Brookfield Renewable Partners#Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners, LP
{{Short description|Publicly traded limited partnership that owns and operates renewable power assets}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.
| logo = Brookfield Asset Management logo.svg
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{NYSE|BEP}}
{{NYSE|BEPC}}
{{TSX|BEP.UN}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2011}}
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| location_city = Toronto, Ontario
| location_country = Canada
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| key_people = Connor Teskey (CEO)
Richard Legault (chairman)
| industry = Renewable power
| products =
| services = Independent Power Producer
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| assets = US$126 billion (2024) {{cite web |title=Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. Q4 Supplemental Information |url=https://bep.brookfield.com/sites/bep-brookfield-ir/files/Brookfield-BEP-IR-V2/2024/Q4/bep-q4-2024-supplemental.pdf |date=31 December 2024}}
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| parent = Brookfield Asset Management
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| subsid = Great Lakes Power and Isagen S.A., among others
| homepage = {{URL|bep.brookfield.com}}
}}
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. is a publicly traded limited partnership that owns and operates renewable power assets, with corporate headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is 60% owned by Brookfield Asset Management.{{cite web|title=Brookfield Renewable completes C$800 million equity offering|url=http://www.torys.com/work/2016/06/brookfield-renewable-completes-c$800-million-equity-offering|publisher=Torys|accessdate=15 May 2017|date=10 June 2016}}
As of the end of 2017, Brookfield Renewable owned over 200 hydroelectric plants, 100 wind farms, over 550 solar facilities, and four storage facilities, with approximately 16,400 MW of installed capacity.{{Cite web|url=https://bep.brookfield.com/~/media/Files/B/Brookfield-BEP-IR/Annual%20Reports/2017-annual-report.pdf|title=Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. Annual Report|date=31 December 2017|access-date=27 June 2018}}
Brookfield Asset Management claims to have "more than 100 years of experience as an owner, operator and developer of hydroelectric power facilities." It was founded in the 1890s in Brazil, where the company installed the first electrical lights and tramways in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite web |url=http://www.brookfieldpower.com/ |title=Brookfield Renewable Power |access-date=2010-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708034701/http://www.brookfieldpower.com/ |archive-date=2009-07-08 |url-status=dead }}
Corporate structure
The company was established as Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners in 2011, when Brookfield Asset Management combined the hydroelectric stations and wind farms of the Brookfield Renewable Power Fund with those of Brookfield Renewable Power Inc.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/09/13/brookfield-to-merge-hydro-power-assets-into-global-renewable-energy-powerhouse_n_959971.html|title=Brookfield to merge hydro power assets into global renewable energy powerhouse|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2017-05-16}} The company changed its name to Brookfield Renewable Partners in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.m-x.ca/f_circulaires_en/054-16_en.pdf|title=TMX Montreal Exchange|date=9 May 2016|access-date=16 May 2017}}
=Brookfield Renewable Power fund=
Brookfield Renewable Power Fund originated as the Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund before changing its name in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2009/07/canada-income-fund.html|title=Canada income fund to acquire 15 hydro projects from Brookfield|date=9 July 2009|access-date=16 May 2017}} Brookfield used its majority stake in Great Lakes Power as its primary vehicle to advance its interests in the renewable energy sector. When Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund completed its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1999, Brookfield Asset Management (then known as EdperBrascan) owned 61% of outstanding units through its various subsidiaries.EdperBrascan Annual Report, 1999Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Annual Report, 1999 Initially, Great Lakes Hydro's assets were limited to three hydroelectric facilities in Western Quebec with a combined capacity of 238MW. By the end of 2008, the fund owned and operated 27 hydroelectric facilities and one wind farm with a cumulative capacity of 1,021MW.Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Annual Report, 2008 These assets were spread across four jurisdictions: Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and New England.
