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BluPine Energy draws KKR, Blackstone in $2bn sale race
Private equity and strategic investors are circling BluPine Energy, the Actis-owned renewable energy platform, in a potential deal valued at $1.5-2 billion. Three people familiar with the matter told Livemint that KKR,…
Private equity and strategic investors are circling BluPine Energy, the Actis-owned renewable energy platform, in a potential deal valued at $1.5-2 billion. Three people familiar with the matter told Livemint that KKR, Blackstone, NIIF, Macquarie, Inox Clean Energy, RPSG Group, Torrent Power and Apraava Energy have all expressed interest. ISquared Capital is evaluating an investment through its clean energy platform HEXA. Binding bids are due in the next 10-12 days, one source said.
UK-based Actis launched BluPine in 2022 with a target of 4 GW capacity in solar, wind and storage. The Gurugram firm, led by Neerav Nanavaty, has expanded rapidly through acquisitions including a 404 MW solar portfolio. Actis declined to comment, and other potential bidders did not respond by press time. The sale comes amid India’s target of 500 GW non-fossil-fuel capacity by 2030, requiring an estimated ₹42 trillion investment. Recent comparable deals include Aditya Birla Group’s $1.8 billion purchase of Sprng Energy and Inox’s ₹6,000 crore Vena Energy buyout.
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Livemint’s report foregrounds the bidding competition but treats Actis’s $1.5-2 bn valuation target as an anchor, while the list of suitors, KKR, Blackstone, NIIF, ISquared, Inox, Macquarie, RPSG, Torrent, Apraava, reads as a who’s who of infrastructure capital. What the story leaves implicit is the aggressive timeline: binding bids due in 10-12 days, which compresses due diligence and favours bidders already holding dry powder in Indian renewables. The ₹42 trillion national target is cited as context, but the deal’s real implication is that valuation multiples for Indian clean-energy platforms are being set by global PE exit expectations, not by PPA cash flows. Watch whether the final price exceeds $2 bn, that would signal a new benchmark.
Source: livemint.com
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