SYDNEY (Reuters) - EnergyAustralia, a unit of Hong Kong's CLP Holdings <0002.HK>, said on Monday its previously announced takeover of power station operator Ecogen Energy from Australian pension fund giant IFM Investors for A$205 million ($157.36 million) is now formally sealed.
Ecogen owns two gas-fired power stations in the southern state of Victoria with a combined capacity of about 1,000 megawatts.
The purchase of Ecogen assets comes as gas prices soar, while state and national leaders brawl over carbon emissions targets and energy policy - factors that have spooked big infrastructure investors.
Australia's competition regulator had reviewed the sale and given its permission in December.
(Reporting by Alison Bevege, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
