a broad array of assets including public and private equities, fixed income, credit, commodities, natural resources, infrastructure, real estate and venture growth to deliver retirement income for 336,000 working members and pensioners. 

With offices inHong Kong,London,Mumbai, San Francisco,SingaporeandToronto, our more than 400 investment professionals bring deep expertise in a broad range of sectors and industries. We are a fully funded defined benefit pension plan and have earned an annual total-fund net return of 9.5% since the plan's founding in 1990. At Ontario Teachers', we don't just invest to make a return, we invest to shape a better future for the teachers we serve, the businesses we back, and the world we live in. For more information, visit otpp.com and follow us on LinkedIn. 

About Sevana Bioenergy

Sevana Bioenergy develops, designs, owns and operates large-scale anaerobic digestion projects which produce renewable natural gas and organic based soil amendments. Using state-of-the-art technology, and an experienced team of design and engineering experts, Sevana is advancing the future of biogas energy production in the United States. Sevana's goal is to ensure that agricultural communities benefit and thrive through these partnerships, while building renewable solutions to local waste and energy challenges. More information is available at www.sevanabioenergy.com.

OTPP Contact 
Dan Madge 
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan 
Phone: [phone] 
Email:[e-mail]

Sevana Contact 
Katherine Perymon 
Sevana Bioenergy
Phone: [phone] ex 102
Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

[Hesiod07]

Still a shame that the defeatist obviously incompetent and possibly self-dealing management couldn't even manage a $270 million backlog to stay in business. Or was the allure of failure and large pensions overtly compelling? Please pay attention class action lawyers. 

[ferret_ca]

they were dealt a very bad hand by kurt. a co. this small and they had 20 subsiduaries after kurt was done his spending spree after a big capital raise at a good price, which was the last good thing he did imho,  I wouldn't blame the current mgmt 1 iota for this fiasco. 

[LongoGlueStick]

Kurt was a disaster.  Did he seriously think he could integrate all those companies at once?   This was a multi-generational wealth destroyer, for sure.

[Hesiod07]

Maybe not, but with 2 years work in hand ie,  $270 million in orders from inter alia Chevron and Siemens etc. they surely didn't need to go to CCAA only to realize that the person they helped fire ie Pardhu would become their new boss except they will drop or rather be fired only to collect their pensions as well as their employee retention bonuses would do the trick. Come on.

[InPersona]

Proof?  Proof only that OTPP is a day late and a buck shy. In this game, VHS csn' beat Beta.