InterGen’s UK gas power plants acquired by Sev.en Global Investments

Press Release (Prague, Czech Republic, February 5. 2024)

One of the largest independent power producers in the United Kingdom announces a change of ownership. As of 2. February 2024, InterGen´s gas-fired power plants portfolio which includes three combined-cycle plants in Rocksavage, Coryton, and Spalding, and an open-cycle plant in Spalding, become a part of the Czech investment group Sev.en Global Investments. The acquisition was completed between Sev.en Global Investments and a fund owned and controlled by CREDITAS Group, a Czech investment group active in banking, energy, and real estate.

Alan Svoboda, CEO of Sev.en Global Investments, said: “The UK energy sector has been our focus for several years and InterGen constitutes a well-established high-quality platform for our growth in the region, which is a part of our strategy for the coming years.”

The total capacity of the four gas-fired power plants is 2 800 MW. InterGen powers more than one million homes across the entire country.

Notes to Editors

• InterGen, headquartered in Edinburgh, is one of the UK’s leading independent energy generators, currently supplying around 5% of the country’s generating capacity from sites in Coryton (Essex), Spalding (Lincolnshire) and Rocksavage (Cheshire).
• The sale incorporates InterGen UK gas-fired power plants but does not include Gateway Energy Centre’s battery energy storage system project and other BESS projects under development by InterGen.

About Sev.en Global Investments

Sev.en Global Investments is a Czech-based investment group investing across a range of sectors, particularly in power generation and mining of various natural resources. Sev.en GI operates on three continents – Europe, Australia, and North America, soon to be present also in Asia.

In Australia, the investment portfolio includes 1) Delta Electricity with the Vales Point Power Station and Chain Valley Colliery coal mine; 2) SO4 company - premium potash fertilizer producer and 3) Sev.en Royalties with mining rights in two regions. 

In the United States, it is the owner of 1) met-coal mining company Blackhawk Mining with annual coal production of around 9 million tonnes, and 2) Golden Eagle Land Company holding mining rights to more than 2 billion tonnes of coal reserves.

Sev.en Global Investments is part of the Sev.en Group whose beneficiary is Mr. Pavel Tykač, a prominent Czech entrepreneur and investor, ranked among the top 300 World´s wealthiest people by the Forbes Real Time Billionaires.

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