=Brookfield Renewable Power Inc.=
Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. was a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management with a 50.01% share in Brookfield Renewable Power Fund. It was the subsidiary in which Brookfield Asset Management held all of its renewable energy assets, whereas the Brookfield Renewable Power Fund's scope was limited to the 1,652MW of generation capacity located in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and New England.Brookfield Renewable Power Fund Annual Report, 2009
=Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners, LP=
On September 13, 2011, Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Renewable Power Fund announced they intended to merge the Fund and the power-generating assets owned by Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. to form Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners, LP.{{Cite web |url=https://brookfieldrenewable.com/content/2011/brookfield_announces_strategic_combination_of_its_-30794.html |title=Brookfield Announces Strategic Combination of its Renewable Power Businesses |access-date=2016-01-13 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090127/https://brookfieldrenewable.com/content/2011/brookfield_announces_strategic_combination_of_its_-30794.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE78C2W120110913|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131195622/http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE78C2W120110913|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2017|title=Brookfield to create renewable energy heavyweight|last=|first=|date=13 September 2011|website=|publisher=Reuters Canada|access-date=18 January 2017}} When the transaction closed, Brookfield Asset Management owned 73% of the combined entity, which trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BEP-UN {{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/09/13/brookfield-to-merge-hydro-power-assets-into-global-renewable-energy-powerhouse_n_959971.html|title=Brookfield to merge hydro power assets into global renewable energy powerhouse|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2017-01-19}} and on the New York Stock Exchange as BEP. The new entity is the primary vehicle through which Brookfield acquires and operates renewable energy assets, with initial assets, and development projects in Canada, the US, and Brazil. The transaction closed on November 30, 2011.{{Cite web |url=https://brookfieldrenewable.com/content/2011/brookfield_announces_launch_of_brookfield_renewabl-30943.html |title=Brookfield Announces Launch of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. |access-date=2016-01-13 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192358/https://brookfieldrenewable.com/content/2011/brookfield_announces_launch_of_brookfield_renewabl-30943.html |url-status=dead }}
In 2012, the company and its investment partners bought four hydroelectric power plants in the southeastern U.S. from Alcoa for $600 million.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/alcoa-idUSL3E8HT46N20120629|title=UPDATE 1-Alcoa to sell hydropower project to Brookfield|date=2017-06-29|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2017-01-19}}
In 2014, the company and its investment partners acquired a portfolio of wind power assets in Ireland, establishing its presence in Europe for a total enterprise value of approximately $960 million.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/brookfield-renewable-buys-ireland-wind-project-portfolio/article17662325/|title=Brookfield Renewable buys Ireland wind project portfolio|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-05-16|language=en-ca}}
In 2016, the company and its investment partners acquired a majority stake in Colombian power company Isagen, which operates Colombia's largest hydropower plant, for approximately C$2.8 billion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/latin-american-business/brookfield-buys-colombias-isagen-stake-for-28-billion/article28141392/|title=Brookfield buys Colombia's Isagen stake for $2.8-billion|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-05-16|language=en-ca}} The company subsequently increased its interest to almost 100%.{{Cite news|url=http://www.rcnradio.com/economia/brookfield-ya-duena-del-99-isagen/|title=Brookfield ya es dueña del 99% de Isagén - RCN Radio|date=2016-09-08|work=RCN Radio|access-date=2017-05-16|language=es-ES}}
On May 10, 2016, Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. changed its name to Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. The stock symbol and CUSIP would remain the same.{{cite web|title=NAME CHANGE|url=https://www.m-x.ca/f_circulaires_en/054-16_en.pdf|website=TMX|accessdate=4 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3198815|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=4 January 2017}}
In March 2017, the company announced it would acquire a controlling interest in TerraForm Power and 100% of TerraForm Global, together representing a 3,600 MW global renewable power portfolio.{{Cite web|url=https://bep.brookfield.com/en/press-releases/2017/03-07-2017-115715788|title=Brookfield Renewable to Invest in 3,600 MW Global Renewable Power Portfolio|website=bep.brookfield.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-27}} The transaction was completed in December 2017. In March 2020, the company announced it would be acquiring the remaining stake of TerraForm Power. The acquisition is set to be completed in Q3 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://solarindustrymag.com/brookfield-closes-acquisition-terraform-global-yieldco/|title=Brookfield Closes Acquisition Of TerraForm Global Yieldco - Solar Industry|date=2017-12-29|work=Solar Industry|access-date=2018-06-27|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144346/https://solarindustrymag.com/brookfield-closes-acquisition-terraform-global-yieldco/|archive-date=2018-06-27|url-status=dead}}
On December 14, 2020, Brookfield Renewable Partners and its institutional partners purchased a 1 GW-plus distributed generation (DG) solar platform from Exelon Corp in a deal worth USD 810 million.{{cite web |title=Brookfield, partners to buy over 1 GW of DG solar from Exelon |url=https://renewablesnow.com/news/brookfield-partners-to-buy-over-1-gw-of-dg-solar-from-exelon-724392/ |website=renewables now |access-date=4 January 2021}}
In October 2022, Brookfield Renewable Partners together with Cameco announced the acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company, then owned by its sister company Brookfield Business Partners, in a US$7.9{{nbsp}}billion deal including debt. Brookfield Renewable would own a 51% interest in the company as part of the deal.{{cite web |last1=Deka |first1=Kannaki |last2=Kumar |first2=Arunima |date=11 October 2022 |title=Westinghouse to be sold in $7.9-bln deal as interest in nuclear power grows |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/cameco-corp-brookfield-renewable-partners-buy-westinghouse-79-bln-deal-2022-10-11/ |work=Reuters}}{{cite web |last=Hardison |first=Kathryn |date=11 October 2022 |title=Cameco, Brookfield Renewable Partners to Buy Westinghouse Electric for $7.88 Billion |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cameco-brookfield-renewable-partners-to-buy-westinghouse-electric-co-for-7-88-billion-11665524511 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}
The acquisition was completed in November 2023.{{cite web|date=7 November 2023 |title=Westinghouse Acquisition by Brookfield and Cameco Complete |url=https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/news/westinghouse-acquisition-by-brookfield-and-cameco-complete}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090708034701/http://www.brookfieldpower.com/ Brookfield Renewable Power Inc.]
- [http://www.brpfund.com/ Brookfield Renewable Power Fund] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212174520/http://brpfund.com/ |date=2010-12-12 }}
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