Ara Partners and CycleØ Acquire FNX Liquid Natural Gas to Form European Biomethane Platform

Ares Management Acquires Dynamic Renewables with Minority Investment from NorthWestern Energy

July 26, 2023

Renewable Energy

A fund managed by Ares Management's Infrastructure Opportunities strategy has acquired Dynamic Renewables, a U.S.-based developer, owner and operator of anaerobic digestion and renewable natural gas (RNG) projects. An unregulated affiliate of NorthWestern Energy also took a small minority stake; the investments will support development, construction and expansion of Dynamic's pipeline and operating assets, including the BC Organics facility in Wisconsin.

Ara Partners Acquires Majority Interest in Natural World Products

February 18, 2025

Environmental Services

Ara Partners has acquired a majority interest in Natural World Products (NWP), the leading household organics recycler on the Island of Ireland. Ara’s infrastructure fund has committed additional capital to expand NWP’s recycling and decarbonisation capabilities and to pursue waste-to-energy and broader infrastructure growth across NWP’s sites headquartered in Belfast.

Chevron Acquires Equity Interest in American Natural Gas LLC (Beyond6) from Mercuria

October 1, 2021

Energy

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. closed its previously announced acquisition of an equity interest in American Natural Gas LLC (operator of the Beyond6 CNG fueling network), acquiring a network of about 60 compressed natural gas stations across the United States from Mercuria Energy Trading. The deal expands Chevron's alternative-fuels footprint and supports its strategy to grow lower-carbon and renewable natural gas distribution capabilities.

Ara Partners and Aksiom Back Management in px Group Buyout from Bluewater

April 29, 2021

Energy

Ara Partners, together with Aksiom Group and px Group management led by CEO Geoff Holmes, has acquired px Group from Bluewater Private Equity. The deal will position px Group to accelerate its role in UK and European energy-transition projects, expand integrated energy services and grow its industrial infrastructure operations including ownership of Saltend Chemicals Park.

Ara Partners Invests Growth Equity in CF Pathways

November 9, 2022

Energy

Ara Partners, a private equity and infrastructure firm focused on industrial decarbonization, has made a strategic equity investment in CF Pathways to accelerate the company's growth. The funding will support CF Pathways — a UK-based provider of net-zero solutions, energy supply (via Brook Green Supply) and carbon-market services to large industrial and commercial customers — in developing software and data capabilities and expanding its energy transition product offering.

Ara Partners Invests in Blue Whale Materials to Build Lithium‑Ion Battery Recycling Platform

May 18, 2022

Environmental Services

Ara Partners, a private equity firm focused on industrial decarbonization, has made a growth investment in Blue Whale Materials to scale a lithium‑ion battery (LIB) recycling platform. The partnership will support building at least five recycling plants across the United States and Europe to recover critical battery materials (cobalt, nickel, manganese, lithium) and supply OEMs while improving supply‑chain resilience and lowering emissions.