Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Verdalia Bioenergy (“Verdalia”), backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s infrastructure unit, on the acquisition of four biomethane plants in the northern Italian regions of Piedmont and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

The plants, which will be operational between Q4 2025 and Q2 2026, will have a total annual production capacity of approximately 230 GWh of biomethane deriving from the treatment of 262,000 tons of biomass of animal and plant origin. Between they will eliminate approximately 53,000 tons of greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions per year.

Verdalia specialises in developing, acquiring, building and operating of biomethane plants across Europe. ESG specialist technical and financial consultants Healthy Business Advisory will act as their partner on the projects.