"Viridi is led by a management team that are pioneers in the RNG industry. Innamorati comes to Viridi from Mettle Midstream Partners, where he was co-founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of the Pearl Energy and NGP-backed company that offers midstream infrastructure services to energy companies throughout North America. Joining that management team will be Matthew Innamorati, who was appointed Viridi’s Chief Financial Officer. In that role, Kelleher, who also serves as Managing Partner of Green Rock Energy Partners, will continue to help lead Viridi, along with other members of the founding management team. With Crouse’s appointment, Andy Kelleher, who led Viridi in its inception, becomes executive chairman, as planned. "I can’t think of a more experienced and talented team of energy leaders, with the expertise to work across all parts of the RNG value chain, than ours." "Viridi is in the unique position of helping to guide the transition away from higher-emission fuel by developing RNG in an environmentally and cost-friendly manner," said Crouse. Crouse also brings experience from Keystone Renewable Energy, a closely held business focused on Biogas development where he was CEO. In that role, he oversaw all the firm’s RNG operations in the Americas. He joins Viridi, which expects to break ground on several RNG development assets during the remainder of 2022, from Air Liquide, where he served as CEO of Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. For more information, please visit Follow us on LinkedIn.NEW YORK, October 06, 2022-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Viridi Energy ("Viridi"), a renewable natural gas ("RNG") company that launched earlier this year with the backing of Warburg Pincus and Green Rock Energy Partners, has appointed Dan Crouse as Chief Executive Officer to guide the firm as it builds a leading energy platform of scale for developing RNG from landfill, dairy, and food waste feedstocks.Ĭrouse, with a long, successful career in renewable natural gas, heads up a veteran team with more than 75 years of combined experience developing and operating energy assets. The firm was founded by a team of commodities executives who source, structure, and negotiate opportunities to build successful businesses using their expertise as owners and operators. The projects that Green Rock targets for investment produce renewable natural gas, renewable diesel, renewable fertilizer, and other similar products. The firm deploys equity capital to develop, purchase, and operate environmentally responsible and financially attractive businesses and infrastructure. Green Rock’s investments primarily target waste-to-value energy assets within the circular economy, which play a critical role in the ongoing energy transition to a low-carbon future. Green Rock Energy Partners LLC is a sustainable infrastructure focused private equity firm which invests in renewable energy companies and projects. For more information, please visit Follow us on LinkedIn. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Mauritius, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore. Founded in 1966, Warburg Pincus has raised 21 private equity and 2 real estate funds, which have invested more than $106 billion in over 1,000 companies in more than 40 countries. Warburg Pincus is an experienced partner to management teams seeking to build durable companies with sustainable value. The firm’s active portfolio of more than 250 companies is highly diversified by stage, sector, and geography. The firm has more than $85 billion in assets under management. Warburg Pincus LLC is a leading global growth investor. For more information, please visit About Warburg Pincus The company is developing a platform to build, own and operate RNG assets with landfill, dairy, and food waste feedstocks across North America. Viridi RNG is a full-service renewable natural gas (“RNG”) platform founded by a veteran renewable natural gas management team. Viridi is currently developing multiple projects across the food waste, agricultural waste, and landfill gas sectors. ![]() Notable energy transition investments include ClimeCo, Eco Material Technologies, Gradiant, Monolith, Montana Renewables, Scale Microgrid Solutions, and Solar Mosaic. Warburg Pincus, which has indicated that it is prepared to invest significant capital to create a leading platform in the RNG space, has a strong track record of investing in companies committed to the growth of Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance (“ESG”) best practices across all sectors, including low-carbon opportunities.
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