Vicinity Energy is the largest district energy provider in the United States. Headquartered in

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, it is a subsidiary of

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. It launched at the beginning of 2020 on Antin's purchase of

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's U.S. 18 district energy assets in 11 cities for $1.25 billion, and has acquired further systems since. Assets acquired from Veolia include: * The 163MW natural-gas Grays Ferry co-generation plant in Philadelphia serving over 400 buildings, including

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* The district energy plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma serving 27 buildings in Downtown Tulsa. * The 232MW natural-gas Kendall Cogeneration Station serving Boston and Cambridge with over 65 million square feet of buildings among over 230 customers * The 5MW Hickory Meadows landfill-gas-to-energy facility in Hilbert, Wisconsin * Natural-gas cogeneration plant in Kansas City, Missouri to over 4 million square feet of buildings * Natural-gas cogeneration plant in Grand Rapids to over 100 buildings * Three networks in Baltimore to over 30 million square feet of buildings, including

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and Mercy Medical Center Later acquisitions: *

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's Watergate Energy Collaborative Utility, acquired June 17, 2020 *

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-powered steam system, acquired July 6, 2020 In April 2022,

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reported Vicinity was launching eSteam, a first-of-its-kind innovation in the United States designed to rapidly decarbonize the highest source of emissions in commercial buildings. The company became the first in the U.S. to electrify its operations, offering renewable thermal energy by installing electric boilers, industrial-scale heat pumps, and thermal storage at its central facilities starting in Boston and Cambridge.

Officers

* William DiCroce, president and CEO *

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, chief sustainability officer

References

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